Rethinking the Relationship between Technology and Health through Online Physical Education during the Pandemic

Abstract

Technology and health are interrelated, along with the development of technology accompanied by increasing health demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to rethink the use of technology in exercising to maintain health. The focus of the study in this research is the relationship between the use of technology and health through COVID-19 healthy gymnastics. The method used in this research is to use a cross-sectional survey online. This method is used because the survey can be done anytime and anywhere, which can be more practical. The data collection instrument used is an online survey using the Google form application. This application is suitable for use in a practical and effective data collection process. Then to measure and find out the results of the data collected, the researcher used the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software with a bivariate correlation coefficient test. The subjects of this study were UPI students who contracted physical education courses and sport. The results of this study indicate that there is a very high relationship between technology and health through COVID-19 healthy gymnastics. This study concluded that students who would be aware of their health by doing sports optimize the use of technology to support their sports activities.