EXAMINING STUDENTS’ AWARENESS AND BEHAVIOR IN DEALING WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

This research entitled “Examining Students’ Awareness and Behavior in Dealing with Virtual Learning Environment.”it intended in investigating the students’ awareness and behavior in dealing with virtual learning environment. This research generally answered two questions; what is the students’ awareness in dealing with virtual learning environment and what is the students’ behavior in dealing with the virtual learning environment? This is a survey research. The data was collected through a set of questionnaires spread through Google form using the link through WhatsApp group. There were 186 students participated as the respondents. The data of the responses was presented in bar and pie diagrams and was explained descriptively in order to reveal the students' awareness and behavior comprehensively. The result said that related to the language and instruction of the lecturer in online learning, it seems that most of the students not really understand. More than half (58%) of the respondents neither agree nor disagree. Yet, 62% of the respondents agree that sharing applications (Google Classroom/WhatsApp Group), Virtual online learning (Zoom/Skype/Google meet), and Streaming audio (pre- recorder lecture) are useful tools for learning the online classes. Then about the online platform which are used  in virtual learning, 49.5% agreed that Google Classroom or WhatsApp Group are more chosen than Zoom/Skype/Google meet. For all categories, the highest response is about internet connection. Most of the students agreed that internet connection is a problem. It reached 63.8%. About accessing the material, the highest response said that they had time to acces the material and they knew how to access it. While about the students’ behavior, many students agreed that virtual/online learning can improve their confident and self-discipline. But here, the percentage is not more than fifty. It is only 42.7% and 42.2%. Then, about online learning is more enjoyable, 45.9% of them neither agrees nor disagrees, and then followed by disagreement in 27%. The statement about easiness in interactions with classmates and lecturers, the highest percentage is disagree, it reached 38.9% and followed by neither agree nor disagree. It means having interaction with lecturers and friends in the online way is not as easy as in offline meeting.