THE USE OF GOOGLE MEET AS MEDIA LEARNING IN ONLINE CLASS DURING PANDEMIC COVID- 19

Abstrak

Due to the spread of Covid- 19 which was considered at a high level and risk from December 2019, the Indonesian government obliged all activities to do at home to keep physical distancing. One of the activities is learning process which used to do at schools. Schools are considered as one of the places which could spread out the Covid- 19. Thus, the teaching and learning process were also conducted at home by using some media to create online learning or class. One of media that could be used to have online class was the use of Google Meet. Google meet is one of Google feature that could be chosen as one of alternative media to conduct an online learning. More teachers or educators used this feature because the use of Google Meet was easy and practice. By using Google Meet, a teacher or educator could interact with more than 20 participants per session. Also, a teacher or educator could present the learning material by Google Meet. Briefly, Google Meet is considered as one of effective media to use for online learning during pandemic Covid-19. In this study, the researcher conducted a research by using questionnaire by Google form. The questionnaire aimed to the teachers who did online class using Google Meet during pandemic Covid-19. The descriptive qualitative was used as the research method. Based on the data obtained, it could be concluded that more teachers preferred using Google Meet due to its friendly use.