Utilization of Google Meet in Online Learning for PGMI IAINU Kebumen Students

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the use of Google Meet in online learning among Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah Teacher Education students, Institut Agama Islam Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen in the 2023/2024 academic year. A qualitative research approach with a descriptive type was used in the research. Data sources were obtained from 15 second-semester students and 16 fourth-semester students of the Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah Teacher Education study program, Institut Agama Islam Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen in the 2023/2024 academic year. Data was collected through observation, questionnaires, interviews, and documentation. Data were analyzed using interactive analysis, consisting of data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. The results of the research show that student's responses to the use of Google Meet in online lectures have gone quite well because of the ease of access, completeness of the features in the application, and the lecturer's wisdom when students experience obstacles in lectures, accompanied by evidence of the results of distributing questionnaires regarding ease of access and operation of Google Meet. 78.49% and the usefulness of Google Meet for students reached 73%. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of Google Meet in online lectures has supported the learning process for students of the Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah Teacher Education, Institut Agama Islam Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen with maximum achievements.