Optimizing Online Learning with the Google Classroom Application Approach during the Covid-19 Pandemic at SMP Negeri 16 Jakarta

Abstract

Education is a conscious and planned effort to create a learning atmosphere and process so that students actively develop their potential to have strength in religious spirituality, self-control of personality, intelligence, noble character, and the skills needed by themselves and society. During the Corona pandemic that hit Indonesia. Alternative distance learning is a solution in which learning continues and is conducive. Distance education is an alternative to the selection of learning methods that deal with the problems that arise due to the distance between educational institutions/teachers and the location of students. It is hoped that students will continue to learn without being constrained by geographical location. One of the right learning tools is to optimize the use of Google Classroom applications. This study aims to obtain an empirical description of the effect of the Google Classroom application on optimizing online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in SMP Negeri 16 Jakarta. This study used a survey method with correlational analysis. This means that the data were netted using a questionnaire. The survey method was used because the researcher wanted to understand the phenomena that occur in schools. This research is quantitative research using a survey method that distributes questionnaires. The population was taken from SMP Negeri 16, South Jakarta, which amounted to 90 8th grade students and six teachers; the sample was taken from 96 people, which was taken using a saturated sample.