EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ZOOM MEETING APPLICATIONS IN MICRO TEACHING LECTURES IN THE PANDEMICTIME COVID-19

Abstract

Online lectures are the main means of learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic. It is inevitable that at this time, the campus is carrying out lectures online from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but lecturers and students continue to conduct online-based lectures through various applications, one of which is the Zoom Meeting application. The purpose of this article is to determine the effectiveness of using the Zoom Meeting application in micro teaching lectures during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used was in the form of filling out a questionnaire via Google Form for 34 students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Study Program STKIP PGRI West Sumatra who were taking micro teaching courses in the even semester of 2019/2020, total 34 students. From the descriptive survey results, it was found that the variable student opinion on the ease of the Zoom Meeting application in micro teaching lectures, obtained an average of 3.857. The student acceptance variable on the ease of the Zoom Meeting application as an online learning medium in micro teaching lectures, obtained an average of 3.649. The student expectation variable regarding the use of the Zoom Meeting application in micro teaching lectures, the results obtained an average of 3.842. That is, the use of the Zoom Meeting application is less effective in micro teaching lectures, but it is already effective in online learning media and can be used as a learning application during the Covid-19 pandemic.