Get help from YouTube and Google: High school students^ self-adjustment during the Covid-19 pandemic
Ahmad Roziq Isnanu, Hani Yulindrasari

Educational Psychology, School of Postgraduates, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No.229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
ahmadroziq[at]upi.edu

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the education sector. Rapid changes and alterations were made to adjust the demands of the curriculum with the constraining reality of the pandemic. New methods of learning, from offline to online, require students to adapt and develop new learning habits to survive their education. The pandemic emergency curriculum emphasizes online distance learning using technology in the form of a Learning Management System (LMS) from schools or Google for education. Technological sophistication suddenly occurs, the students are required to adapt quickly to fulfill the curriculum demand. They are also required to learn more independently and are forced to understand the language of technology into the language of learning. Based on interviews with 11 high school students, we found that YouTube and Google play a major role in students^ adjustment to the pressure of online learning during the pandemic.

Keywords: The Covid-19 pandemic, Self-adjustment, Learning Management System (LMS)

Topic: Global Issues in Education and Research