Comparative Analysis of E-learning Methods to Improve Students English Outcome during COVID 19 Pandemic Period Aris Rakhmadi
Department of Informatics Engineering, Faculty of Communication Science and Informatics, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
The result of the English Proficiency Test (TOEP) of UMS students in the first and second periods of 2021 shows an increase in student failures, from 33.96% to 50.82%. The increase of TOEP failures means the possibility of mistakes and deficiencies in the teaching and learning process, in point of fact that learning in the Covid-19 pandemic era does not allow face-to-face lectures. The purpose of this research is to compare the results of the class-based learning model with the two e-learning model- Schoology and OpenLearning. The aids of this research are projected to provide an advice to the university in choosing e-learning platform to reduce student failure rates in the TOEP exam. This research uses Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to compare differences in learning outcomes between the three groups of students- traditional class, e-learning Schoology and e-learning OpenLearning groups. The assumption test of linearity and homogeneity of the data has been fulfilled by showing a significance value of 0.891 which is greater than the 5% significance limit. The results show that there is a statistically significant interaction between learning methods and GPA for their effect on students^ TOEP scores. Research also shows that on average students using the Schoology platform have the highest TOEP scores compared to other methods. This condition is indicated by the average value of 422.99 which is higher than the other group methods.
Keywords: E-learning- learning method- pandemic- information technology.
