EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICE365 PROGRAM FOR ONLINE TUTORIAL DELIVERY OF A COLLEGE MATHEMATICS COURSE

This study is intended to improve the distance learning online tutorial services for students who participate in online tutorial offered by Universitas Terbuka (UT), specifically courses offered by Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Natural Science. Since 2013 UT has offered the online tutorial services that integrate the Office365 program and the Learning Management System MOODLE. Office365 program can support the distance learning activities, for example the availability of digital interactive whiteboard and webinar can support synchronous interactions between students and tutor. These two features of Office365 can facilitate the explanation of mathematical concepts, equations, and symbols which are not supported by MOODLE. The Mathematics department adds the graphic tablet which is connected to the PC or laptop for the tutor to better utilized the digital interactive whiteboard feature. This study utilizes a research and development approach especially the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation) model in developing the improved online tutorial program. The aim of this study is to apply the features of Office365 in line with the MOODLE system. The two programs are observed when offered the online tutorial of Introductory to Mathematic course. The result of the evaluation of the trial is that for the webinar and the interactive whiteboard features, students say that they are beneficial to them in getting the explanation about introductory mathematics concepts. However, the obstacle to utilize the program smoothly is internet connection that is up and down, and the limit time of the webinar. In the future the webinar time will be increase to 4 times instead of three times, on Saturdays or Sundays in the two months of the online tutorial. Keywords: Office365, MOODLE, Mathematics online learnin