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ONLINE LEARNING OF RESEARCH METHODS COURSE DURING
COVID-19 PANDEMIC: OBSTACLES ENCOUNTERED, CAUSES AND
STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME

Rita Erlinda
Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar, Indonesia
Email: ritaerlinda@iainbatusangkar.ac.id

Abstrak: Online learning during Covid-19 pandemics era remains problems in
the learning process, included Research Method Course. Online learning during
Covid-19 pandemics era remains problems in the learning process, included
Research Method Subject. The present study was qualitative research by using a
case study design. The study population was fourth semester English Education
students who had attended Quantitative Research in ELT and Qualitative
Research in ELT courses. The informants of this study were 10 students who
had difficulty following the two courses. The research data were collected using
interview techniques via telephone. The telephone interviews were recorded.
Furthermore, the recordings are transcribed and analyzed by following stages of
qualitative data analysis—data condensation, data display, and drawing
conclusions and verification suggested by Miles, Huberman and Saldana (2014).
The results showed that there were four main problems faced by students,
namely (1) mastering the learning material, (2) completing assignments, (3)
interacting with lecturers in the learning process, and (4) lack of online learning
facilities. In addition, students also have four strategies used to overcome the
problems, namely (1) asking friends and lecturers, (2) reviewing learning
materials more in sourcebooks and notes, (3) looking for videos of relevant
learning material on You Tube, and (4) find a thesis that is relevant to the
assignment and adapts the thesis component to the group assignment.

Kata Kunci: Online Learning, Covid-19, Course During

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