Implementation Online Lectures in Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine students' perceptions regarding online lectures that were implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the obstacles during the implementation of online lectures. This research is a descriptive study using a survey method. The sample in this study were 93 students majoring in mathematics education at Musamus University consisting of 35-second semester students, 30 fourth semester students, and 28 sixth semester students. The sampling technique in this study used saturated samples. This research was conducted in the even semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. The data collection technique was carried out by distributing questionnaires, of the 93 questionnaires distributed to students via Google Form, only 74 students filled out the questionnaire due to Internet connection constraints. During online lectures as many as 49 or 66.2% conduct lectures at home, 15 students or 20.3% conduct lectures at family/friends' homes, as many as 7 students or 9.5% conduct lectures at boarding houses, and 3 or 4 students. 1% who conduct online lectures in rice fields/gardens. Electronic devices used by students in online lectures are smartphones, and laptops. The e-learning application chosen by students when taking online lectures was 64 students or 86.5% chose google classroom, 12 students or 16.2% chose zoom, 9 students or 12.2% chose google meet, 4 students or 5.4 % chose Moodle, 3 students or 4.1% chose Edmodo, and WhatsApp, and 1 student or 1.4% chose Quizizz.