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.
