Barriers of Online Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic : A Factor Analysis Study

Authors

  • Fuad Husain Akbar Department Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia Author
  • Sharifah Noorhidayah Syed Aziz Institut Islam Hadhari, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Author
  • Vijayaletchumy Krishnan (1) Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sungai Long Campus, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. (2) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Author
  • Mohd Khairul Fitri Othman Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak Branch, Sarawak, Malaysia Author
  • Maymunah Ismail Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka Branch, Alor Gajah Campus, Melaka Malaysia Author
  • Muhd Zulhilmi Haron Institut Aminuddin Baki, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Author
  • Siti Azura Bahadin School Applied Psycology, Social Work and Policy, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia Author

Keywords:

Barriers to the application of online learning, Experience in taking online classes before the Covid-19 pandemic, Faculty of Sciences, Gender

Abstract

Background: One method of learning that was born from the development of technology ise-learning. During the Covid-19 pandemic online learning applied almost in all educational institutions in the world and become the main learning method replacing conventional methods, one of the tertiary institutions in Indonesia which applies online learning during the pandemic was Hasanuddin University.
Aim: To explainanalysis of factors related to implementation barriers online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic at Hasanuddin University students.
Method: A cross sectional design with a population of students at Hasanuddin University with snowball sampling technique. This research was conducted at starting from 4-10 July 2020. This research tool is an online questionnaire in the form of Google.
Results: The results of the independent t-test and the Anova test found that a significant p value (<0.05) was in the experience variable following the online class before the Covid-19 pandemic and the faculty of science.
Conclusion: Male gender rated the barriers higher than women, students who had never taken online classes before the pandemic rated barriers higher than they had before, the faculties in the social sciences group and the humanities rated the barriers highest compared to the faculties of other science groups.

 

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2022-01-30

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Akbar, F. H., Aziz, S. N. S., Krishnan, V., Othman, M. K. F., Ismail, M., Haron, M. Z., & Bahadin, S. A. (2022). Barriers of Online Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic : A Factor Analysis Study. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS, 23(1), 1894-1908. https://ca-c.org/CAC/index.php/cac/article/view/258

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