Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the shifting of teaching-learning process from the combination of F2F and online learning to full-online one. This study aims to investigate students’ perspective on the implementation of full-online learning mode in English classroom with a low-tech environment. Employing convenience sampling, 104 university students participated in this study. Survey method was utilized. The findings showed that (1) the respondents have had various level of familiarity using search engine, social media, e-resources and learning apps that enable them to comprehend the learning content; (2) the use of social media, e-resources and learning apps results a different impact on respondents’ perception on learning effectiveness; (3) the respondents are more digitally-literate in using learning application or other online-based platforms and enable to autonomously learn the course materials as well as improve their language skills; (4) support system needs to be increased to engage students in teaching and learning activities; (5) there is a requirement of feedback and consistency in determining course schedule and timeline for task and exam submission. It can be concluded that university students have positive and negative perspective on full-online learning mode. Suggestions are presented in the closure.
Highlights
As the COVID-19 pandemic is still growing, the Indonesian government issued the Presidential Decree No.7 of 13 March 2020, the Government Regulation No of 31 March 2020, the Decree No.9 of 3 April 2020, and the Presidential Decree No 12 of 13 April 2020
The interesting point is amidst COVID-19 pandemic period, the use of social media, LMS, and others increases slightly can reasonably be related to the government instruction to all students and stakeholders in education to bolster the application of home learning program which has a purpose of suppressing the COVID-19 spread rate and ensures students’ healthy, safety or security, and support are well-monitored and maintained (Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 2020a)
The current research findings showed that the university students have positive and negative perception towards the implementation of online learning in a low-tech environment amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
As the COVID-19 pandemic is still growing, the Indonesian government issued the Presidential Decree No. of 13 March 2020 (which was amended by another Presidential Decree No. of March 2020), the Government Regulation No of 31 March 2020, the Decree No. of 3 April 2020, and the Presidential Decree No 12 of 13 April 2020. Online learning refers to the learning condition that enables learners to utilize cyberspace to retrieve the content and increase their educational chances (Benson, 2002). It is stated that online learning allows students to get wider access to information gathering or sharing and enable them to flexibly carry out their education which is not restricted to particular spot or time (El-Seoud, TajEddin, Seddiek, El-Khouly, & Nosseir, 2014; Worthen & Sanders, 1987). Based on the aforementioned literature, online learning is the learning environment that allows learners to undertake their education flexibly and enable them to be more self-regulated in learning process
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