From Offline to Online: Problems and Challenges in Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic

From Offline to Online: Problems and Challenges in Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Committee for Handling COVID-19, National Economic Recovery (KPCPEN) and the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) are collaborating with the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Gadjah Mada in a study relating to online learning. The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Gadjah Mada appointed IGPA as the organizer of this activity. Later, IGPA collaborated with Forbil Institute to carry out this study.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the reality of life in all sectors, one of which is the education sector. This study aims to explore the phenomenon of online  learning as a response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education sector in Indonesia. This study strengthens research from Rob Wallace in the book “Dead Epidemiologist” which shows that the current threat of plague is a serious danger to human life on earth and can appear at any time to infect many people. So this study is important as learning material regarding the complexity of online learning policy issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We present the output of this research in a documentary film entitled Pandai Me. Through a documentary film, IGPA and Forbil Institute are trying to provide an overview of the complexity of online learning policy issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is hoped that the messages delivered through audio-visual documentation to policy makers, related stakeholders and the general public will be conveyed effectively. The film can be watched at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwXV_2pq8PE