Integrated Innovation and Strategies for Teaching and Learning in Industrial Revolution Era 4.0: Building Effective Blended Learning for Macroeconomics Learners

Abstract

The teaching landscape is rapidly changing, and the technological rise of the 21st-century and widespread integration of those technologies into our society, combined with access to the internet has integrally changed teaching in just a few years. The technological advances of the world have brought many changes in the world of education. The development of information and communication technology in the era of Industrial Revolution 4.0 has had a significant impact not only on the development of the country but also on the world of education today. Today's university lecturers face difficulty in and of themselves because of this. Numerous subjects must be able to adapt and improve themselves in line with the advancement of industry 4.0. Macroeconomics is one of the less popular courses among students since it requires them to grasp concepts, theories, and statistical and mathematical principles. The failure of students to master basic statistical and mathematical skills including the skill of interpreting graphs also makes it difficult for students to understand the relationship between economic concepts and related data. In that case, the interactive method is seen as an alternative to the solution to this problem and traditional methods are no longer suitable to be applied in the learning process in the 21st century. This has inspired us to use blended learning and outcome-based education to improve students' capacity for Industrial Age 4.0 adaptation. The two semesters final examination results of September 2019/2020 for non- s and September 2020/2021 for blended were involved in this study. The outcome indicated that the implementation and application of a blended learning approach supported by technology e-learning indicate better grade point achievement for macroeconomics students in terms of academic performance in comparison to the conventional teaching-learning approach.