The Innovation Model of Educational Technology to Strengthen Boarding University Education in Disruptive Era

Abstract

The disruptive era brings many changes as various kinds of disturbances to arise in various aspects of life, including education. Boarding university as an educational institution should be able to adjust to challenges of the disruptive era in order not to lose competitiveness. This study aims at finding the innovation model of educational technology to strengthen the existence of boarding university in the disruptive era. The study used a qualitative method. Data collection was carried out through observation and interviews with several stakeholders at the University of Darussalam Gontor as a boarding university. The result of this study found the innovation model of educational technology at the University of Darussalam Gontor that was influenced by four elements of innovation diffusion. The four elements are composed of innovation, communication with certain channels, time, and members of the social system. One of the innovations in educational technology was e-learning technology. The contribution of this research is the innovation model of educational technology to strengthen the existence of boarding university, University of Darussalam Gontor.