Perception of Dental Students on Online Learning

Abstract

Background: Online learning can overcome the shortage of teaching staff and has the potential to change
the passive learning process into active learning which depends on the willingness of students through their
views on the concept of online learning. Purpose: To know the perception of students of the Faculty of
Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia on online learning. Methods: Perception was
obtained using simple random sampling technique through distributing questionnaires in the form of google
form containing 14 questions with a choice of answers; completely disagree, disagree, do not know, agree,
and completely agree with the active students of the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga from
the class of 2016, 2017, 2018 regarding the student’s views on online learning. Results: it shows that almost
all Dental Medicine students have a computer and access to the internet (75% completely agree, 25% agree)
know how to open and open, modify and upload documents online (61% completely agree, 36.4% agree),
and access internet with daily or weekly use (59% completely agree, 36.4% agree). Conclusion: Students’
perceptions of the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia are ready to use
online learning methods .