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Cyber Education Phenomenon:

The Radical Shifting of Transferring Value to Transferring Knowledge

            The modern society often associated the usage of technology in Indonesian education system as a revolutionary step to answer the world education challenge recently. They assume that the use of technology can improve the student ability to comprehend the material given by the teacher easily that affect directly to the students’ quality.In reality, the use of technologies sometimes doesn’tbecome one of the components which determine thestudents’ quality. The students’ quality usually will appear from the inside motivation of students itself. So that although the students use the high technology in the learning process, the learning goal will not might be achieved easily. To answer this question, many efforts tried by the government to fulfill the society demand. One of the efforts is implementing the new education system that often used in Europe. This system called ‘Cyber Education’. This system makes the teaching and learning process can be executed everywhere and every time. It uses the internet as the basic media of the learning process. So, when the students want to learn, they only turn on the computer, connect to the internet, and learn through the video conference. The cyber education maybe can become the answer of the society question only for a while; after that many educational experts believe that it only make the new problem for Indonesia. One problem that maybe happened is education discrimination because these education systems automatically only given by the government to the upper class society while the middle class and lower class do not have a chance to enjoy this educational system.Moreover, it can increase the student motivation to learn the material from the teacher because the material provided usually completed by the video illustration making the students will be able to comprehend the difficult concepts of the subject. But, the video illustrations are not always becomes a guarantee the student will achieve a high score because the students’ learning style is very different. Furthermore, this education system is not demanding the students to fill the student’s presence. The students who want to study together only asked to enter the password and then, they can do this. With this system, many people believed that the parents also can be easily to observe the progress of their children during and after the learning process. Not the parent and the students only, but the teachers also will be able to assess the student easily especially for cognitive assessment because when the teachers want to give the tasks, they only give it to the students by e-mail. Then the students do the task and reply to the teacher with the task answer. The problem appearing now is attitude problem, where if the student only fills the presence in online way, the teacher can’t control the students’ attitude. It also contrasts with the teachers’ role as an actor to transfer the education value. The service provided by this technology is not only the learning process, but also the administration system. These systems are including the total administration fee having to pay by the students.  It makes the parents are easy to control the money outcomes of their children. These practices have been accepted by the minority of the society as the brilliant government’s effort in education. But, sometimes it still invites the parent confusedness about how to fill the education administration. It happened in the middle class and low class society, where they can’t operate the online paid system.           

On the contrary, the majority of society feels that this education system is unacceptable because actually Indonesia is unready to implement this education system. The Indonesian unready can be known from the society situation conducting the education system on every district that very various. This reality has becomes the common secret that Indonesia also has the different society and the different culture that affect directly to this education system implementation. For instance when the government implement this system in Papua the students might be respond differently than the students in the big city such as Jakarta, Jogjakarta, or the other districts. Many people who is disagree in the implementation system assume that when the government use this system the students enjoying these facilities only the students comes from the upper class society who is usually comes from the big city, meanwhile the other student coming from the village or isolated place can’t enjoy it because not all student mastering the communication technology, so, they can’t follows this education program. The easiness of education access maybe give many benefits to the both the teacher and the parent. But, ironically, it can invite the disorder behavior such asthe students who is using this chance in free time to access the website which is contain the restricted website, for instance : online game consisting of violence unsure, the impolite picture and the other material only making the worst things for the students.The education expert also afraid if this education system precisely makes the student unmotivated because theyfeel inferior to the other. It influenced by inability of the students to be the same with others because of his weaknesses. This case also becomes a contradictive with the education purpose mentioned in the Indonesian basic rules 1945 that say: Education service must be enjoyed by all Indonesian society. If this condition is still continue, it will invite the education’s discrimination. Where the rich becomes more and more rich and the poor becomes more and more poor especially in education. Moreover, the education expert can be more and more worried if this education system precisely causes the long gap between the student from low class society and the students from the high class society causing the unhealthy competition from both of them. The other problem appears is the disappearance of the human values, such as respect to the others, discipline, diligent, social relation and the students’ responsibility. As we know that these points are the most important thing that has to develop by the teacher in the learning process. MunifChatib in his seminar has been said that the education system which is  do not touch this component, an education system can be said as the robotic school  It happened because the student who is learning with this media does not get the education value from the teacher. As we know that the nature of education is not only the process of both transfer of knowledge and transfer of problem solving, but also transfer of value which in reality this component often forgotten by the teacher in the education process. This system cause the teacher can’t assess the student affectively. Meanwhile, the nature of affective assessment is the teacher effort to know the affective factor of the student who is following the learning process and also to promote the students ability.

The education system actually must fulfill the three aspects of education: Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor. These three aspects called Taxonomy Bloom. Without these aspects the education’s goal will not be achieved. Many education institutions those only pay attention to one aspect of educations. The aspect which most focused by them is cognitive aspect, where the students only do some drills given by the teacher. This irony appears in the Cyber Education system. Where in this system only pay attention to the students’ ability academically. So maybe the government can change the society’s paradigm about cyber education. One of them is the government must be socialize this program before it implemented in the learning process. The socialization effort can be done through several media such as printed media : newspaper, magazine, poster, pamphlet, brochure or electronics media such as : radio, television or internet. It has to execute by the government to retain the education shock. The governments also have to decrease the education cost, so all class society can enjoy the cyber education system. If it is impossible to executed, it means that the government is not yet ready to establish this education system. It’s better than the government must be focus first on the education system distribution because there are some districts that in reality lack educated because the government can’t provide the standard facility for the national education standard.

In the last of this essay the writer wants to convey a message to the government : “Please think before deciding”. The education is something which have to becomes the public consumption. So don’t make the society especially in middle and low level can’t enjoy the education service. For the final statement: “It’s better than the government immediately looking for the solution for this problem, so this polemic is not happened again in the future.

            The modern society often associated the usage of technology in Indonesian education system as a revolutionary step to answer the world education challenge recently. They assume that the use of technology can improve the student ability to comprehend the material given by the teacher easily that affect directly to the students’ quality.In reality, the use of technologies sometimes doesn’tbecome one of the components which determine thestudents’ quality. The students’ quality usually will appear from the inside motivation of students itself. So that although the students use the high technology in the learning process, the learning goal will not might be achieved easily. To answer this question, many efforts tried by the government to fulfill the society demand. One of the efforts is implementing the new education system that often used in Europe. This system called ‘Cyber Education’. This system makes the teaching and learning process can be executed everywhere and every time. It uses the internet as the basic media of the learning process. So, when the students want to learn, they only turn on the computer, connect to the internet, and learn through the video conference. The cyber education maybe can become the answer of the society question only for a while; after that many educational experts believe that it only make the new problem for Indonesia. One problem that maybe happened is education discrimination because these education systems automatically only given by the government to the upper class society while the middle class and lower class do not have a chance to enjoy this educational system.Moreover, it can increase the student motivation to learn the material from the teacher because the material provided usually completed by the video illustration making the students will be able to comprehend the difficult concepts of the subject. But, the video illustrations are not always becomes a guarantee the student will achieve a high score because the students’ learning style is very different. Furthermore, this education system is not demanding the students to fill the student’s presence. The students who want to study together only asked to enter the password and then, they can do this. With this system, many people believed that the parents also can be easily to observe the progress of their children during and after the learning process. Not the parent and the students only, but the teachers also will be able to assess the student easily especially for cognitive assessment because when the teachers want to give the tasks, they only give it to the students by e-mail. Then the students do the task and reply to the teacher with the task answer. The problem appearing now is attitude problem, where if the student only fills the presence in online way, the teacher can’t control the students’ attitude. It also contrasts with the teachers’ role as an actor to transfer the education value. The service provided by this technology is not only the learning process, but also the administration system. These systems are including the total administration fee having to pay by the students.  It makes the parents are easy to control the money outcomes of their children. These practices have been accepted by the minority of the society as the brilliant government’s effort in education. But, sometimes it still invites the parent confusedness about how to fill the education administration. It happened in the middle class and low class society, where they can’t operate the online paid system.           

On the contrary, the majority of society feels that this education system is unacceptable because actually Indonesia is unready to implement this education system. The Indonesian unready can be known from the society situation conducting the education system on every district that very various. This reality has becomes the common secret that Indonesia also has the different society and the different culture that affect directly to this education system implementation. For instance when the government implement this system in Papua the students might be respond differently than the students in the big city such as Jakarta, Jogjakarta, or the other districts. Many people who is disagree in the implementation system assume that when the government use this system the students enjoying these facilities only the students comes from the upper class society who is usually comes from the big city, meanwhile the other student coming from the village or isolated place can’t enjoy it because not all student mastering the communication technology, so, they can’t follows this education program. The easiness of education access maybe give many benefits to the both the teacher and the parent. But, ironically, it can invite the disorder behavior such asthe students who is using this chance in free time to access the website which is contain the restricted website, for instance : online game consisting of violence unsure, the impolite picture and the other material only making the worst things for the students.The education expert also afraid if this education system precisely makes the student unmotivated because they feel inferior to the other. It influenced by inability of the students to be the same with others because of his weaknesses. This case also becomes a contradictive with the education purpose mentioned in the Indonesian basic rules 1945 that say: Education service must be enjoyed by all Indonesian society. If this condition is still continue, it will invite the education’s discrimination. Where the rich becomes more and more rich and the poor becomes more and more poor especially in education. Moreover, the education expert can be more and more worried if this education system precisely causes the long gap between the student from low class society and the students from the high class society causing the unhealthy competition from both of them. The other problem appears is the disappearance of the human values, such as respect to the others, discipline, diligent, social relation and the students’ responsibility. As we know that these points are the most important thing that has to develop by the teacher in the learning process. Munif Chatib in his seminar has been said that the education system which is  do not touch this component, an education system can be said as the robotic school  It happened because the student who is learning with this media does not get the education value from the teacher. As we know that the nature of education is not only the process of both transfer of knowledge and transfer of problem solving, but also transfer of value which in reality this component often forgotten by the teacher in the education process. This system cause the teacher can’t assess the student affectively. Meanwhile, the nature of affective assessment is the teacher effort to know the affective factor of the student who is following the learning process and also to promote the students ability.

The education system actually must fulfill the three aspects of education: Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor. These three aspects called Taxonomy Bloom. Without these aspects the education’s goal will not be achieved. Many education institutions those only pay attention to one aspect of educations. The aspect which most focused by them is cognitive aspect, where the students only do some drills given by the teacher. This irony appears in the Cyber Education system. Where in this system only pay attention to the students’ ability academically. So maybe the government can change the society’s paradigm about cyber education. One of them is the government must be socialize this program before it implemented in the learning process. The socialization effort can be done through several media such as printed media : newspaper, magazine, poster, pamphlet, brochure or electronics media such as : radio, television or internet. It has to execute by the government to retain the education shock. The governments also have to decrease the education cost, so all class society can enjoy the cyber education system. If it is impossible to executed, it means that the government is not yet ready to establish this education system. It’s better than the government must be focus first on the education system distribution because there are some districts that in reality lack educated because the government can’t provide the standard facility for the national education standard.

In the last of this essay the writer wants to convey a message to the government : “Please think before deciding”. The education is something which have to becomes the public consumption. So don’t make the society especially in middle and low level can’t enjoy the education service. For the final statement: “It’s better than the government immediately looking for the solution for this problem, so this polemic is not happened again in the future.