What Do Students Get From Distance Learning?

By: Fauziah Indrawati


The world was ravaged by disaster a pandemic caused by a coronavirus. It affects all sectors, especially education. Students are required to carry out the learning system online that is internet-based. They are using learning media such as WhatsApp, YouTube, and web education that already exist. The teacher should adjust the method of learning, so that learning at home to be effective, enjoyable, and not burdensome to the students because of the way the online is not just a process of “digitization” of teaching materials, i.e. change of teaching materials just so the reading material or the spectacle of digitally.

In this situation, teachers should use contextual things. An example is in the teaching material on the priority scale. The teacher explained the material scale of priorities, which can be done by way of discussion in the WhatsApp group or use the meeting online apps such as Zoom or Webex. On other learning students are given the task to take note of any items purchased by their families. They should do an interview with their parents about the entry day-to-day and excome on that day. After that students have to sort items of expenditure, of which the most important items that are only additional. By doing that, students can find out where a primer which is not. This concept can also be applied in the subjects of art and culture. Students who usually just draw scenery or objects, in online learning as these students can be directed to describing the impact of the coronavirus.

The pandemic such as this indeed has to force teachers to be more creative in setting up the learning for the students, because if we just give the task to the students, it does not make them familiar with the material. On the contrary, it will only add a burden to the students. Teachers as educators have to understand it.