South Tangerang, 10/01/2024 – As a form of commitment to answering the challenges and needs of society in the increasingly developing world of education, the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Terbuka will soon open a Guidance and Counseling (BK) Undergraduate Study Program at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP). One important part of the preparation for the opening of the study program is to prepare a Course Design (RMK) and Interactive Teaching Materials (BAI) that are relevant and in accordance with the development of current educational needs. RMK functions as a basic framework in compiling courses, which not only include learning objectives and graduate achievements, but also the competencies that students must have. In addition, in the context of distance learning, interactive teaching materials are very important to ensure active student involvement in the teaching and learning process..
The development of Open University Teaching Materials starts from a blueprint called the Course Design (RMK), where based on the RMK, Printed/Non-Printed Teaching Materials of Open University are developed. The Course Design is a course plan that contains competencies and outlines of material for a course, consisting of Instructional Analysis (AI) and Learning Program Outline (GBPP). As an initial step in compiling teaching materials, the development of the Course Design (RMK) for the BK S1 study program has been carried out. Furthermore, the RMK that has been developed is reviewed by colleagues who are in accordance with their fields. The next stage will be the development of Teaching Materials that become a source of learning for students.
The RMK finalization and BAI development workshop was held for three days in a mixed manner, namely online and offline. The workshop activities started on Sunday, September 29 for the RMK finalization activities and Monday, September 30 to Tuesday, October 1, 2024 for activities in the Rasamala Room, Wisma 2, Universitas Terbuka and the links https://zoom.us/j/99253521318 (RMK) and https://zoom.us/j/91771793025 (BAI). This event began with singing the song Indonesia Raya and a prayer reading by Apri Kasman, M.Pd. The event continued with an activity report by the Vice Dean for Finance and General Affairs of FKIP UT, Isti Rokhiyah, M.A., Ph.D. The event was then opened by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of Universitas Terbuka Dr. Mohamad Yunus, S.S., M.A. accompanied by the Vice Dean for Finance, Resources, and General Affairs at FKIP. In his speech, he expressed his gratitude and appreciation to all developers and writers from various institutions who have shed their knowledge and ideas in teaching materials that will be used for the lecture process of students from various parts of the archipelago. Then he emphasized that because the Open University teaching materials will be presented to students nationally and internationally (selectively) so it is necessary to pay attention to the inner side of packaging it so that it can be studied independently and from the other side it can also facilitate student interaction with multimedia presentations. It is hoped that the presentation of multimedia programs in these teaching materials can facilitate and enrich students with more realistic case studies in the field. The event was continued with the delivery of technical instructions for activities by the Head of the Counseling Guidance Study Program Team, Dra. Susy Puspitasari, M.Pd and Finalization of RMK by Dra. Marisa, M.Pd.
An important moment on the first day was the signing of the cooperation agreement between the Dean, Secretary General of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Guidance and Counseling Association (ABKIN) and the Vice Dean for Cooperation and Student Affairs of the FKIP UT.
The Second Day, which falls on September 30, 2024, began with an explanation of Writing Interactive Teaching Materials (Substance) by Prof. Dr. Suciati, M.Sc. and an explanation via media presented by Al Hafid, S.Kom., MMSI. The event continued with Ishoma and discussing the curriculum. In the afternoon, it was continued with an explanation of the Teaching Materials writing contract by the Deputy Dean of Finance and General Affairs, Isti Rokhiyah, M.A., Ph.D. The activity ended with individual writing of teaching materials by participants.
Day Three, on October 1, 2024, involves a BAI writing progress check session by the development team. This session concludes with administrative completion and closing.
This workshop is expected to produce quality Course Plans (RMK) and interactive teaching materials, support the academic development of the Guidance and Counseling study program of FKIP UT, and meet the needs of more effective and innovative education in the digital era.
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