STUDENTS PERCEPTION TOWARD THE NEED OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PROGRAM S1 PGSD UNIVERSITAS TERBUKA
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2014-06-11
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Conference On Professional Development In Education (PDE2014), Widyatama University Indonesia, Open University Indonesia and Open University Malaysia
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This research aim to study perception of students of Program S1 PGSD Faculty of Teacher Training Universitas
Terbuka concerning infrastructure in facilitating mutual instruction needed for face to face class tutorial. Most of
face to face class tutorial conducted at elementary school building, besides classroom at junior high school
building as well as at senior high school building. The study is an exploratory study by applying Stake
Countenance Models. The study conducted in 2011 by involving 200 students in four regional offices of
Universitas Terbuka there are Serang, Denpasar, Kupang, and Ambon. Questionnaires were used as main data
collection beside interview format. Based on the study can be showed that perception of students toward
minimum facilities needed for face to face tutorial were good almost in all aspect studied. Meanwhile, some
students mentioned that the availability of ICT infrastructure at face to face class tutorial did not meet all of their
expectations. Although, infrastructure available in regional offices including facilities for ICT as already meet
the need of the most students. In the meantime, although UT as a distance education institution not necessary to
provide all infrastructure in facilitating face to face tutorial, but limitation of infrastructure for students making
them feel uncomfortable during instruction process. This kind of condition can make their academic achievement
not maximum.
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infrastructure, students perception, academic achievement, distance education