Effect of Zoom fatigue on health and learning loss in students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic causes all face-to-face activities converted to distance or virtual meetings, including educational learning system. These days, the majority educational institutions in Indonesia still implement distance learning via video conference platforms. This primary research aims to discover how Zoom Fatigue affects health and causes learning loss in university students across Java. The methodologies used in this research are qualitative and quantitative. To specify this research, the population is set to students who study at several universities in Java, with 50 samples being Multimedia Nusantara University students and the other 50 sample are being students from other universities in Java. The techniques used to collect data are observation and questionnaire via Google Forms. After analyzing responses, the result shows that most students experience health issues such as eyesight issues, exhaustion, and saturation. Moreover, most students also go through some issues when it comes to the learning process, they experience a decrease of learning motivation and have trouble concentrating. Nevertheless, their academic records are stable and some even stated that their grades are increasing when compared to face-to-face learning systems, this fact shows that in-class learning is not the only source of information used by students to support their academic performance, but there are other sources of information such as internet where students can look up information from online article and scientific journals.

Hybrid Learning: Analysis of Transformation of Islamic Education in Digital Era

“…The decline in students' comprehension and academic skills also occurs at the senior secondary level and the equivalent (Hanafiah et al, 2022;Rajib & Puspita Sari, 2022;Salsabila et al, 2022;Saputra & Fernandes, 2023;Widyasari et al, 2022). Even more surprising, it seems that the level of tertiary education is not spared from the grip of the learning loss phenomenon (Assiddiqi & Soeryanto, 2021;Lismandasari & Farhan, 2022;Miftakhuddin et al, 2022;Permana et al, 2023;Satriani & Khoirul Anwar, 2023;Subandowo et al, 2021). Furthermore, it can be concluded that this alarming phenomenon occurs at all levels of education.…”

“…The second obstacle is from the teacher or instructor who cannot operate online learning devices or technological equipments optimally (Lukas & Yunus, 2021). This is accompanied by online learning provided by the teacher which students feel does not provide meaningful input and instead seems boring, so that the hybrid learning material delivered by the teacher is not absorbed perfectly (Permana et al, 2023;Prawanti & Sumarni, 2020). The solution offered is that the education office provides counseling for teachers in overcoming problems using online learning tools, as well as combining aspects of online learning with thirdparty applications such as Schoology, Quizzizz, ICANDO and the like to overcome student boredom during the learning process (Siregar et al, 2023).…”

Performance of Lecturers in Preventing Learning Loss Hypotension

“…Previous research by (Permana et al, 2023) stated that in the learning process students experience a decrease in interest and concentration in learning but are guided by academic scores in face-to-face learning. Research (Solihat et al, 2022) that learning has an effect on student learning loss in learning.…”