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The tourism industry is one of the primary needs for the life of modern society today. Because of these factors, it makes the need for recreation or tourism increases. East Sakerta Tourism Village is one of the leading tourist destinations in the Kuningan Regency. This village has a long history and interesting community culture, but not many people know about it. This study aims to investigate the history of the East Sakerta Village as a popular tourist destination in West Java. The research method used is a qualitative method. This data collection method is carried out using the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) method. Primary data collection was carried out directly and purposive sampling by interviewing key people, namely the village government apparatus, tourism community leaders (kompepar), and the community. FGD method was used to find out about the history, legends, and culture of the East Sakerta Village. The results of FGD findings consist of the religion, the history of the village, the local culture, the historical sites, the myths and legend, and the philosophy of Sakerta Timur Village. The philosophy concept is "Tumaritis" which is a village in the Sundanese and Javanese puppet which has a philosophy of mutual protection, security, and prosperity.

Online learning is carried out in all higher education after the COVID-19 pandemic. The online learning causes forced online learning preparation. The research aimed to measure student attitudes about online learning, student readiness to learn online, and the influence of student attitudes about online learning on student readiness to learn online. The research method was descriptive quantitative and the sample was chosen by simple random sampling. The data were obtained from 311 students of the hospitality management diploma 4 of academic year 2017 to 2020 at one of the tourism school in Indonesia who had to carry out online learning. The collected data were tested using validity and reliability test, descriptive test (frequency and mean), correlation, simple linear regression test and t-test. The result of the mean test showed that students do not like online learning even though they have a perception of readiness to learn online. This result contradicted the results of the simple linear regression test and t-test which concluded that students 'attitudes of online learning positively and significantly affected students' readiness to learn online. The study implication that it is necessary to create efforts to change the attitude of being less accepting of online learning activities into an attitude of accepting online learning for students.

Penelitian pengembangan ini menghasilkan produk berupa konten materi pada mata pelajaran sosiologi yang akan dikembangkan kedalam berbagai format yaitu visual dan audio-visual dengan memanfaatkan fitur-fitur media sosial Instagram untuk kelas X di SMAN 103 Jakarta. Pengembangan konten di media sosial Instagram ini dimanfaatkan untuk mendorong peningkatan kinerja belajar peserta didik dan menambah sumber belajar yang variatif terhadap mata pelajaran sosiologi. Penelitian pengembangan ini dilakukan dengan mengikuti tujuh tahap model Dick and Carey, yaitu Asess Needs to Identify goal(s), Conduct Instructional Analysis, Analyze Learners and Contexts, Write Performance Objectives, Develop Assessment Instruments, Develop Instructional Strategy, dan pada tahap ketujuh, Develop and Select Instructional Materials menggunakan model pengembangan ke dua, yaitu Decide, Design, Develop and Evaluation (DDD-E). Nilai rata-rata keseluruhan yang diperoleh dari tahap expert review sebagai berikut: penilaian dari ahli materi sebesar 3,84 termasuk ke dalam kategori sangat baik, penilaian dari ahli media sebesar 3,65 termasuk ke dalam kategori sangat baik, sedangkan nilai rata-rata yang diperoleh dari hasil uji coba one to one adalah sebesar 3,4 termasuk ke dalam kategori sangat baik. Hasil pengembangan tersebut menunjukan bahwa pengembangan konten di media sosial Instagram pada penelitian ini dapat memfasilitasi peserta didik mempelajari mata pelajaran sosiologi This development research produces contents for Sociology Class into various formats like video and audiovisual with utilizing the Instagram features for Class X in 103 Senior High School Jakarta. The content development in social media Instagram is used to encourage the improvement of students' learning performance and to add the variety of learning resources in Sociology class. This development research was carried out by following seven stages of the Dick and Carey instructional development model: Asses Needs to Identify goal(s), Conduct Instructional Analysis, Analyze Learners and Contexts, Write Performance Objectives, Develop Assessment Instruments, Develop Instructional Strategy, and in the seventh stage, Develop and Select Instructional Materials, the four steps in DDD-E instructional development model (Decide, Design, Develop and Evaluation) was used to developing instructional materials. The average value of the review from Subject Matter Expert is 3,84 which means very good. From Media Developing Expert is 3,65, which means very good. The average value of the one to one evaluation was obtained at 3,4 which means very good. The results of this development research show that the content development on social media Instagram in this research can be used to facilitate students in learning Sociology.

Even though community participation was a crucial component of sustainable tourism, actual community participation was hard to achieve in developing countries. Only a few studies explored the local community participation in tourism villages. In response to this gap, this article explored owners’ participation to sustain their homestays. The research was built on descriptive and qualitative methods. The data were gathered by semi-structured interviews, participant observation, field notes, and photography. A sample population (6 persons) that include rural people and managers from a village. The result showed that cleanliness awareness was the homestay owners’ fundamental problem. The study also revealed that the homestay owners had not elaborated on their cultural uniqueness to create an unforgettable experience. They tried hard to design their homestays based on their knowledge rather than visitors’ demands. The external parties’ intervention, such as scholars, had to support the homestay owners to gain new insight into hospitality attitudes. Keywords: Community Involvement, Empowerment, Local Wisdom

Blended learning is not just simply combining online learning with face-to-face learning. It is dynamic and context dependent. It can be viewed from different contexts and perspectives. Different context has different needs and characteristics. It needs different blend of blended learning. But, blended learning has one same ultimate goal, i.e. to determine the most appropriate blend to make optimum learning experience occur. Recent literatures and studies showed that e-learning and blended learning are synonymous with synchronous and asynchronous learning. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual model of blended learning design and its definition viewed from the perspective of those learning setting. This conceptual model, called quadrant of blended learning. It consists of four quadrants, i.e.: 1) quadrant 1: live synchronous learning; 2) quadrant 2: virtual synchronous learning; 3) quadrant 3: collaborative asynchronous learning; and 4) quadrant 4: self-directed asynchronous learning. As a conceptual model, it is expected that it can provide framework and idea for instructional designers in designing effective blended learning strategies.