Postgraduate Student Readiness Entering Cloud Class Era

Abstract

Covid 19 is to trigger any learning organizations to change academic service strategy in various education aspects both formal and informal. Cloud class is a choice for almost all higher education in order to still implement the learning process. UPI Postgraduate School as well uses this strategy and is mixed by other strategies; the priority is that it can still implement the learning process and it can still achieve learning goals. But, student readiness to use this strategy is seen as an interesting issue; this research aims to determine student perception in using cloud class. This research used quantitative approach by open questionnaire to all magister and doctoral postgraduate program students in Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, using incidental sampling. There were 112 respondents, namely 25 respondents for doctoral programs ang 87 respondents for magister programs. Results of the research stated that 63% of the respondents stated that the learning process through online learning is ineffective with the reasons and its obstacles and 37% of the respondent's state that it is effective, but it must be completed by facility supports and though this strategy is perceived to be ineffective by greater obstacles than its benefits, but it is reliable to be tested in a trial by improving facility and infrastructure as well as it must optimize quality of teaching.