Study development of digital teaching materials support online learning during Covid-19

Abstract

The implementation of education activity policy conducted at home by applying work from home (WFH) demand all of the each education institutions to perform the online learning by using any platforms provided in internet web. For college education, it is hoped to develop the information system of online learning based on learning management system. This research is intended to find out the information about the college students responds related to the online learning activity conducted in the Study Program of Language and Literature of Bahasa Indonesia Unimed since March 2020 until June 2020. The data obtained by answering the questionnaire submitted to the college students randomly. The results showed that 81.6% was in the very positive category related to the college students’ responses to the implementation of online learning. Besides that, there are some obstacles in the implementation of online learning as well, they are a small proportion of instructors and the college students who have not mastered the use of IT in the online learning process. The college students highly hope that the instructors can transform the teaching materials into digital form based on the applications so that it makes easier for them to understand the materials and can save any costs as complained by the college students when the online learning is carried out.