High School Students' Perceptions of Online Learning During The Covid-19 Pandemic on The Aceh Mountains

Authors

  • Awal Kurnia Putra Nasution Departement of Tarbiyah, IAIN Takengon
  • Muhammad Hasyimsyah Batubara Departement of Tarbiyah, IAIN Takengon
  • Nurmalina Nurmalina Departement of Tarbiyah, IAIN Takengon
  • Imam Munandar Departement of Tarbiyah, IAIN Takengon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31764/ijeca.v4i2.5141

Keywords:

High School Students, Perception, Online Learning, The Covid-19 Pandemic.

Abstract

High school learning changed from traditional (face-to-face) learning to online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Students' perceptions of learning are one of the supporting factors for successful learning, including online learning. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of high school students towards online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic and what learning media they like the most. This online survey research will explore high school students' perceptions of online learning that has taken place, for data discussion to answer research problems, a descriptive approach was used.. The research respondents were 592 students from 2 districts in the mountains of Aceh, namely Central Aceh and Bener Meriah. The results showed that high school students gave a poor perception of online learning; the learning media that students liked was the WhatsApp application. Students' loneliness causes this perception. Due to a lack of "social presence", social media as a learning medium is one solution to these problems, students choose social media to build a collaborative learning environment. Social media should be used as a learning medium, to reduce boredom due to lack of learning interaction. From the results of the research found, it appears that there is a need for improvements to the ongoing online learning system.

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2021-08-30

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