The Level of Student Readiness for the Use of SYAM-OK in the Department of Educational Technology, Universitas Negeri Makassar

The focus of this research study is how the level of student readiness for the use of
SYAM-OK in online learning during the covid-19 pandemic which includes: convenience,
usefulness, acceptance of use and obstacles experienced by users during the online learning
process using SYAM-OK during the covid-19 pandemic. 19. This research is a qualitative
descriptive study conducted from April to June 2021 at the Faculty of Education, Makassar
State University. The subjects in this study were Educational Technology Students Class of
2019 who had filled out a questionnaire and conducted an interview process regarding the
level of readiness to use SYAM-OK. Data collection techniques using questionnaires,
interviews, and documentation. Data analysis methods consist of data reduction, data
presentation, and data verification. The results of the study show that the level of student
readiness to use SYAM-OK which includes four indicators, namely, convenience, usefulness,
user acceptance and obstacles experienced by users. Among these 4 indicators, the indicator
of the level of readiness to accept use still needs to be further improved. The obstacles
experienced by users in the online learning process using SYAM-OK are the internet
connection that is not supported, the server is down and the number of task collection
capacity is limited. Even so, both students and lecturers hope to continue to use SYAM-OK in
the online learning process and face-to-face learning