STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE LEARNING AT A STATE HIGH SCHOOL IN YOGYAKARTA

Since Covid-19 has spread to Indonesia, the teaching and learning process is carried out online. During the implementation of online teaching and learning process, students faced challenges. This research aimed to find out students’ challenges and strategies when doing online learning. The researcher used a descriptive qualitative design. The researcher used interview as the data collection technique and interview guideline as the instrument of the research. The participants of this research were six students from class XIth at a state high school in Yogyakarta. There are eight challenges faced by the students, namely the unexplained materials, lack effective interaction, the inappropriate teacher’s time management, bad internet connection, the teachers’ unavailability to respond the students’ questions, incompetent teachers on online application, uncooperative and passive peer students, and difficulty in discussing in group work. Meanwhile, the strategies used by the students to overcome challenges when doing online learning included first by joining private course and looking for other sources, second by requesting additional time, third by prepared collaboration with friends, fourth by providing feedback and suggestions for the teachers, fifth by coordinating group members and being more active.