Learners’ Autonomy in The Midst Of Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the students’ perception on the learning autonomy in the midst of Covid-19 Pandemic. The outbreak of this pandemic has switched the learning activities from face-to-face mode into online one. The students in all level of education institution, from kindergarten to university, have learnt from home since March 2020. This condition yields some challenges among students. Thus, the students’ voice dealing with learning autonomy is one of the essential sources to evaluate and redesign Self-Directed Learning during the pandemic. The questionnaire included 30 items was developed. It covered three aspects of learning autonomy, namely, planning of learning, monitoring and organizing of learning, and evaluation of learning. 78 students of English Department participated in this cross sectional survey. The results reveal that most of students have inadequate learning autonomy during online learning mode. The dependency on the lecturers’ role is still found as they are not used to have online learning before.