Student Performance on Online Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia has made major changes to the learning process in higher education. Learning that is usually done face-to-face has turned into online learning to prevent the spread of the covid-19 virus. Learning outcomes are one aspect that needs to be considered because of this transition in learning methods and the learning media. The research objective is to determine how student learning outcomes during online learning, what learning media are most widely used, and which learning media have the best learning outcomes. The research method used is quantitative research with a descriptive approach. The research was conducted at IAIN Takengon, involving 40 courses that were conducted online. The results showed that student learning outcomes were in good categories with an average score of 83.25 when used as letters; student learning outcomes were category B. Based on student performance, it was seen that online learning did not make learning outcomes low. WhatsApp is the most widely used learning media for online learning and has the best learning outcomes is WhatsApp. Based on a large number of WhatsApp uses as an online learning media with good learning outcomes, it can be recommended to use WhatsApp in online learning.

Agroecological Challenges in Three Agricultural Development Areas in Aceh

“…Agroecological Zone is a grouping of diverse land agro-ecosystems in a classification that is more applicable to an area that has similar characteristics of soil, landform, and climate. This grouping aims to identify and determine agricultural areas with ordered economic-scale commodities, to obtain an economical and sustainable farming system [11,12]. The similarity of agroecosystems as a grouping of agroecological zones in an area will result in the similarity of commodities cultivated by community groups with similar characteristics so that they have the same challenges faced in managing agricultural businesses.…”

“…Farmers are a group of people who really understand the challenges that occur in their farming business. if there are factors that encourage increased income, farmers will maintain or apply these factors [12], and vice versa. In addition, information on farmers' challenges in managing farming as a basis for planning agricultural development in different agroecological zones is very important to study, because it is also related to the vulnerability of farmer households [13].…”