Online Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Opportunities and challenges Athia Fidian1, Zulfikar Bagus Pambuko2, Lintang Muliawanti3, Fitriana Yuliastuti4
Department of Nursing Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah, Magelang, Indonesia
Department of Islamic Economics Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah, Magelang, Indonesia
Department of Communication Studies, Universitas Muhammadiyah, Magelang, Indonesia
Department of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah, Magelang, Indonesia
Abstract
Covid-19 has an impact on the education^s system. A sudden pandemic situation has an impact on changing the pattern of the learning system. Face-to-face offline learning is turning into distance learning through online learning. Behind the opportunities of online learning, this sudden change of course raises some problems. This article aims to review articles on the challenges and opportunities of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research method used is a literature review from research articles on online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic published in 2020. The results of the review show that there are challenges and opportunities from the learning journey during Covid-19. Opportunities from online learning include flexible learning that can be done anytime and anywhere, not limited to place and time, student ideas that are expressed systematically and explicitly, student freedom to choose courses to follow and which assignments to do first, also learning documentation saved well. However, several challenges were also found, such as unstable internet access, the limitation of internet quota, availability of facilities, creativity of educators, limited participants in the courses, less interactive communication and others.
