Students’ Responses and Expectations about the Opportunity of Virtual Laboratory Using in Genetics Courses

Dewi Murni (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University)
Mohamad Amin (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang)
Umie Lestari (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang)
Sri Rahayu Lestari (Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang)
Sri Endah Indriwati (1Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang)

Proceeding Biology Education Conference
Vol 17, No 1 (2020): Proceeding Biology Education Conference

This study was conducted to describe students’ perceptions about the genetic course, laboratory experiment, laboratory facilities, and also students’expectations about the development of the virtual laboratory as an alternative experiment in Genetics Courses. A descriptive quantitative method was used in this study. The participants involved were 49 students enrolling in a genetics course at a public university in Banten, Indonesia. Data were collected through a set of questionnaires. To analyze the data,we employed a descriptive quantitative approach in the form of a percentage. The results showed that the genetic course was considered difficult by the students. The reason is that the material is abstract, and the source of learning is difficult to understand. The most commonly used learning media in the lecture is Power Point.Learning strategies are oftenused,i.e.,the discussions and laboratory work in the laboratory. Students need interesting, communicative, and interactive learning media. The student response is enthusiastic about virtual laboratory development. The expected virtual laboratory criteria are can be used offline, looks interesting, easy to operate, and containsaudio-visual.