PPT-Audio; The Alternative Audio-Visual Media for Online Learning during the Corona Pandemic

Abstract

The Corona outbreak has affected many sides of people’s lives, including the learning process. Many students, teachers, and parents experience problems, both when teachers explain the learning material and when students understand the subject matter well. Therefore, this study explains the use of PPT-Audio in learning process during the Corona pandemic. It’s used a qualitative design with semi-participatory observation and interviews via WhatsApp (group) during May-July 2020. The references review is also carried out on concepts, studies, and the conditions of audio-visual learning. The results are: (1) learning process during the Corona pandemic experienced many obstacles: the explaining process by teachers, the understanding process by students, and the mentoring process by parents. In general, the learning process only takes the form of giving assignments by the teachers. (2) The use of PPT (audio) is very helpful for the teacher while explaining the subject matter and students with their parents while watching and listening to teacher’s explanation. (3) PPT-audio becomes an offering alternative media of attractive learning that can foster student’s imagination, creativity, and motivation while learning, especially accompanied by interesting pictures and narration.