Abstract
Covid-19 outbreak has brought a great disruption to instructional process. Needless to say, the goal of instructional process needs to shift from student centred learning to promoting learner autonomy. Yet, it is important to conduct a study which learn the students’ capacity to be autonomous. This present study aims at investigating learners’ autonomous learning capacity during this outbreak. The researcher employed a mix method design where the data obtained were presented in both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. There are total 30 higher education students chosen to be the subjects of the present study. The data were gathered through different instruments; questionnaire and semi structured interview. The questionnaire comprises five major aspects in measuring learners’ capacity in autonomous learning. In order to achieve the credibility of the data, the researchers’ employs triangulation of data. The results of the study showed that learners have the capacity of autonomous learning to some extent. Learners are quite self-directed in the aspects of defining content and progression, monitor the procedure of acquiring knowledge, and doing self-evaluation. Meanwhile, the aspects of setting objectives and selecting method to learn need to be improved. The findings imply that optimization of learning is a must despite all boundaries that challenge both learners and educators.
Highlights
Covid-19 outbreak has brought a great disruption to instructional process
This study has proven that several activities successfully promote learners autonomy such as the use of reading log where learners choose story books based on their interest, evaluate their own reading, and being given reward to maintain their selfregulated learning
In order to optimize the learning process, it is necessary for students to foster their autonomy to minimize the impact and ineffectiveness of remote learning
Summary
Covid-19 outbreak has brought a great disruption to instructional process. Needless to say, the goal of instructional process needs to shift from student centred learning to promoting learner autonomy. It is important to conduct a study which learn the students’ capacity to be autonomous. There are total 30 higher education students chosen to be the subjects of the present study. The questionnaire comprises five major aspects in measuring learners’ capacity in autonomous learning. In the early 2020, Covid-19 has gripped more than 215 countries This fast spread of covid-19 outbreak has totally changed the educational system in many countries, including Indonesia. Lack of adequate infrastructure has always become the cause of improper functional implementation This happened in a number of places from elementary school to higher education. In Indonesia, this major problem has been found from a number of studies such as in Aji (2020) He finds out that one of the cause is the expensive rate to be equipped with this supportive facility. Alvarez (2020) adds that lack of infrastructure can be in a form of poor internet connection which further lead to struggles and discomfort to learn
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