Students' Perception towards e-learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

The study explores university students' perceptions of e-learning in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic. The study finds that students prefer e-learning because it enables them to connect with their lecturers and fellow students and engage with their study materials at their leisure, and with the freedom to choose their preferred location and time. One of the key reason students choose e-learning is the ease with which they may obtain study resources. The research methods used with a quantitative model, where the sample tested represented the student of 1137 respondents from 43 universities in Indonesia.  The study's findings show the weakness of e-learning is that the majority of respondents responded in turn to interaction with lecturers (52,7%). The study also identified that the majority of respondents have a moderate mastery of technology, 1038 individuals (77.6%), while the remainder has poor knowledge of technology, as many as 52 people (3.9%).  According to the study, e-learning technology enables quick access to information, which results in students developing a favorable attitude toward it based on its utility, self-efficacy, the convenience of use, and student behavior related to e-learning. The study verifies the utility of e-learning by demonstrating how it enables students to study from any geographical location, which is not achievable with face-to-face instruction.