Digital Immigrant Lectures’ Acceptance of e-Learning Portal: An Application of UTAUT Model

One of the challenges in implementing e-learning in tertiary institutions is the large number of lecturers who are categorized as digital immigrants. This group has the tendency of having difficulties with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and showing some resistance to ICT. This study aims to determine the factors that influence digital immigrants in accepting e-learning at the University of Jambi using the Unified Theory Acceptance of User Technology (UTAUT) model. Factors to be tested include innovation, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitudes towards e-learning, risk perception, and acceptance of digital immigrant lecturers. The sample in this study was 55 digital immigrant lecturers. The results of this study indicate that there are as many as 6 out of 9 hypotheses accepted significantly. The finding reveals that the acceptance of e-learning is only influenced by the perceived usefulness.

Hambatan Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh bagi Guru Digital Immigrant

The Ministry of Education and Culture has instructed the distance learning system (e-learning) to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. E-learning must be implemented by all educational units without exception. This study aims to analyze the obstacles that occur during the implementation of e-learning. The type of research is descriptive qualitative. The primary data were collected directly from main sources through interviews with 4 Digital Immigrant Teachers at Pondok Ranggon 01 Pagi Elementary School, Cipayung District, DKI Jakarta. The results indicated that the Digital Immigrant Teachers at Pondok Ranggon 01 Pagi Elementary School were quite capable of doing the e-learning technology. However, when using E-learning platforms, some elements might be considered as obstacles in e-learning such as limited internet access and lack of proficiency in operating e-learning applications. Recommendations from this study on the implementation of e-learning increase literacy in the use of communication technology as part of the communication strategy for implementing government policies. Abstrak Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan mengeluarkan kebijakan untuk menjalankan proses Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh (PJJ) yang harus diikuti seluruh guru dan murid di Indonesia tanpa terkecuali dalam rangka penanganan pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hambatan yang terjadi pada saat pelaksanaan PJJ. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Data primer diambil melalui depth-interview kepada 4 orang guru digital immigrant di SD Pondok Ranggon 01 Pagi Kecamatan Cipayung DKI Jakarta. Hasil penelitian menunjukan guru digital immigrant di SD Pondok Ranggon 01 Pagi berhasil menerapkan dan beradaptasi dengan teknologi meskipun dibutuhkan literasi yang dilakukan secara berkesinambungan oleh pihak sekolah. Berbagai hambatan yang terjadi yaitu buruknya sinyal internet, keterbatasan kuota, serta kesulitan untuk menggunakan aplikasi yang disiapkan oleh pemerintah. Rekomendasi dari penelitian ini terhadap pelaksanaan PJJ meningkatkan literasi penggunaan teknologi komunikasi sebagai bagian dari strategi komunikasi pelaksanaan kebijakan pemerintah.

Adaptasi Dosen Digital Immigrant Terhadap Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan bagaimana adaptasi pembelajaran melalui E-learning yang dilakukan oleh dosen digital immigrant di Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP). Hal ini menarik untuk dikaji, karena pada masa Pendemi Covid-19 telah mengubah sistem pelaksanaan perkuliahan di UNP dari tatap muka langsung menjadi tatap maya dengan memanfaatkan E-Learning yang tentunya bertumpu kepada penguasaan teknologi. Sementara itu ada sekelompok dosen yang lemah dalam penguasaan teknologi informasi, namun tetap harus mampu beradaptasi dengan kondisi saat ini agar proses perkuliahan tetap berjalan. Kelompok ini kemudian dikenal dengan istilah digital immigrant. Proses adaptasi dalam pelaksanaan pembelajaran yang dilakukan oleh dosen digital immigrant ini akan dianalisis dengan menggunakan teori struktural fungsional dari Talcott Parsons. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode campuran, kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dosen digital immigrant memiliki keterbatasan dalam melaksanakan pembelajaran menggunakan platform E-Learning UNP. Bagi dosen digital immigrant sistem E-Learning UNP tersebut platform pembelajaran formal yang tidak sederhana dan tidak praktis digunakan. Namun dalam perjalanannya dosen digital immigrant tetap beradaptasi dengan cara terus belajar, sembari melaksanakan pembelajaran secara sinkronus menggunakan aplikasi digital lainnya seperti WhatsApp dan aplikasi video conference (Google Meet dan Zoom Meeting). Sementara untuk pemeliharaan pola sistem pembelajaran di E-learning UNP dosen digital immigrant meminta bantuan kepada sejawat dosen muda untuk menginputkan konten-konten tersebut ke dalam E-Learning. Namun secara prinsip, berbagai kebutuhan pelaksanaan pembelajaran seperti rencana pembelajaran semester, bahan ajar, media pembelajaran, soal ujian, bahan tugas tetap disediakan oleh dosen digital immigrant. Hal ini dilakukannya untuk pencapaian tujuan pembelajaran tetap berlangsung di masa pandemi Covid-19.

The Effect of Smartphone Usage Frequency on Online Repertoire by Immigrant Digital Groups

Inspired by the Media Repertoire idea in various studies, this article analyzes what digital immigrant groups build-in using Smartphones in everyday life. The repertoire is the selection of media used periodically based on its usefulness and became an identifiable routine. This study grouped Smartphones activities for various interests into 5 themes including; Entertainment, Transactions, Consumption, Production/Participation, and Social Welfare Services. How the results of the online repertoire on Smartphones based on these 5 themes. Whether the frequency of use using The Uses and Gratification theory can form a Repertoire of 5 grouped themes, the researcher take this data at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang for lecturers and active employees who are a group of Digital Immigrants by distributing online questionnaires and sampling techniques using the formula Slovin (N: 107). To identify the online repertoire in Smartphones using PLS (Partial Least Square) analysis so that it can be known as the coefficient value in variable X in influencing variable Y. The results showed that consumption theme has a coefficient value of 0.849 > from t-table 0.6 which means it has the largest contribution compared to other 4 dimensions so that consumption is an online repertoire in Smartphones in the Digital Immigrant group and the frequency of use (Uses & Gratification theory) has a dominant influence in the formation of online repertoire in Smartphones with a statistical value of 4,526 > from t-table 1.96. The conclusion is that the duration and frequency of using smartphones can make Indonesian people, especially digital groups of immigrants, become active consumers to shop online in e-commerce.

Narrative Study: Diary of Digital Immigrant EFL Teacher In Myanmar

ABSTRACTTeachers, mainly digital immigrants, find challenges to chase technology to integrate digital learning in the classroom. The previous studies revealed that some digital immigrant teachers, the newcomers of the digital age, lacked the confidence to integrate technology during teaching since they were aware of the fact that their students were more proficient than they were. This study depicts the struggles of a digital immigrant EFL teacher-educator to engage with technology that aims at improving the English teaching performance. A digital immigrant EFL teacher from a high-quality education college in Myanmar was invited to be the research participant. Open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with both the research participant and students were applied to collect the data. The triangulation data revealed that the digital immigrant EFL teacher found difficulties in creating her digital learning media and improving her teaching technology integration competence due to her insufficient knowledge and IT skills. It also revealed that integrating technology improved the teacher's teaching performance; however, it destructed the objectives of the teaching due to technology deviation on students' attention.ABSTRAKGuru, terutama yang imigran digital, mengalami tantangan besar dalam mengejar ketertinggalan mereka terhadap teknologi yang bertujuan mengintegrasikan pembelajaran digital di kelas. Studi sebelumnya mengungkapkan bahwa beberapa guru imigran digital, pendatang baru di era digital, kurang percaya diri untuk mengintegrasikan teknologi selama mengajar karena mereka menyadari fakta bahwa siswanya lebih mahir. Penelitian ini menggambarkan seorang guru-pendidik EFL imigran digital untuk terlibat dengan teknologi yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kinerja pengajaran bahasa Inggris. Seorang guru EFL imigran digital dari perguruan tinggi pendidikan berkualitas di Myanmar diundang untuk menjadi peserta penelitian. Kuesioner terbuka dan wawancara semi terstruktur untuk peserta penelitian dan mahasiswa digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data. Triangulasi data mengungkapkan bahwa guru EFL imigran digital mengalami kesulitan dalam media pembelajaran digital dan meningkatkan kompetensi integrasi teknologi karena pengetahuan dan keterampilannya yang kurang di bidang teknologi informasi. Ia juga mengungkapkan bahwa mengintegrasikan teknologi meningkatkan kinerja mengajar guru. Namun, hal itu merusak tujuan pembelajaran karena adanya penyimpangan teknologi yang menjadi perhatian siswa.

Preferred Learning Styles for Digital Native and Digital Immigrant Visitors in The Malaysian Music Museum

The majority of museum experts have agreed that museums are informal learning environments, however, most of the previous studies on digital learning have focused on formal education institutions instead of informal environments. Hence, adapting the new fast-changing technology in museum learning has become one of the major challenges for the digital native and digital immigrant populations due to their different learning styles. These two generations have different levels of thinking patterns, experiences, and digital exposure that lead to different levels of technology accessibility in the learning environment. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the preferred learning styles of museum visitors in the Malaysian context based on the learning styles of digital natives and digital immigrants. A total of 265 respondents participated in this study representing the population of N=792 at the Malaysian music museum in the data collection process. These descriptive results on the cross-tabulation analysis from the survey indicated that most of the visitors preferred the digital natives’ learning styles compared to the digital immigrants’, regardless of personal factors (gender, age, nationality, education level, or occupation). Thus, museum institutions should take the necessary steps to enhance or maintain the learning approach for digital natives with elements of entertainment and fun, provide internet connection, less text, out of school environment, digital use, and multi-task activities for skills enhancement. The minority of digital immigrants are suggested to assimilate and become part of the digital native group to stay relevant in this digital era. Keywords: Digital, Education, Learning, Malaysia, Museum

THE INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR MODEL OF IPB UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BASED ON STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING

The abundant of information on the internet has become a competitor for libraries as information service providers. Therefore to survive and thrive, the libraries must change and adopt to a rapidly evolving external environment. Understanding user information seeking behaviour is very useful for redesigning various services that suit to user needs. The objectives of this study were: 1). To analyze the characteristics of digital natives and digital immigrants of IPB University students related to their information seeking behaviour; 2). To develop a model of information seeking behaviour of both digital natives and digital immigrants of IPB University students based on structural equation modeling. The study was mainly quantitative and questionnaire was designed to study students’ information-seeking behaviour. The findings showed that the dominant behaviours and preferences of digital natives in their information seeking behaviour were influenced by environmental variables, especially the availability of information. For the information seeking behaviour variables of students, the dominant indicator were asking for printed and digital information to the lecturer. While for immigrant digital students their information seeking behaviour were dominantly influenced by environmental variables, especially the availability of information. The indicators for information seeking behaviour of digital immigrant student were dominated by asking printed information to friends, and requesting digital information to the lecturer. The success of getting information is dominant in the speed-of-getting-information indicator, both for digital natives and digital immigrant students.

Generasi Digital Natives dalam Praktik Konsumsi Berita di Lingkungan Digital

Dominasi interaksi warga di dunia digital masih menyisakan ketidaksetaraan antar generasi. Walau data menunjukkan dari 268 juta penduduk Indonesia, terdapat 355 juta pengguna seluler (133%). Dimana 91% mengakses informasi melalui ponsel, mayoritas interaksi digital ini berasal digital native. Digital natives (17-34 tahun) adalah generasi yang lahir berdampingan dengan perkembangan teknologi. Sedang digital immigrants (45-65 tahun) lahir sebelum teknologi digital berkembang pesat. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik dua kali wawancara dengan FGD dengan 55 orang responden. Ke 55 responden berasal dari digital natives (20) dan digital immigrants (35). Teknik wawancara menggunakan tidak terstruktur. Dengan analisis data bersifat deskriptif. Penelitian ini menemukan adanya misinterpretasi kompetensi digital, terutama dalam konsumsi informasi hoaks. Dibandingkan dengan generasi digital immigrant dalam mengkonsumsi berita, digital natives menunjukkan ketimpangan schemata dalam mengenali informasi digital. Kedua generasi masih mudah terprovokasi dengan kandungan emosional hoaks. Terjadi kendala untuk digital natives merubah kondisi sosial atas persebaran berita hoaks (digital divide). Pola patron-client menjadi salah satu penyebab hoaks menjadi informasi yang dipercaya juga oleh digital natives.