Students' Learning Experience in Using Online Learning Media in Covid 19 Era: A Case Study of Undergraduate Students of Tadulako University Palu

Abstract

This research aims to find out and analyze learning experiences in using online learning media during the COVID 19 pandemic of the second-year undergraduate students of English Education study program at Tadulako University Palu. The researcher applied qualitative case study research methodology. It investigates intensively about an individual, group, or other units to find a general understanding of the subjects. The subject was selected using snowball sampling techniques in which the four students were chosen intentionally for research participants from 236 students. The researcher initially contacted her quittance then introduces her to the first interviewee, for good measure the interviewee introduce her to the next ones. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and documentary data. In this research, the researcher found that the students from case two in Menui Island who are in their hometown during the online learning period faced a number of difficulties in their learning experiences. Their learning experiences include learning motivation and learning obstacles. The results have shown that the first is unavailability and unsustainability of internet connection, the second is the accessibility of the teaching media, and the last is the compatibility of facilities to access the media. The result of the current study suggests that accessibility of the internet connection is still the major factor influencing the success of online learning and concludes that the students have less motivation to study and face a lot of obstacles in the search for internet availability. Also implies that online learning media is considered an unsuccessful method of learning during COVID-19 era for students in the remote area particularly in Menui island. As a preventive action, the government should install more Telkom towers in remote areas like Menui in order for the students to achieve the national learning objective.