| Abstrak/Abstract |
Background: SARS-CoV-2 and its associated disease, Coronavirus Disease-2019
(COVID-19), has become a global pandemic and has had a major impact on education.
Consequently, in March 2020, nursing schools in Indonesia were forced to abruptly
shift from face to face learning to full online learning. Prior to the pandemic, full online
learning was still not widely used in Indonesian nursing education.
Objectives: This study aimed to identify barriers in online learning from the
perspective of Indonesian nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design: Cross-sectional study
Participants/Setting: A total of 530 undergraduate nursing students from 5 universities
in Indonesia participated in this study.
Methods: The authors sent an online self-administered questionnaire to nursing
students from June to December 2020. The questionnaire consisted of four sections to
obtain following data: 1) sociodemographic characteristic, 2) information about online
learning, 3) platform used for online learning, and 4) perceived barriers in online
learning. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data with frequency distribution,
percentages, means and standard deviations.
Results: Most frequently barriers encountered by nursing students during online
learning were high costs for online learning, poor internet connection, lack of
motivation toward online learning, and lack of training and assistance to use the
platforms.
Conclusion: Nursing students in Indonesia are confronted by various barriers as they
try to adapt to online learning. High cost for online learning, poor Internet connection,
low learning motivation, and lack of training and assistance to use the platforms were
identified as the most frequently barriers encountered by nursing students. |
