The Effectiveness of Team Work on Virtual Classroom in Higher Education

The advancement of information and communication technology (ICT), especially the use of internet-based systems, has given people the ability to work and learn together virtually, no bound by place and time. This study aims to find out the effectiveness of teamwork in a virtual classroom, a higher education level. The trigger question that want to be answered is: How to realize effective teamwork in virtual groups, and how effective teamwork is in virtual classes, in the Binus Online Learning Program.There are two important indicators of effective teamwork on virtual groups that are: the atmosphere of leadership and trust that binds all members, and the performance they achieved. The effectiveness of teamwork can be seen from the performance and the satisfaction upon leadership and trust that accompany teamwork. The first thing to do is conducting a literature study, then survey by distributing questionnaires in two virtual classes in the first period of odd semester 2017-2018. The respondents of this survey is consist of 34 students. The results of data processing qualitatively descriptive show that the effectiveness of teamwork in virtual classes- Binus Online Learning Program - runs well. Effectiveness occurs because leadership and trust that lives and develops binds every group member to do their best in carrying out and completing their tasks, and submits on time.