Sanata Dharma University Context

1.21.2. Sanata Dharma University Context

There are also two research questions for research in Sanata Dharma University context i.e. how does Web-based teaching and learning technology help or support to deliver teaching at Sanata Dharma University? and what are the enabling and inhibiting characteristics associated with the implementation of Web-based teaching and learning technology in Sanata Dharma University? These two research questions will also be explored within one research process as both of them have a closed relationship. The research will be conducted at Sanata Dharma University, in Indonesia, where the researcher is working as a lecturer for undergraduate degree at Informatic Engineering Department. In this university, the researcher has some teaching experience using traditional methods. Based on the experience of the researcher as a student using Web based teaching and learning technology and the findings from the previous research, the researcher is interested to try to conduct research using the technology in teaching and learning process at Sanata Dharma University, Indonesia. This research is conducted to find the answer of the two research questions in Sanata Dharma University context. In the second research, the researcher will try to introduce Web-based teaching and learning technology to some students and lecturers at Sanata Dharma University. A simple web-based teaching module will be developed and it will be tested on some students at Sanata Dharma University, who have studied the same module using traditional method. Since the researcher is currently studying at Salford University, United Kingdom, the researcher will choose a college lecturer who is currently active in teaching at Sanata Dharma University, Indonesia, to help researcher in introducing the Web-based teaching and learning technology. She also will be asked to monitor and observe the progress of introducing Web-based teaching and learning to the students at Sanata Dharma University. The result of this research will be used to explore the potential of Web-based teaching and learning technology were it to be implemented at Sanata Dharma University. The information to gain understanding will be obtained from conducting interpretation of a lecturers experience and students experiences in using Web-based teaching and learning technology at Sanata Dharma University in Indonesia. Based on the research approach characteristics proposed by Braa and Vidgen 1999 depicted in Table 3.2, the research approach appropriate to conduct this research will be justified as shown in Table 3.4. Table. 3.4. Research Approaches Characteristics for Sanata Dharma University Context Research outcome and characteristic Action case characteristic Research characteristic at Salford University Context Change intervention Intended Small to medium scale The researcher intends to introduce Web-based teaching and learning technology to some students and lecturers in Sanata Dharma University. The scope is considered small, as it is limited in one simple module. Prediction reduction Low - Understanding interpretation Medium Understanding is considering medium as it is interpreted from experiences of some students and lecturers using Web-based teaching and learning technology in one module guided by conceptual frameworks. Duration Short to medium The researcher participates in the usage of the technology for 1 month and the interpretation took additional 2 month. Time orientation Contemporary and building future The research will introduce the technology and affect in the effectiveness of the technology to support teaching and learning process at the time of research and in the next implementation. Participation Medium The participation is considered medium as the researcher conduct the research without face-to-face meeting considering limitation of the place of the research which is across continent. In considering the limitation, the researcher will choose an active college lecturer in teaching to help to introduce the technology and to monitor and observe the usage of the technology by the students. Considering the characteristics of the research depicted in Table 3.4, an action case approach is more appropriate to conduct the research than case study or action research. Intervention through introduction of the technology and trying to make effectively usage of the technology by the process of understanding guided by conceptual framework is facilitated by action case approach. As stated before in the previous justification for the first research, considering that in action case, the scope of the investigation is restricted in order that a small to medium-scale intervention can be achieved in a rich local context Braa et al., 1999.

1.22. Research Design