| dc.description.abstract | The spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia has had an impact on the country’s
education system. Learning occurs not only in real objects but also in cyberspace,
such as through internet intermediaries. This requires the adaptation and
sustainability of the teaching-learning process at all levels of guidance. Online
learning has been designated as a distance learning management system by the
Indonesian government. This is an effective method of keeping a classroom active
even when the school is closed in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Many
institutions have implemented digital source platforms.
The simple-to-understand and simple-to-use learning method will delight
both students and teachers. In the current era, technology has greatly facilitated
the learning process; students and teachers can effectively provide complete
assignments and discussion from outside the classroom, especially now that
students are going to fight in the pandemic era. The Simaster is one application
that has been used in learning. Face-to-face instruction is being replaced by full time online learning from home. Despite this significant shift, the literature on
students’ perceptions of the topic continues to remain deafeningly silent.
As a result, the current study focuses on the perceptions and challenges to
materials used in these online classes of 15 ESP students. The focus of this
research is to undergraduate research’s perceptions and challenges while learning
ESP with Simaster. The qualitative method was used in this study. To collect the
data, interview was used as the primary tool. The interview data is analyzed and
see how students perceive and the challenges encountered in ESP by using the
Simaster application in pandemic era. The data analysis are data reduction, display
data, and the last steps taking conclusion.
The findings show that students seemed to have various perceptions of the
Simaster application in ESP learning, such as easy access to communication or
discussion with teachers and other students. However, when used in assignment
activities, this app is very useful because students can easily access and submit
assignments without having to meet with the lecturer in person; this saves a
significant amount of time. With this simaster, students can attend lectures
anywhere and at any time, and lecturers can fulfill their lecture schedules even if
they are involved in other activities that cause students to leave class. Because
students lack understanding of lecture ESP learning through lectures using this
application, Simaster cannot replace face-to-face lecture activities. The students
also encountered some challenges | en_US |
