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SEE PROFILE International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 The Implementation of Google Classroom as the E-Learning Platform for Teaching Non-Parametric Statistics during COVID19 Pandemic in Indonesia Georgina Maria Tinungki1*, Budi Nurwahyu2 1 Department of Statistics, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia Department of Mathematics, Hasanuddin University, Makassar Indonesia 1 georgina@unhas.ac.id (*corresponding author), 2 budinurwahyu@unhas.ac.id 2 Abstract This research was done to support teaching and learning activities from home, as suggested by the Indonesian government to stop the COVID-19 pandemic. This experimental research employed development stages that result in the recommendation of e-learning using Google classroom, which implementation was then assessed based on the criteria of the model quality, namely validity, practicality, and effectiveness. The subjects in this study were 33 students majoring in Statistics who attended the nonparametric statistics course, consisting of 19 females and 14 males. Data were collected through observation and written tests. A set of essay test was used as the data collection instrument. The results showed that all students and educators could carry out teaching and learning activities from home. The use of Google classroom during the planning has been considered quite effective with a percentage of 79%. The Learning Implementation was much in line with the Semester Learning Plan, showing the percentage of 86.7%. The accessibility of Lecturers and Students to Google classroom was considered appropriate (77.2%). The fulfillment of the standards of process and content also complied with the National Education Standards and the Standards of the relevant tertiary institution (76.3%). The learning aspect that has been documented were regarded as appropriate (78.2%). Therefore, the implementation of Google Classroom as the e-learning platform, as seen from learning outcomes has been categorized good and students’ responses to the implementation were also good. Keywords: COVID-19, effective category, E-learning, Google Classroom, Nonparametric Statistics. 1. INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic struck and almost paralyzed all countries in terms of social and economic activities, including Indonesia [1]. At present, the Indonesian government has imposed warnings and prohibitions on leaving homes, working, or going to school. Several new terms have emerged, including work from home or learn from home. Elearning is a system or concept of education that utilizes information technology in teaching and learning, where learning is arranged using an electronic or computer system to support the learning process [2]. Google Classroom is one of the other e-learning platforms in which the number of users significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. These regulations undoubtedly affect the learning process. However, students still have to keep learning even though it is done online [3]. For the lecturers, one of the essential goals in teaching in the class to help students to enrich their learning goals [4]. Google Classroom is a management system of teaching and learning activities that can be used and accessed via a desktop at classroom.google.com site [5]. ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5793 International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 COVID-19 Coronavirus or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a virus that attacks the respiratory system. This disease is caused by a viral infection called COVID-19. Coronavirus can cause mild symptoms to the respiratory system, severe lung infections, to death. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), better known as the Coronavirus, is a new type of Coronavirus that is transmitted to humans. Although it is more aggressive to the elderly, this virus can affect anyone, including infants, children, to adults, including pregnant women and nursing mothers [6]. Coronavirus infection called COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) was first detected in Wuhan city, China, at the end of December 2019. This virus has been transmitted very rapidly and has spread to almost all countries, including Indonesia, within just a few months. Many states implement policies to impose lockdowns to delay the spread of Coronavirus. In Indonesia, Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) policy has been imposed to suppress the spread of this virus [7, 8]. Coronavirus is a collection of viruses that can infect the respiratory system. In many cases, this virus only causes mild respiratory infections, such as flu. However, this virus can also cause severe respiratory disease, such as lung infections (pneumonia). In addition to the SARS-CoV-2 virus or Coronavirus, viruses that are also included in this group are the viruses that cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and similar virus that causes Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). Although this disease is caused by viruses from the same group, namely coronaviruses, COVID-19 has some differences from SARS and MERS, and others in terms of the speed of spread and severity of symptoms [6]. The initial symptoms of Coronavirus infection or COVID-19 can resemble flu symptoms, namely fever, runny nose, dry cough, sore throat, and headache. After that, the symptoms can disappear and heal or even aggravate. Patients with severe symptoms can experience high fever, cough with phlegm and even bleeding, shortness of breath, and chest pain. These symptoms appear when the body reacts against the Coronavirus. There are three general symptoms that can indicate Coronavirus infection, including fever (body temperature above 38 degrees Celsius), cough, and difficulties to breathe. The symptoms of COVID-19 generally appear within two days to two weeks after being exposed to the Coronavirus [9, 10]. 2.2 Google Classroom Google Classroom is a foyer of blended learning applications that can be used for free [11]. Lecturers can create their own classes and share the class code or invite students. Google Classroom is intended to help students find or overcome learning difficulties, share lessons, and create assignments without having to attend a face to face class. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of file sharing between lecturers and students. Google Classroom combines Google Drive for assignment creation and distribution, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides for writing, Gmail for communication, and Google Calendar for scheduling. Students can be invited to join classes via private codes or automatically imported from the school domain [12]. Each class can be given a separate folder in each user's drive, where students can submit work to be assessed by the lecturer. This application is available for iOS and Android devices, allowing users to take photos and attach assignments, share files from other applications, and access information offline. Lecturers can monitor the progress of each student's learning, and after being assessed, lecturers can return their works [13]. ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5794 International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 2.3 Google classroom application To start using Google classroom application, users can download the application from the Play Store and the App Store. For desktop use, this application can be accessed at classroom.google.com. Users can log in on the system using a Gmail account. After that, lecturers will be given the option to create classes that are flexible and adjustable. After the class is created, lecturers can invite students to join the class by sharing a unique code, which is a combination of letters and numbers [14]. One of the main features of Google classroom is the feature to insert a number of main files as on the main page. Google Classroom provides a place for lecturers to describe the profile of the class. In this section, lecturers can also insert syllabi, class rules, or other guidelines. In addition, Google Classroom also provides Announcement features [15]. Through this feature, lecturers can easily share important announcements for all students. In the assignment feature, Google Classroom also makes it easy for lecturers to give assignments. Lecturers can also complete the assignment with other information such as description, deadline, and insert a number of images, instructions, and videos [16]. Google Classroom provides four options that can be selected according to needs. The first option is a stream or a forum. Through this classroom option, the teacher and students can interact directly to conduct discussions. The next option is Classwork. Through this class, teachers and students will find it easier to distribute tasks. Furthermore, Google Classroom also presents the Grade section, which is used to recapitulate students’ assessments. Through all the features in Google Classroom, lecturers and students can continue to carry out teaching and learning activities without face to face meetings. To note, through Google Classroom, teachers and students can easily convey information, assignments, and conduct discussions [17]. 2.4 Google Classroom features Google Classroom has many conveniences such as Google Drive, Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, and Gmail, which will help educational institutions to more easily teach without physical material such as classes, whiteboards, and stationery. Here are some features that really support this online learning [18]: 2.4.1 Assignments Each downloaded task will be saved and assessed in the Google productivity suite of applications that have made this online collaboration possible. Instead of just sharing documents that are in a student's Google Drive with the teacher, the file is hosted on the student's Drive and then sent for assessment. The teacher can choose the file as a template, allowing each student to edit their own copy and submit it to be assessed. Hence, all students can view, copy, or edit the same document. Students can also choose to attach additional documents from their Drive to an assignment. 2.4.2 Rating (Grading) Google Classroom supports different assessment methods. Lecturers can monitor the progress each student makes on every assignment and they can also send comments and edit. Modified assignments can be graded by the teacher and returned with comments to allow students to revise the assignment and return it. After being assessed, the assignment can only be edited by the teacher unless the teacher returns the assignment. 2.4.3 Smooth communication Announcements can be posted by lecturers to the class stream, which can be commented on by students allowing two-way communication between lecturers and students. Students can also post to class but will not be as high a priority as an ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5795 International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 announcement by the lecturer and can be moderated. Various types of media from Google products such as YouTube videos and Google Drive files can be attached to announcements and posts for sharing content. Gmail also provides an email option for lecturers to send emails to one or more students in the Google Classroom interface. Classes can be accessed on the web or through the Android and iOS Class mobile apps. 2.5 Non-Parametric Statistics Non-parametric statistics are statistics that are used when the normal distribution of data is neglected. Some experts define non-parametric statistics as Statistics for qualitative data and which have free distribution K [2]. Why do we use non-parametric statistics? Because parametric statistics cannot be used since the data were not normally distributed, qualitative, and data can only be measured on a nominal or ordinal scale. The advantages or benefits of non-parametric statistics are the probability of the analysis result can be obtained with certainty and it can be used to analyze with a small number of samples (samples) (minimum limit = 6). It can be used to analyze data obtained from different populations, data measured in the nominal or ordinal scale. The method of analysis is relatively easy in the form of simple algebra that is easy to learn and use. Although non-parametric statistics are much more flexible because they do not require variety of fairly stringent requirements such as parametric statistics, the use of parametric statistics is still preferred. When research data are normally distributed, or of type ratio, or is in large numbers, parametric statistics must take precedence. The weaknesses of non-parametric statistics are: if normal assumptions can be met, then the conclusions of the analysis obtained may be biased. Non-parametric statistics cannot be used to measure interactions, and because it cannot be used for regression analysis, non-parametric statistical practice is not for predicting. Weaknesses or shortcomings of non-parametric statistical procedures are precisely related to their strengths, because they can be used even with a minimal process to process data, the conclusions drawn with non-parametric procedures will be weaker than the ones of parametric procedures [19]. 3. RESEARCH METHODS This experimental research was conducted through development stages, assessing the implementation of e-learning using Google classroom based on the criteria of model quality, namely validity, practicality, and effectiveness. This research involved students majoring in Statistics study programs who attended the non-parametric statistics course. Those criteria were determined since the non-parametric statistics course was delivered amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Assignments that promote a balance portion in knowledge and skills required tools or media that can facilitate students to do the assignments and answer questions given by the instructor through Google classroom. Implementation standards used in the evaluation included quality standards for implementing e-learning that has been developed by the number of universities. Samples were taken by purposively from the population. The determination of the sample size of students from the population was done using Slovin formula as follows: where : N = population size n = sample size d = estimation error ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5796 International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 The variables examined in this study include aspects of Google classroom learning management consisting of learning planning variables, design and creation of materials, delivery of learning, learning interactions, and evaluation of the implementation of Google classroom learning. Analysis of data described in this study is intended to describe and interpret the effectiveness of Google classroom as a learning medium in nonparametric statistics courses. The variables examined in this study included Google classroom learning management aspects consisting of learning planning variables, design and creation of materials, delivery of learning, learning interactions, and evaluation of the implementation of Google classroom learning. Data analysis was intended to analyse and interpret the effectiveness of Google classroom as a learning medium in non-parametric statistics courses, as shown in Table 1. Table 1. Effectiveness Assessment Criteria for Descriptive Analysis No. 1 2 3 4 Sources: [20, 21]. Formula Classification Effective Fairly effective Ineffective Very ineffective Information: = average ideal = ½ (Ideal Maximum Score + Ideal Minimum Score) = deviation = 1/6 (Ideal Maximum Score - Ideal Minimum Score) = Empirical score 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The virtual class was started by the lecturer directing all students attending the nonparametric statistics course to download the Google classroom application through the Play Store and App Store. For use on the desktop, this application can be accessed through the class.google.com site. Furthermore, students logged into the system using Gmail accounts. After that, students were given some options to take a class. After the class is formed, the lecturer invited students to join the class after using a unique code: wsc6prg as shown in Figure 1 below: ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5797 International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 Figure 1: The lecturer invited students to join the non-parametric statistics class using a code: wsc6prg. At the beginning of the learning process, the lecturer missed the attendance list of each student, yet most of the students were already present. The lecturer explained the material to be discussed, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2: The discussion between lecturer and students. Figure 2 above shows, the discussion between lecturers and students, between students and students about the definition of non-parametric statistics, as well as the advantages and disadvantages. Learning continued, where students were very happy and motivated to understand better the concepts of the material discussed until it ended. The third meeting was attended by 35 students, as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3: Students’ activities during the e-learning lecture using Google classroom application. Figure 3 Students’ activities in e-learning lectures using google classroom application, where students were given individual assignments. ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5798 International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 Figure 4: Individual assignments. Based on Figure 4 above, it appears that the lecturer gave practice questions done within 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, there was a discussion between students and lecturers. Students were very enthusiastic and could understand the concepts of the material being discussed. In the fourth meeting, an evaluation was carried out through an assessment that each student had to finish in their respective room, as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 : Students answered the questions uploaded to their respective rooms. Figure 5 shows that students have answered the questions given in their respective rooms in the form of pdf format and Microsoft word format. All of those file types were acceptable. The lecturer gave feedback for every student's answer. In the 5th meeting, the lecturer delivered the teaching material as shown in Figure 6. ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5799 International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 Figure 6: Teaching material uploaded by lecturers as material to be discussed. Based on Figure 6 above, we can see The Kruskal-Wallis One-Way Analysis of Variance by Ranks teaching material uploaded by lecturers. After lecturing for 7 meetings, and in the 8th meeting a midterm exam is held, as shown in Figure 7 below: Figure 7: Sample answer of midtest exam Based on Figure 7 above, a student answered the questions correctly in a respective room as expected in the learning process. Based on several lecture meetings and interactions that occur during the lecture process, the tendency for the effectiveness of learning using Google classroom is presented in Table 2. Mi = 1/2 (Highest ideal score + Lowest ideal score) = 1/2 (86 + 35) = 59,5 SDi = 1/6 (Highest ideal score - Lowest ideal score) = 1/6 (86 - 35) = 8,5 ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5800 International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 Table 2. Distribution of trends in the effectiveness of Google classroom learning as a learning medium No. 1 2 3 Formula 4 TOTAL Frequency Percentage 5 19% 27 79% 3 2,0% 0 35 Qualification Effective Fairly effective Ineffective 0% Very Ineffective 100% Table 2 shows that the implementation of Google classroom learning as a learning medium as a whole has been quite effective with a trend level of 79%. The effectiveness of Google classroom as an e-learning platform for each variable is effective. The Effectiveness of Learning Implementation according to RPS is 86.7%, the Lecturer and Student component has access to Google classroom 73.27%, the Lecturer component has access to the e-learning learning development facility by 76.3%, the learning interaction component is 66.10 %, and components available for access to Google classroom facilities at 78.2.01%. The criteria for assessing Google classroom learning for planning indicators can be seen in Table 3: Table 3: Assessment criteria of teaching planning using google classroom No. Description 1 Implementation of Learning according to the Semester Learning Plan. 2 Lecturers and Students have access to Google classroom 3 The fulfillment of process standards and standards for the content of education implementation in accordance with the National Education Standards and Standards of the relevant tertiary institutions 4 This learning is documented and can be accounted for. Percentage 86,7% 77.2 % Qualification Very appropriate Appropriate 76,3% Appropriate 78,2% Appropriate Table 4 presents that the Implementation of Learning according to RPS (86.7%) has met the qualifications. Whereas for lecturers and students having access to google classroom is appropriate (77.2%), and the fulfillment of the process standards and the content standards of the implementation of education based on the National Education Standards and Standards of the relevant tertiary institutions has been appropriate (76.3%). Furthermore, learning can be documented and can also be accounted for accordingly (78.2%). Thus, the urgency level of learning using use google classroom media is quite good. Practitioners are recommended to further improve the effectiveness of e-learning learning planning using google classroom by emphasizing on the main aspects of implementation planning as a first step in using google classroom as a learning medium. 5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 5.1 Conclusion Based on the results of the analysis of the effectiveness of e-learning using Google classroom, it can be concluded that the platform successfully supported the ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC 5801 International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 4, (2020), pp. 5793 - 5803 recommendation for learning issued by the Indonesian government. All students and educators could carry out teaching and learning activities from home to suppress the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Google classroom learning planning aspects are categorized quite effective, with a percentage of 79%. The Learning Implementation aspect is very much in accordance with the Semester Learning Plan to 86.7%. The aspects of Lecturers and Students having access to Google classroom are appropriate (77.2%). 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Budi Nurwahyu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Hasanuddin University, Makassar city, Indonesia. He is Managing Editor of the Journal of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science (Jurnal Matematika, Statistika, Komputasi), Hasanuddin University. He got his undergraduate degree (doctorandus / Drs.) in Mathematics from Gadjah Mada University in 1982, MSc in Mathematics from Bandung Institute of Technology in 1987, and PhD in Mathematics Education from the State University of Surabaya in 2016. ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST Copyright ⓒ 2020 SERSC View publication stats 5803