The Changes of Biology Learning Activities in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT

Biology learning during the Covid-19 pandemic was undoubtedly run online. This causes changes in student learning activities. This study aimed to determine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic biology learning activities. This study was a quantitative descriptive through a survey of biology education student's at 4 universities (55 students). The survey was conducted by giving a questionnaire to 55 students.. The questionnaire consisted of 50 statement items that included indicators of learning activities for learning before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey results show the average percentage of all indicators of biology learning activities before the pandemic was 79.06%, while during the pandemic it was 70.97%. Student's activities such as group discussions, collaborative work in problem solving, be on time for learning, focus during learning and presentations with online learning during a pandemic have decreased compared to learning activities before the pandemic. The results of this study indicate that student learning activities in learning biology have changed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Online biology learning needs to be well developed so that it has a good impact on learning activities. © 2023 American Institute of Physics Inc.. All rights reserved.