CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING E-LEARNING IN THE LANGUAGE EDUCATION CONTEXT: CASE STUDY AT AN ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN INDONESIA
Endro Dwi Hatmanto
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Abstract
At present the world of education, including the sector of English language teaching, has been witnessing the massive development of information technology as well as using it to improve the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process. One of the efforts to incorporate information technology in teaching English is the adoption of e-learning. Equipped with an advanced software to create various learning activities, to save and to display learning materials and to conduct learning assessments, a growing number of teachers have been integrating e-learning in their teaching. Studies confirm that e-learning improves students learning achievement. However, despite several benefits offered by e-learning, many lecturers and students still encounter obstacles and difficulties in it. This research aims to explore the challenges facing English education lecturers and students at an English Education Department in a private university in Yogyakarta in using e-learning. This study used a qualitative method. Case study was employed as a strategy of inquiry. 15 lecturers and 20 students would be recruited as research participants. The interview would be deployed as a strategy to collect data from the lecturers and focus group discussions would be utilized to gather information from students. In addition to interviews and focus group discussions, this research also employed document analysis as the strategy to collect the data. The data revealed that the challenges facing lecturers and students of English education department in implementing learning included cognitive, metacognitive, technical difficulties as well as learning styles and preferences challenges.
Keywords: E-learning, English Language Teaching, information technology
Topic: International Conference of English Language Teaching, Literature & Linguistics