Difficultness-Usefulness Pyramid (DUP) as New Method to Select Elements Prioritized in Management of e-Learning in Health Nugroho Heru Santoso Wahito1,*, Sillehu Sahrir2, Handoyo1, Suparji1, Sunarto1, Subagyo1, Sunarko Bambang1, Bahtiar3 1Health Polytechnic of Ministry of Health in Surabaya, Indonesia 2Institute of Health Science “Maluku Husada”, Indonesia 3Health Polytechnic of Ministry of Health in Makassar, Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Heru Santoso Wahito Nugroho Health Polytechnic of Ministry of Health in Surabaya, Indonesia Pucang Jajar Tengah Street 56 Surabaya, Indonesia Email: heruswn@gmail.com
Online published on 16 March, 2018. Abstract In today's information age, most health institutions have utilized information and communication technology in various organizational activities, one of which is e-learning in education for health workers. This study aimed to create a new method for selecting the elements of e-learning that are prioritized for improvement. The results showed that: 1) selected elements were learning design, handout, book, link to resources, discussion forum, chatting, assignment, feedback, quiz and survey; 2) selected attributes were difficultness and usefulness; 3) the priority was determined based on the range starting from the mean score of difficultness to the mean score of usefulness, 4) based on the results visualized the order of elements based on the range in the form of “pyramid”, sequentially ranging from the largest range are assignment, quiz, feedback, discussion, link to resources, book, survey, learning design, handout, and chat, 5) The five priority elements to be improved were assignment, quiz, feedback, discussion and link to resources. It is further concluded that this new method can be applied easily to select the prioritized components in efforts to improve e-learning of health personnel education. Top Keywords Difficultness-Usefulness Pyramid, e-Learning in health, Management. Top |