Learning Innovations During the Pandemic COVID-19 for Teaching of Automotive Industrial Management

Pandemic outbreaks of infectious diseases caused by the corona virus (COVID-19) has required the students to study from home at Universitas Negeri Medan, and the learning adaptation by using online learning become a choice. This study aims to develop innovative learning for the teaching of Automotive Industrial Management through the provision of learning resources that can be used by students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was conducted in second semester of 2019-2020 academic year. Research includes developing innovative learning resources, followed by standardization and implementation for blended learning. Learning innovation is carried out by providing innovative teaching materials supplemented with multimedia for the subject of Automotive Industrial Management, then packaged in softcopy. Standardization of teaching materials is done using expert lecturers. Implementation of learning is done with involvement of 61 students in two parallel classes. The results showed that a standard and innovative learning resources have been successfully developed according to the needs of achieving the competencies required by automotive engineering students. Lecturer respondents gave excellent assessment to the developed teaching materials. The implementation results showed that the learning resource has effectively been used students from home as a supplement to online teaching. The developed learning material motivate students to learn to achieve their competencies. Students’ knowledge and skills have developed, where learning outcomes obtained from both, the portfolio of submitted assignment and evaluation score, are all very good. The learning innovations developed were very suitable for teaching students on Automotive Industrial Management during the COVID-19 pandemic.