Direction Analysis of Student Research Topics During Covid-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has reduced field activity, especially for students
who will research their final task. This article aims to explain (1) the
direction of research topics selected and conducted by students and (2)
learning media plans implemented during covid-19. We have spread the
questionnaire online to several colleges so that 146 respondents are
acquired. The results of the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive
statistics as well as qualitative analysis to look at concepts or variables as
well as reference sources used by students in determining the topic of
research. The results showed that the research topics chosen by students
did not all lead to the development of ICT-based learning media during the
Covid-19 period. This is seen from 61.64% choosing qualitative variable
studies to facilitate the process of retrieving data through the spread of
online polls. From this result, it is also seen that the influence of the Covid-
19 pandemic on the determination of student research topics is only
17.12%.