Utilization of e-learning at Universitas Siswa Bangsa International: Issues and challenges

The utilization of e-learning is a part of teaching and learning activities for students at Universitas Siswa Bangsa International. This paper reports on an investigation into the issues and challenges from experiences of student at Faculty of education in Universitas Siswa Bangsa International using e-learning (USBI). The e-learning materials were developed particularly by the lecturers at Universitas Siswa Bangsa International. The contents were used by the lecturer in teaching courses use blended learning method. The data were collected from 178 students that consist of 2 departments, they are English Language Teaching department and Mathematics department. The data were collected via a semi-structured survey which included open and closed-ended questions and collected in the end of semester. Students stated that e-learning at Universitas Siswa Bangsa International can support their active participation in learning courses. It indicated that the content of the course, homework and online project is interesting and helps them to understand the whole of materials of courses. Finding in this study found that the internet connections were a big issue in conduct e-learning beside e-learning content. This study also found that the quality of e-learning was depend on the e-learning content that was prepared by lecturer. The training to develop high quality e-learning content for lecturers was become crusial and recomended to conducted before the class begin. A common problem due to lack of attention of students during the class meeting could be overcome with propose new model of teaching methode to improve students' learning readiness in classroom. This methode was adapted from flip classroom method that give video or others multimedia suplemen that could be learned by student before the class begin.