Abstract:
The role of educators is to develop teaching methods in the Psychology of
Educational Children with Special Needs lectures so that students gain knowledge,
learning experiences, and easy access through online discussion forums during the
COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of online
learning on educational psychology courses for special education students. This
research hypothesizes that the online teaching method using WhatsApp is effective
for The Educational Psychology of Children with Special Needs course. The research
method is a Quasi Experiment. The subjects of this study were students of special
education study programs at the University of Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin
city. The data collection method used the test method, through pre-test and post-test.
The data analysis technique is the t-test technique. The results of the research from
pre-test and post-test data using a paired sample-t test showed that the activities of
special education students in the educational psychology course for Children with
Special Needs using online learning using WhatsApp turned out to be quite
effective.
