r-TOLA: an architecture for real time open learning application for universities

Obtaining degree from university requires rigorous findings and research. Some subjects/courses are very challenging that made it essential to form study groups among students. Besides attending regular lectures, it is demanding to manage time for study groups. As a result, most of the time, students perform below expectation in their academic activities. meanwhile, managing a central real time open learning application will help in maintaining group study easily as well as improve students’ academic performance. Hence, this paper proposes a Real Time Open Learning Application for University (r-TOLA) which consists of huge academic study group’s history that will, help students to dig into archives, search case studies, questions, projects and answers. This will also benefit lecturer to know the trend in students’ performance

Online Lecture During Covid-19 Pandemic from College Students’ Perspective

This research aims to analyze the obstacles of online learning during pandemic Covid-19. There have been pros and cons of online lecture during the pandemic due to lack of effectiveness of achieving education goals. However, education is expected to bring an improvement to students to be well-educated generation. To reach the goal, students must comprehend the materials given by lecturers. Yet, there are some problems that college students face during the process of online lecture. These problems became the background to conduct this research from which it can be a scientific work to give a contribution to analyze the problems specifically. This research was conducted by using qualitative method. The data were obtained by conducting interview which were analyzed and explained in the form of narration while maintaining the authenticity of the data. The result of this research revealed that limited internet access and lack of lecturers’ responsibilities became the obstacles for college students during online lecture. The students expected lecturers and campus staff to understand their situations. They hoped that the lecturers gave relevant deadline for submitting the assignments, focused on making the students understand the materials, and controlled/accompanied the flow of discussio