RESEARCH The Majority of teachers disapproved of Minister Nadiem’s plan to implement “hybrid learning” 8 Jul 20209 Jul 2020 On 2-3 July 2020, various online dailies, such as Kompas,Tribun News, Kontan, and Idonews, reported the plan of the Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim to implement hybrid learning permanently after the…
RESEARCH Mengapa Mayoritas Guru Menolak Rencana Mendikbud Mempermanenkan “Hybrid Learning”? 6 Jul 20209 Jul 2020 Pada tanggal 2-3 Juli 2020, berbagai harian daring, seperti Kompas,Tribun News, Kontan, dan Idonews mewartakan rencana Mendikbud Nadiem Makarim untuk mempermanenkan hybrid learning (pembelajaran bauran atau blended learning) seusai pandemi Covid-19. Rencana yang diutarakan dalam rapat kerja bersama Komisi X…
BLOGGING… When Online Learning Became Adversity Instead of a Blessing: Students’ Experiences 22 Jun 20209 Jul 2020 Introduction To avoid the spread of the coronavirus, one of the main policies in the world was to close schools. According to UNESCO, more than 1.2 billion students in 182 countries were…
BLOGGING Membangun Blended Learning 1 Jun 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas kristen Indonesia Pendahuluan Artikel sebelumnya, Blended Learning: Solusi Pembelajaran Terbaik di Era Kelaziman Baru, telah memaparkan bahwa pembelajaran daring (dalam jaringan) yang menawarkan berbagai keunggulan bagi pembelajaran…
BLOGGING Building Blended Learning 30 May 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas kristen Indonesia Blended learning is the most innovative learning method with unique characteristics. To implement it, teachers should first understand the LMS features to use and…
BLOGGING Importance of Feedback to Succeed Online Learning 2 May 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas kristen Indonesia To optimize online learning, commitment to exchange feedback is important. It does not only diminish students’ loneliness, difficulty to concentrate, and trouble to engage but also…
BLOGGING Fighting Fake News with Critical Thinking 2 May 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas kristen Indonesia Having critical thinking dispositions and abilities, one will not take things for granted but questions, analyzes, evaluates, and synthesizes what he reads and hears before drawing…
BLOGGING Grammar Teaching in ESL/EFL: What matters is not to teach or not to teach it, but how to 2 May 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2010@gmail.com Universitas Kristen Indonesia Grammar should be viewed as a resource, taught integratively with language skills learning, and is aimed to develop students’ communicative competence. “I never teach grammatical…
BLOGGING Reading Crisis: The Culprit of Indonesian Education Low Quality 2 May 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2010@gmail.com Universitas Kristen Indonesia Introduction Since its proclamation of independence in 1945, Indonesia’s national education development still seems to focus on fulfilling the quantity aspects, particularly the provision…
BLOGGING Strategies to Solve Indonesian Students’ Reading Crisis 2 May 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas Kristen Indonesia If you want different results than what you’re getting, you have to try different approaches. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again…
BLOGGING Blended Learning: Solusi Pembelajaran Terbaik di Era Kelaziman Baru 2 May 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas kristen Indonesia Sejak Maret 2020 hingga saat ini, Covid 19 telah secara paksa memindahkan pembelajaran dari ruang kelas ke ruang keluarga atau kamar tidur siswa. Agar pembelajaran…
BLOGGING Blended Learning: The Best Solution for Learning in the New Normal Era 2 May 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas Kristen Indonesia Blended learning, a system that combines online learning and face-to-face instruction is the most inventive learning method in the 21st century, and the best…
BLOGGING A Close Friend or Humanity? In “The Third Man”, Greene Chooses the Latter 16 Apr 20204 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas kristen Indonesia Friendship is one of the most universal notions in human society. It exists in all societies so that it is defined in various ways. Therefore,…
BLOGGING There’s no equality without educational equity: A lesson from “Animal Farm” 2 Apr 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas kristen Indonesia Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, once accentuated the importance of educational equity for…
BLOGGING Integrating Critical Thinking into Integrated Skills Learning 2 Apr 20202 Jun 2020 Parlindungan Pardede parlpard2020@gmail.com Universitas kristen Indonesia The importance of critical thinking for today's students to strive in their future makes an English integrated skills classroom should not only facilitate students…