Cultural Shock of College Students on Facing Online Learning System During Pandemic Covid-19 in Papua

Since the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak hit Papua, the learning system in higher education has also changed. For it, this paper aims to describe and analyze the responses experienced by students while following the online learning system and the adaptation patterns that are developed to survive and follow the learning process. The research method used is descriptive qualitative, with the research location at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Cenderawasih. The informants were determined by snowball. Data collection techniques are indepth interviews and observations. Data analysis includes data categorization, data description, and data interpretation. The results showed that the majority of students who became informants experienced culture shock in the face of the online learning system, because it was something very new that they had never encountered. Then the adaptation patterns developed are first, studying the use of devices and laptops to participate in learning and preparing internet quotas that are used individually and in groups. Second, negotiating with the lecturer to run face-to-face lectures but still following health protocols. Third, the application of the remote independent learning process based on the instruction of the lecturer who teaches the course.