Amount Corona virus cases are still relatively high. World Health Organization (WHO) reported that on Wednesday (20/5) there was an increase in the number of daily cases biggest (more than 100.000 cases around the world) since the outbreak began in Wuhan late December 2019. The economic impact resulting from the pandemic This makes economic growth only equal to 2,97% in the first quarter 2020, even though the first case of Covid was only announced in 2 March 2020.
Although the number of cases has not decreased but taking into account economic activity which has been stopped for a long time, the government finally echoed the discourse scenarionew normal. This scenario focuses on changing people's culture to adopt healthy lifestyles in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic or you could say adapting to Covid-19. The government hopes that there will be a scenarionew normal can keep society productive amidst the inevitability of the risk of the corona outbreak by implementing strict health protocols. Several sectors will be opened back to the education sector, especially universities.
Pessimistic Scenario
Based on research conducted by the McKensey Global Institute, the Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on several things, starting from the teaching and learning process, lecturer, until financial condition of universities. In a pessimistic scenario, learningonline will be done until 2021. Most students will complete this semester's courses online and graduation will be done virtually (without formal ceremonies).
Then, A significant shift occurred in learning with an online system Of course, this is a big challenge for universities. Standard learningdaring that is feasible needs to be planned carefully by universities to be able to achieve targets and meet needs students, in this case students. Besides that, lecturers who are not prepared This learning is required to be able to provideeffort more to be literate towards technology and can develop creative learning content.
Several steps can be taken done
For responding to challenges in the midst of a pandemic and preparing scenariosnew normal College, Some steps that universities can take include:; First, formtask force team (work team) asnerve center. Team building work that focuses on specific areas of responsibility can help leaders educational institutions to carry out response planning and management against Covid-19. In order to increase the effectiveness of forming work teams this, need to be donetracing what what the team is doing, When, and by whom. Meeting between members The team is carried out as intensively and efficiently as possible in order to respond and answer challenges those in the field.
Responsibility The work team's responsibility includes four parts.First, carry out an analysis of campus conditions in general andonline learning (learning online) in particular. Second, focus on urgent matters must be done, need to decide what to do quickly and effectively respond to student needs. Third, focus on designingportfolio actions (action to be done) both short term and long term withpragmatic operating model (models practical operation) to clarify action plans and actions that. Fourth, convey plans and respond flexibly to responses and efficient.
Second, pay attention to needs student, lecturer, and financial resilience. Universities need to pay attention to the necessary needs by students such as optimizing educational standards based online. Students need learning experienceonline which interesting, so universities need to provide capable educational content increase interest and curiosity in the courses taken.
Besides that, Lecturers need to be supported to be able to continue research, Because scholarly productivity reflect university performance which has a high weighting (as big as 60% from overall indicators) in world-class university rankings, namely the Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds Rank. Apart from research, Lecturers need to be given support to be able to carry out teachingonline effectively and even if it is possible to hold training to become a content creator education.
Then the last one, universities need to look at the financial condition of the institution in the midst of an entirely online learning system. With uncertainty sustainable amidst the Covid-19 outbreak, universities need to do various scenarios to promote financial resilience. This scenario is necessary seecore competence from university for example by establishingonline courses paid which fee-it can be university income, or you could also set up a business consulting in collaboration with industry.
Third, focus on registration new students and the teaching process for the next academic year. Seeing that the time for new student registration is getting closer, Educational institutions need to plan for the next academic year by establishingcommand center for managing student activities and especially as an information center for Potential students do not register such as international students andlower-income students.
Command center expected able to be at the forefront of the information needed by students. Apart optimization of the information center, universities must also be able to answer the challenge of how to be able to provide significant changes to the model Teaching is now becoming more flexible teaching, measurable, cost low, and the most important thing is that it is interesting.
Mapping Potential
Order can answer various challenges in this pandemic, leader on Universities need to map potential damage and look for alternatives solutions with various scenarios to solve the problem.
Planning both short and long term are necessary for universities to remain showing productivity in the midst of this outbreak and being able to accommodate students. In this way, it is hoped that universities will be able to present scenariosnew normal which is effective supporting productivity in the education sector.
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