Implementation of Paperless Office in the Classroom

Abstract

Paper is a very necessary thing in our daily lives and a basic requirement in various fields such as office, an education, etc. The paper always needed by students during learning process. A student generally use paper covers the needs of Students’ books, activities pre-test and post-test, reports, portfolios and do homework. One student could use up to one hundreds sheets of paper per semester. But, after all of these usage of paper, we actually has spent $792 only for printing all of these tasks every semester without reuse the paper which ends up in the trash. Based on these issues, this study provides an opportunity for lecturer to perceive the external and internal conditions of implementation paperless classroom in the learning process. Technology as a mediator of paperless classroom, which are proposed based on the identified SWOTs for solving weaknesses and dealing with threats are significant for improving the learning problems. Actually, this paper is not to modify the basic model of Paperless Office concept, but Paperless Office concept to making as a function of mediator between the traditional learning processes to the digital learning process in the classroom. The authors used a systematic literature review approach, starts with literature review, problems identification, selection process, assess, synthesize and write down the ideas proposed, and then make conclusions. Finally, the output of this research is a new model (schematic and technical) of the process and transfer learning process from traditional to digital on the classroom.