STUDENTS' AND TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF LEARNING AND E-LEARNING MEDIA ON PTERIDOPHYTES

Abstract

The need for students and teachers for e-learning media becomes an urgency during the distance learning period, especially in Biology materials that are not possible to access directly due to several conditions. One of them is Pteridophyta material. This material will be more meaningful if taught directly by observing the concrete object. However, access to direct objects is not easy. Therefore, it is necessary to develop e-learning. How the perception of the needs of students and teachers related to e-learning media on Pterydophyta material needs to be known to be the basis of development, so it is necessary to conduct a survey. This study aims to determine the perception of the needs of high school teachers and students related to e-learning media on Pteridophyta learning. The instrument used consists of 18 Likert scale questionnaire items 1-4 with indicators, namely expected conditions, actual conditions, and solutions. The student survey was given to 246 students in grades X and XI of three randomly selected schools. Meanwhile, the survey to teachers was given to 6 Biology teachers from the same three schools. The three schools are located close to the KGPAA Mangkunagoro I Forest Park which is one of the Pteridophyta conservation sites. Based on Rasch analysis, the instrument was considered valid and reliable. The results showed that students and teachers consider that Pteridophyta material is difficult to understand so they need Pteridophyta e-learning media in their learning. Students prefer a web design that has complete features, specifications and images.