The Success of ELECTICS OKKBK in Amidst the Pandemic

Presentation of ELECTIC’S achievements by the Deputy Dean, Dr. Diana Purwitasari

At the beginning new academic year, new students at the faculty of Intelligent Electrical and Informatics Technology (ELECTICS) of Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) are required to take part in an activity called Competency-Based Scientific and Professional Orientation (OKKBK). At this time, the schedule was held virtually via Zoom Meetings due to the ongoing pandemics on Wednesday (18/8).

ELECTICS OKKBK is an activity that contains a thorough introduction. According to the Head of the Student Executive Board (BEM) of ELECTICS,  Indra Widnyana, the implementation of this activity was motivated by the assumption that new students needed to know their architecture from targets to achievements of FTEIC. “This activity is also part of a series of campus introductions by ITS,” he said.

This event began with a brief description of ELECTICS profile, presentations carried out by ELECTICS, the introduction of the lecturers carried out, student services, motivation by the Dean of ELECTICS, Dr. I Ketut Eddy Purnama, explanation of the applicable implementation, and introduction of the ELECTICS BEM. Not only that, a short question and answer session also filled every change of material to provide an opportunity to ask new students who were still confused.

Insights from the ELECTICS BEM which were also presented in the 2021 ELECTIC OKKBK.

The number of participants who reached approximately 900 students became more than a shortage in implementing this event. Because it is carried out boldly, all participants can be gathered in the same Zoom session. On the other hand, the committee was overwhelmed to move many participants to their respective breakout rooms. “Moreover, the Zoom breakout room has a limited number of participants,” he explained.
Even so, according to Indra, this event was considered a success because all the material had been conveyed to the participants without the need to reduce it. He hopes that these new students get to know the architecture so that they can develop at ITS. “at out institute. there are also many places to develop, hopefully they can explore further and take advantage of it,” he added.
For a similar activity next year, he hopes that the committee will carry out an interesting event to add to the event’s excitement. Even if it is done boldly again, he advised the implementers to consider evaluating and solving problems this year, especially the number of new students, which is certain to increase next year.