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Makale Özeti:
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Online learning and communication requires new perspectives and habits of learning
which oftentimes are not readily acquired by students and faculties. The sense of
security in the old habits of face-to-face learning may become a hindrance in the
development of positive attitude and ease in online communication. This study
explored student perceptions of the thesis advising process and the use of online
communication for thesis submission, correction and feedback at the Open University
of Indonesia (Universitas Terbuka, UT).
This is an exploratory study of Internet usage patterns for thesis advising by students
and advisors. The study, which involved thirty graduate students, reveals that in some
cases there is a mismatch of perceptions and expectations in online advising between
students and advisors. Even though students reported generally positive perceptions of
online advising, only half of the students used the Internet for thesis advising.
Only 38 percent of the respondents sent their thesis papers to an advisor using email,
and, for various reasons, 61.5 percent preferred that the advisors provide written
feedback on the printed draft rather than electronic feedback on the document sent
back and forth using the Internet.
Paperless thesis advising is not desirable for the students involved in this study,
although they typically use the Internet for other purposes. Reasons for this
discrepancy will discuss.
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