Online Learning amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of the State Islamic University of Mataram

This research aims to investigate the challenges and opportunities of the use of information technology in an online learning at the State Islamic University of Mataram (UIN Mataram) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research incorporates a survey to identify the use of information technology among students. The sample used in this research was the first semester students of the State Islamic University of Mataram (UIN Mataram). The research results indicate that 27.3% of students did not have laptops, 61.8% of students experienced difficulties accessing the telecommunication signal in their home town, and 10.9% experienced electricity problems during online learning. The use of Google Classroom and WhatsApp group media is prevalent at the university during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.


Introduction
The pandemic of COVID-19 has spread to all countries, presenting challenges to all educational institutions, including universities. The government worldwide has banned gathering and required people to practice physical distance. Through the Ministry of Education and Culture (MOEC), the government has mandated universities to conduct online teaching to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Ministry of Education Circular Decree No. 1 in 2020). 1 MOEC has published a Ministerial decree to avoid the group gathering that might improve the case of COVID-19 because face-toface learning might attract many students, teachers, and officers to conduct activities at the university. Therefore, teaching and learning should be undertaken in a scenario that prevents physical contact __________

Method
This research incorporates a qualitative method by using survey data collection and library research techniques. Literature research is a study used to gather information and data in a library using various materials such as documents, books, magazines, historical stories, and news. 13 In this study, data collection was obtained from news and articles in online journals by using the keywords "Impact of COVID-

Result and Discussion
The The implementation of the physical distance policy became the basis for online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has shocked the lecturers and students because they were not accustomed to online learning. Some lecturers were surprised that they needed to incorporate digital technologies in their teaching fully. The findings around the dynamics of online learning are as follows.

Challenges of Utilizing Information Technology in Online Learning
According to the questionnaire data of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, many students at State Islamic University of Mataram (UIN Mataram) are still not ready for online learning in terms of the technology infrastructure. This can be seen from the following data: Based on the table above data, 27.3% of students reported that they did not have a laptop computer. This data shows that there were still many students who had not participated much in online learning.

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The students' geographical location also causes challenges for online learning at the university. Most of the students resided in rural areas, making it difficult for many students to access the Internet. The survey results showed that 61.8% of students experienced signal problems and wasted their data as they could barely used it. Moreover, 10.9% of students experienced improper electrical network restrictions when participating in an online learning. This is an important issue for the establishment of the online learning at the State Islamic University Mataram (UIN Mataram). Many students rely on subsidized administration fees because they did not know when the lectures would return to normal.
According to the 2020 Ministry of Education Circular No. 1 on the prevention of the spread of coronavirus    (15%), Edmodo (5%), Adlink (3%), and Zoom (2%). The use of Google Classroom and WhatsApp group media were high among lecturers and students of State Islamic University of Mataram (UIN Mataram) because they were easy to understand and students could access it freely. To make the lecture more interesting to students and understand from the students' material, lecturers necessitated to teach creativity to their respective lecturers, such as interpreting the subject, using video conferencing, or other applications for zooming in with interactive content.

Opportunities for Utilization of Information Technology in Online Learning
The digital transformation of the education sector in Indonesia is not a new discourse for practitioners and policymakers, supporting regulations and substantial efforts to implement digital transformation in the higher education environment and for all.
Previously various discourses around digital technologies failed to ensure that the education sectors especially universities, secondary schools, polytechnics, academies, primary and secondary schools are making significant progress. In the digital transformation of Indonesian education, COVID-19 had a huge potential to leverage the use of digital technologies in education. 15 The COVID-19 is a disaster that has a negative impact on WhatsApp is best known among students and lecturers of the State Islamic University of Mataram (UIN Mataram). This is due to the fact that before the COVID-19 pandemic, students and lecturers also actively communicated and interacted during the learning process through the WhatsApp group. However, during this pandemic, educators use online learning to develop digital skills, and teachers use a more comprehensive range of digital modes to allow students to explore and absorb information related to the material. This can be seen that the use of familiar digital technology tool such as WhatsApp could support the continuation of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusion
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