ISSN: 2265-6294

Teacher Digital Literacy and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia: Forced, Used to It, Return to Before?

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Mite Setiansah, Nuryanti, Edi Santoso, Wiwik Novianti, Diva Azka Fidinillah

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Education 4.0, which combines digital technology with a face-to-face learning system, is seen as a solution for developing digital literacy in schools. This system is believed to be the foundation of success. The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia in early 2020 has become one of the forcing factors for accelerating digital literacy mastery by teachers and students. During the nearly two years of the pandemic, despite facing many obstacles, a digital culture began to take shape among teachers and students. The question is whether, after the pandemic, the use of digital media continues to become a culture and support for implementing Education 4.0 in schools or is it back to its original condition. This research aims to determine the level of teachers' digital literacy and its implementation in schools during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was conducted by involving teachers who are not teachers of Information and Communication Technology from junior high schools in Purwokerto, Central Java. Preliminary data was collected using a google form survey, followed by forum group discussion and interviews. Triangulation techniques are used for data validity. The data was analyzed using descriptive data analysis. The results showed that teachers' digital literacy generally shows sufficient competence where teachers already have the technical ability to access and produce content online to support learning activities. When the COVID-19 pandemic was over, the intensity of digital media use returned to its original dependence on the digital culture that developed in each school. After the COVID-19 pandemic ended, teachers with adequate digital literacy continued to develop a digital culture in the learning

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