E-LEARNING PROGRAM IS IT A NEW HYBRID FROM OF EDUCATION?

Abstract

Since e-learning was introduced as part of the higher education landscape, many universities have
adopted e-learning in their learning designs. However, developing e-learning requires internet
technology skills, learning design, and high mastery of substance, so e-learning development
becomes complicated and expensive for some universities. Because of this, many universities
have started researching and experimenting with hybrid Universitas Terbuka (UT), has been
designed to provide distance higher education (PTJJ). UT has organized hybrid education. Hybrid
education in this study combines face-to-face education, distance education with media outside
the network, and education with online media. So far, most of the hybrid education described in
the literature uses the flipped classroom model. Other e-learning models are also often applied in
the curriculum. Distance education is in dire need of management support. Several studies report
the importance of adequate institutional support in implementing hybrid education policies and
their benefits from a curricular perspective. Institutional support and effective employee
engagement will improve organizational performance. This study explores the opportunities that
arise from the use of e-learning in the learning process. This paper presents the policy
implementation of a hybrid education model and a framework that describes the e-learning
hybridization initiative with conventional education as a two-factor continuum, namely: (1)
institutional support for the use of e-learning and (2) aligning curriculum content between elearning and hybridization programs. In addition, hybrid education suggests indicators to measure
the impact of these initiatives at the education and university level.