LEARNING STRATEGIES IN THE NEW NORMAL ERA WITH GENERATION Z STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract

This research examines the response of hybrid learning as a form of  adaptation to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak and learning strategies in the new  normal era with the characteristics of Generation Z students. This research  involves undergraduate students of Sociology FISIP Unpad as research subjects.  Hybrid learning is a combined learning system of two types of learning, face-to face and online, which utilizes technology as its primary support. There are  positive and negative impacts of the existence of a social change caused by an  outbreak of the Covid-19 disease. The positive impact is that students and  lecturers must be open and skilled in using technology that supports teaching and  learning activities. However, there are indeed several learning models that are  less effective when done online, such as problem-based learning and project based learning. The negative impact is the decrease in the process of interaction  and socialization that occurs in the campus environment. The research results  show that students and lecturers feel that face-to-face lectures are still the primary  choice compared to online and hybrid. With the advantages possessed by the  characters of Generation Z, they are adaptive in responding to social changes that  occur in society. Learning strategies in the new normal era with the  characteristics of Generation Z students are flexible, interactive, collaborative,  and innovative learning that not only contains matter but goes directly to the field  as a deepening understanding of the matter from concepts and theories presented  in class.