International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation  |  ISSN (Online): 2582-7138  |  Double-Blind Peer Review  |  Open Access  |  CC BY 4.0

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International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation

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Learning from home: Stories from public health students in Pekanbaru City, Indonesia

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Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic. This made the government take a policy to change the learning system into Learning From Home (LFH). These changes led to several stories from students. The research objective was to find out students' stories during the LFH process during the Covid 19 pandemic. Methods, A cross-sectional survey-based study was completed in December 2020. Participants were recruited through an online survey via a google form. Participants came from all public health students in Pekanbaru City, Indonesia. There were 178 participants in this research. The sample selection uses proportional random sampling to represent the students of each class. The results showed that 74.2 percent felt unfocused, 64.6 percent did not understand the material given, 95.5 percent said there was too many homework, 48.3 percent student said internet network disruption, 70.8 percent internet costs which are very expensive, 91.2 percent students began to get bored with e-learning, 90.4 percent said they could not interact directly with friends on campus, 98.8 percent felt it was more fun because they had a flexible time and place. In conclusion, the majority of public health students are starting to get bored with the home learning system. For public health institutions to be able to develop an e-learning system with a variety based on IT-education media.

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Hastuti Marlina, Hayana, Hetty Ismainar (2021). Learning from home: Stories from public health students in Pekanbaru City, Indonesia. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation (IJMRGE), 2(1), 101-102.

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