UNS — The Covid-19 pandemic worldwide has shown a slow down after the accelerated vaccination process globally. This improvement brings a great impact on the recovery and growth of various sectors such as tourism, economy, business, and education. Many countries are opening their offline learning, but many are experiencing difficulties due to the learning loss after a long time without offline learning sessions.
Learning loss is a vital issue that needs to be addressed by every country because it affects students, parents, and teachers. Therefore, an effective strategy is needed to mitigate this phenomenon before the reopening of the offline learning process. To answer this issue, the Doctoral Program in Natural Science Education (IPA) Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta, supported by the World Class University program, tried to assist the government in handling the learning loss issue through the online International Seminar with Top Scholar. The event that was held through the Zoom Meeting platform was opened for the general public with a total of 221 participants and was held on Thursday (23/9/2021).
The seminar was opened by the Dean of FKIP UNS, Dr. Mardiyana, M.Si., and was run actively and constructively. Prof. Sonya N. Martin, Ph.D., from Seoul National University, South Korea, was invited as a speaker. Prof. Sonya has seminal research on the learning loss issue during the Covid-19 pandemic in several countries, America, Europe, and Asia. Her study found that many countries are experiencing serious issues of learning loss. In the seminar, Prof. Sonya shared the vital strategies in reopening offline learning through performing gradual addition in the learning sessions, continue holding the learning process through blended learning, and focuses on the opportunities for new learning methods.
Prof. Sulistyo Saputro, M.Si., as the Director of the Doctoral Program in Natural Science Education UNS, hoped that this event could assists educators in solving the learning loss.
“Hopefully, with this event, many educators could feel assisted with the sharing of experience with Asia-Pacific experts in learning,” Prof. Sulistyo stated. Humas UNS
Reporter: Zalfaa Azalia Pursita
Editor: Dwi Hastuti