The Impact of E-Learning on Student Interest during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

E-learning is an alternative method of learning that can be applied during the Covid-19 pandemic. One advantage of online learning (e-learning) is that students will get more sources of reading/references. E-learning encourages students to learn actively and autonomously during online classes. Students accept many assignments, and there are many limitations in the online learning process. When a student experiences monotony in the teaching and learning process, it will result in a setback in learning outcomes; even students become no longer interested in attending lectures. Few students feel bored with online learning; this impacts student enthusiasm in learning which tends to decline compared to direct learning. The aim of this study is to obtain information about the description of student interest in learning during the pandemic, and to find out whether online learning is affected during the Covid-19 pandemic, student interest at Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University (WMSCU) Madiun City Campus. This research uses an exposed facto quantitative research approach. The research population of WMSCU Madiun City Campus students who took online learning in the even semester of 2021/2022 amounted to 661. The research sample consisted of 192 people who were determined based on the Isaac and Michael table with a confidence level of 10%. The instrument of data collection was questionnaire. Data analysis method was simple linear regression. The results showed that student interest in learning during the pandemic was 1% in the low category, 35% in the moderately high category, and 64% in the high category. The hypothesis “E-learning has a strong positive effect on student interest in WMSCU Campus Madiun City” is accepted because of the value of Sig. < 0.05. The results of this study indicate that the impact of e-learning on student interest in learning at WMSCU Madiun City Campus is 42.9%.