COMMUNICATION STRATEGY MANAGEMENT ON DISTANCE LEARNING IN THE TIME OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to describe the teacher's communication strategy during distance learning in the COVID-19 situation. This study uses qualitative methods, using data analysis from interviews and observations of teaching and learning process activities. The COVID-19 situation causes the world of education to stop immediately from doing face-to-face teaching and learning activities so that it can decide the widespread spread of the COVID-19 virus by replacing online / remote or home-centered teaching and learning activities. There are obstacles faced by teachers when learning to teach online / distance is the difficulty ofdealing with students who are late and fall asleep while learning is in progress. In addition to the constraints of internet networks, teacher competence in the field of technology, especially during teaching and learning activities, internet networks that are less friendly during teaching and learning activities make communication less effective. The communication strategy used by the teacher for online / long distance teaching and learning is carried out optimally and effectively to be conveyed to students, before conveying knowledge, the teacher carefully prepares the material using power points, microsoft word, PDF as an applicator of the material presented to students so that they can easy to understa

The purpose of this research is to describe the teacher's communication strategy during distance learning in the COVID-19 situation. This study uses qualitative methods, using data analysis from interviews and observations of teaching and learning process activities. The COVID-19 situation causes the world of education to stop immediately from doing face-to-face teaching and learning activities so that it can decide the widespread spread of the COVID-19 virus by replacing online / remote or home-centered teaching and learning activities. There are obstacles faced by teachers when learning to teach online / distance is the difficulty ofdealing with students who are late and fall asleep while learning is in progress. In addition to the constraints of internet networks, teacher competence in the field of technology, especially during teaching and learning activities, internet networks that are less friendly during teaching and learning activities make communication less effective. The communication strategy used by the teacher for online / long distance teaching and learning is carried out optimally and effectively to be conveyed to students, before conveying knowledge, the teacher carefully prepares the material using power points, microsoft word, PDF as an applicator of the material presented to students so that they can easy to understa