Proceedings of the 3rd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2021)

Overview of Sense of Connectedness in Distance Learning for First-Year Students

Authors
Ghea Elisabeth Taniko1, Rahmah Hastuti2, *
1Bachelor of Psychology Study Program, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta, Indonesia
2Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: rahmahh@fpsi.untar.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Rahmah Hastuti
Available Online 21 April 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220404.243How to use a DOI?
Keywords
sense of connectedness; distance learning; first-year students
Abstract

Distance learning is increasingly in demand by students in higher education. However, distance learning presents various problems for students, such as limited interaction, physical separation, and feeling disconnected from people in their learning environment. These problems lead to a higher dropout rate in distance learning. To overcome these problems, students’ sense of connectedness is important to improve in distance learning. This study aims to describe the sense of connectedness in distance learning for first-year students. The type of this research is descriptive quantitative. This study uses nonprobability-criterion sampling techniques to collect data. The measuring instrument used in this study is the Online Student Connectedness Survey (OSCS). Data were collected in early November 2020. Participants involved in this study are 284 first-year students in Jakarta and outside Jakarta. The results have shown that the first-year students’ sense of connectedness was in the moderate category level (69.7%). Generally, first-year students show moderate scores on the comfort, community, facilitation, and interaction and collaboration dimensions. However, community dimension show the lowest scores compared to other dimensions (M = 2.903). This study also found that the community scores for men were higher than for women. It means that men are more able to engage and build relationships with peers in distance learning.

Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Download article (PDF)

Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
21 April 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-567-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220404.243How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Cite this article

TY  - CONF
AU  - Ghea Elisabeth Taniko
AU  - Rahmah Hastuti
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/21
TI  - Overview of Sense of Connectedness in Distance Learning for First-Year Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1512
EP  - 1517
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220404.243
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220404.243
ID  - Taniko2022
ER  -