STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF ONLINE-BASED COMPUTER PRACTICUM LEARNING

Abstract

The goal of this study is to learn about students' perspectives about online-based computer practicum learning and the characteristics that they require when doing so. This qualitative descriptive research was done with 58 students from the Islamic Broadcasting Communications FUAD IAIN Curup batch 2019 utilizing interview and questionnaire procedures, and descriptive approaches were employed as an analytical tool. The findings of the study, which looked at several aspects of online learning, including materials, learning tools, networks, and assignment delivery, revealed that 67.2 percent of students found it difficult to understand the learning material as a whole, and 75.9 percent of students found it difficult to provide learning tools, both hardware, and software. Quotas and internet networks were cited by 86.2 percent of students as barriers to participation in learning, while 55.2 percent of students had trouble sending assignments. Online-based computer practicum learning, on the other hand, can have a good impact on student independence and inventiveness. According to the findings of the study, 93.1 percent of students are more autonomous in seeking additional material as a supplement to the module's explanation via the internet in the form of other modules or video tutorials, and 87.9 percent of students can be more creative in completing the provided work. The findings revealed that the majority of students believed that implementing online-based computer practicum learning was difficult. To overcome the limited resources owned by students, proper online computer practicum learning methodologies are required, such as offering content in the form of video tutorials and using e-learning helped by digital laboratories based on remote access.