THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON E- LEARNING THROUGH WHATSAPP DURING COVID 19

Abstract : Covid-19 (Corona Virus Disease-19) causes all the schools In Medan doing ELearning Including SMP Bina Satria Mulia. All the teachers apply ELearning through WhatsApp. So the researchers conducted online survey at SMP Bina Satria Mulia Medan. The researchers investigates: (!) to find out students’ perception on ELearning through whatsApp during Covid 19 (2) the problems faced by students on ELearning through whatsApp during Covid 19 and (3) the students' expectations of ELearning by using whatApp in the future. Therefor the researcher conducted the study by using survey research design with Likert Scale to get the data by sending the questionnaires to 62 students but only 38 returned the questionnaires. The findings indicates the students get bored even though they feel happy and also enthusiastic in learning, this is caused because teachers are less varied in using online learning methods through WhatsAap. In addition, students also experience several obstacles in online learning using WhatsApp. that is, there is not enough time to discuss because the teacher must wait for the students who are not confident in conveying their opinions through whatsapp and learning is also not well organized. And students' expectations are that teachers continue to provide motivation and continuous evaluation throughout the online learning process through WhatsApp and schools facilitate the free data plan.


I. INTRODUCTION
Online learning ( E-Learning) is not new at university. But at school, E-learning is a new learning for most schools in Indonesia, especially in Medan, North Sumatra. However Covid-19 pandemic was firstly confirmed to have spread to Indonesia in March. and began to spread in several cities in Indonesia in April, including Medan, North Sumatra.
Because of that case, all campuses and schools are instructed to study at home by online learning. This is done to anticipate and preventive action addressing the spread of Corona Virus Disease (Covid 19), as well as protecting the people of Medan from the virus. For this reason, all students and high students are required to study at home. E-Learning is very useful especially in during Covid -19 pandemic. . E-Learning is very effective because people can learn anywhere without having to move and It can be the same alternative learning as face to face learning [5]. Based on the above problems, the teacher should be forced to be creative and apply the ideas in developing E-Learning.
WhatsApp can be an easy and ideal teaching method that attracts students because it provides fast and relaxed communication. but whatsaap also has a negative impact. The learning process is not effective for those who do not have a smart phone [3]. WhatsApp Messenger is a free messaging application available for Android and other smartphones. whatsApp uses your phone's Internet connection which allows you to send messages. WhatsAap application also allows you to create groups in group chats with your contacts so you can easily connect with friends. So that this can also make it easier for teachers and students to discuss [7]. E-learning has been done since March in Indonesia, including all universities and schools in Medan. So the teachers must dig their creativity and ideas in developing Elearning. E-learning through whatsApp has been done by teachers in SMP Bina Satria Mulia Medan for more than 2 months. But the question is that whether the results of online learning will be the same as the results of face-to-face learning. There are several problems faced by using learning such as teaching environment and learning interactions. But on the other hand students are more enthusiastic and active in proven learning and students are also not bored with using E-Learning [2].
From the above problems the researcher wants to find out students' perception on E-Learning through whatsApp during Covid 19 ,the problems faced by students on E-Learning through whatsApp during Covid 19, students' expectations of E-Learning by using whatApp in the future.

II.1 How to use whatsapp in E-Learning during Covid -19?
Based on the instruction of Indonesian's government, all the students must stay at home during Covid-19 and The school must keep learning by using E-Learning.
WhatsApp is very effective and efficient as a tool for E-learning. There are some reasons.
1. By using whatApp, the students can be more thrifty, because they do not need to pay every call or chat fee 2. The students can send photos. Files, and voice messages. It makes easier for the them to learn, The students also can understand the subject because the teacher can explain the material by using voice.
3. The students or teachers can easily create class groups.
4. The students can use WhatsApp on various types of devices such as tablets, smartphones, and soon. As long as it can be used to send photos, audio, files to each other [3] Due to the easy way to operate whatsApp, It makes whatsApp suitable for all people and ages [5]. By just having a smartphone, install the application, pay for the data plan. You can already communicate either by calling or sending messages. In addition students or teachers can directly create their own class groups so that it is easier to discuss. Mobile learning can help the students create learning communities, develop knowledge and ideas and share them with whatsApp groups [3]. This whatsApp application makes it easier for students or instructors to create study groups because the users can easily send all names from adsress books and other applications make it possible to request their telephone numbers without sending contacts [3]

II. 2 The Advantages of E-Learning through WhatsApp
The teachers from SMP Bina Satria Mulia chose to use whatsaap as an online learning tool during Covid-19, because whatsAap has several advantages. The students were very happy in learning to use whatsap as a learning tool. Because It can create fast and relaxed communication so that it can become a complete method [3]. More over today many people of all ages use instant messaging like whatsAPp, but most of them are teenagers [6].
Generally the students choose whatsapp because it is easy to operate and apply it and also free for chatting and calling. The users can still chat with their friends without having to slow down the device [3].
The researchers used descriptive qualitative method. Qualitative method is a method used to investigate to gain the deepest understanding of how things happened, why they are like that and how their perceptions about it [7]. In this case the researcher used a survey research design. Survey research design is research in which data collected from samples to find out and explain characteristics or criteria (perceptions, opinions, ethical beliefs and behavior [5]. The method is used by researcher because it is felt suitable to explore the students' perceptions. The linkert scale is commonly involuntary in the research that emloys the questionnaire survey and allowed the respondent to measure their feeling whether strongly agree or strongly disagree with the contents of the questionairs [6].
Data obtained from the results of data collection is to classify the figures calculated and measured, then presented using the following formula:

III. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
The results of the research focus on the students' perceptions of E-Learning through whatsApp, the problems faced by the students and future expectations of the students about E-learning through whatsApp. There were 38 participants in this study. From the questionnaires that was analyzed by the researcher, the researcher obtained the following results:

Tabel 1. The Analysis Result of Students' Perceptions on E-Leaning Through WhatsApp
No Students' perceives SA A D SD The data above were the students' perceptions of E-Learning through WhatsApp during covid 19 is fun but the students also feel bored, it can be seen in the students' perceptions ( no 7). This is because the teacher is less varied and creative in presenting the material when doing E-Learning. It can be seen on the students' perception (no 5). Moreover E-learning has been going on for more than 2 months due to covid-19. And it becomes the students' reason to get bored by E-learning, it can be Seen on the student's perception ( no 2). Students are also enthusiastic in learning seen in student perception (no 1) although they have never done online learning with anything before seen on the students' perception ( no 2).  Table 2 shows the problems being faced by the students during the E-learning process through WhatsApp. The indicators are indeed still a problem on E-learning through

Tabel 2. The Analysis Result of Students' Problem Faced by the Students on E-Leaning through WhatsApp
WhatsApp. The students Think that if learning is done by discussion, then the students do not have enough time because the teacher must also wait for the students who lack confidence in expressing their opinions or answer ( 9 ). Economic factors of the students' parents also affect the smooth E-learning through WhatsAap especially during covid 19, so that this problem makes the students often absent in online learning ( 10 ). During the process E-learning through WhatsAap, the students also feel that the learning process has not been well organized. From the explanation above it is proven that there are still obstacles in E- many assignments and schools can also provide free data plan for the students. Besides that, teachers need to think hard and creatively about finding methods that are interesting, fun, and varied so that the students do not get bored. In addition to the expectations of the students (no. 23 and no 22], the teachers also need to encourage the students, motivate the students to be the most important thing, especially E-Learning through WhatsApp has been going on for more than 2 months. In addition, the students also ask the teacher to explain the material with voice note so that students more easily understand the material and the teacher also needs to form concepts before starting E-learning class.

IV. CONCLUSION
Overall from the discussion above, it can be concluded that the students 'perceptions about online learning show students' boredom even though they feel happy and also enthusiastic in learning, this is caused because teachers are less varied in using online learning methods through WhatsAap. In addition, students also experience several obstacles in online learning using WhatsApp. that is, there is not enough time to discuss because the teacher must wait for students who are not confident in conveying their opinions through whatsapp and learning is also not well organized. And students' expectations are that teachers continue to provide motivation and continuous evaluation throughout the online learning process through WhatsApp and schools facilitate the free data plan.