BASIC COMPUTER NETWORKING TRAINER: HOW DOES THE EFFECTIVENESS TOWARDS LEARNING OUTCOMES IMPROVEMENTS?

Received Sept 12, 2019 Revised Oct 20, 2019 Accepted Oct 15, 2019 Learning media like simulator application was used in many learning processes at education institutes such as school and university. Based on observation, practicing using real equipment such as trainer media more effective than using the simulator as learning media to improving students comprehension in the learning process. On the previous work, Basic Computer Networking Trainer was developed that aims to improve students learning outcomes. This study aims to find out: The effectiveness of Basic Computer Networking Trainer towards learning outcomes at Computer Networking 1 subjects. This study using the experimental method with Quasi-Experimental Design. This study was done within 2 groups divided into experiment group treated using Basic Computer Networking Trainer and control group treated using Cisco Packet Tracer. Both groups were given by writing test. First was pre-test that given before treatment and post-test given after treatment. The sample of this study was 42 students 2nd grades of Information Technology and Computer Education, Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta.


INTRODUCTION
Learning Media such as simulator application has been used in many learning processes either in school or university. In his research Prabhandita (2012) conclude that vocational study which has practice subject in the majority, learning media has a significant influence towards students to understanding the learning subjects. Using simulator application, students can be helped to understand about basic computer networking. However, using simulator application was less effective if applied in university stages, because students in the university should have the ability to operating real equipment in order to be competent in work stages. Widiarningsih (2014) argues that the trainer media has a huge influence on learning media for creating an effective learning process. Saputro (2012) also argues that experience in using real equipment for practice increasing student comprehension in the learning process.
This study aims to measure effectiveness between basic computer networking trainer and simulator application (Cisco Packet Tracer) as learning media in Data Communication and Computer networking 1.
The purpose of this research is to find out (1) The difference in learning outcomes between Basic Computer Networking Trainer and Cisco Packet Tracer as learning media. (2) The effectiveness of Basic Computer Networking Trainer towards learning outcomes at Data Communication and Computer Networking 1 subjects.
In this article will be discussing the literature review, research methods, results, and conclusions. The outcomes of this research are to answer the research question, "Is there any difference in learning outcomes between using Cisco Packet Tracer and basic computer networking trainer?" and "How does the effectiveness of This study contains several phases, that was: a) preliminary study; b) Problem Identification; c) Literature Review; d) Instrument Preparation; e) Instrument Trial; f) Instrument Validation and Reliability; g) Pretest, given before treatment to both groups; h) Prerequisite Test (Normality Test, Homogeneity Test, and Stability Test); i) Posttest, given after treatment to both groups; j) Data Analysis, including hypothesis test at significance level 0.05 and gain index analysis; k) Comparison, comparing the result between experiment group and control group; l) Report.

Sample
The sampling technique that used in this study was total sampling because of the amount of population less than 100 so that entire population becomes research sample (Sugiyono, 2007). Sugiyono (2007), total sampling was a sampling technique that amount of sample equal to the amount of population.
Total sampling was used to entire 2 nd grades of Information Technology and Computer Education that divided within 2 class, that was Class A amounted to 31 students and Class B amounted to 30 students.

Method of Collecting Data Observation
Observation aims to collect observation results data that used to find out students activeness of learning. Observation equipped with observation sheets that contain students activeness indicator list divided into affective assessment and psychomotor assessment. On each assessment includes several indicators that showed in Table 1. Index of learning activeness percentage based on (Purwanto, 2013: 103) showed in Table 2.

IP addressing in Computer Networking
Students understood the concept and how to IP addressing in Computer Networking

6.
Subnetting Students able to calculate and sharing computer networking requirements based on network subnet 7.
Static Routing Students able to explain and adjust static routing in computer networking

Research Design
This research was a quantitative research with experiment method. This research was done by dividing 2 groups. The first group was experiment group which given by treatment using basic computer networking trainer. The second group was control group which given by treatment using Cisco Packet Tracer. Both groups are given by writing a test that was pre-test before treatment and post-test after treatment. Pre-test given before learning activity started and post-test given after learning activity with treatment over.   Based on table and figure above, in pretest experiment class got 20 in the minimum score and 100 in the maximum score, while control class got 13 in the minimum score and 93 in the maximum score. Then, experiment class obtains 60.04 for pretest and 79.71 for post-test while control class obtains 61.57 for pretest and 72.09 for post-test. It showed that there is the difference in result test of both groups based on the average score in the post-test. Experiment class got a higher score than control class so that basic computer networking has more influence than Cisco packet tracer to improving students learning outcomes.

Hypothesis
Research Hypothesis:

Ho 2. :
There was no difference in learning outcomes between students that using Basic Computer Networking Trainer with students that using Cisco Packet Tracer in Basic Computer Subjects.

Ha 4. :
There was a difference in learning outcomes between students that using Basic Computer Networking Trainer with students that using Cisco Packet Tracer in Basic Computer Subjects

Gain Index Analysis
Gain Analysis was a difference between Post-test and Pre-test average score of both groups (Hake, 1999). Hake also argues there were formulas to counting Gain Score, that was:  In table 5. gain index score of the control group was 0.26 and gain index score of experiment group was 0.49. This score was interpreted into Index Gain. According to gain index, control group included into low index and experiment group included into the fair index.

CONCLUSION
According to research result supported by data analysis in this study, using basic computer networking trainer in Data Communication and Computer Networking 1 subjects have to be optimized in the case to increasing students comprehension towards learning subjects so as increased students learning outcomes. However, other factors such as space availability to basic computer networking trainer take place also lecturer knowledge about operating the trainer was an important thing for support basic computer networking trainer utilization as learning media in Computer Networking 1 subjects.