Capacity Building in an Effort of Improving Blended Learning-Based Teacher' Competence during Covid-19 Pandemic

The purpose of this study is to find out of the effectiveness of implementing capacity building for teachers durung the COVID-19 pandemic on the basis of blended learning. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection was obtained from informants and the behavior of the people who were observed, interviewed and documented as the primary data sources and the rest was secondary data from available document. The choice of this learning model is one of the decisions taken by considering situations and conditions that meet the learning model. However since the teachers' competency in implementing blended learning were various in level, it is necessary to provide assistance in implementing blended learning through capacitiy building. Capacity building is a strategy to increase the effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of theachers' performance in the context of blended learning. As Lecturers have the obligation of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education, one of which is community service, lecturers can participate in mentoring blended learing through capacity building. The result of this study is that teachers already have online clasess and can manage online classes and take care of classes using blendes learning.