Learning Strategy in Pandemic Era: Collaborative Research between Students of Binus University and Kanazawa Seiryo Women Junior College

Japanese Department, Faculty of Humanities, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia 11480

^* Corresponding author: dewiadriani@binus.ac.id

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the world at the end of 2019 caused a big change in human life. One of them is the education system. Social restrictions urged the education system carrying out various strategies in order that the learning process could run properly. This article will discuss the strategy taken by the Japanese Literature study program of Binus University to conduct research collaborations with Kanazawa Seiryou Woman’s Junior College Japan during the pandemic by using some learning technologies. The applied approach is a qualitative through observation of student discussion activities and analysis of student final reports. The study reveals this activity succeeded in fostering positive impact in social, psychological and academic aspects. I also found that internet-based educational applications have proven to play a major role in connecting individuals from all over the world.