THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNET USE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF E-LEARNING TOWARDS STUDENT’S CHARACTER BUILDING

Online learning or e-learning is one of the teaching and learning methods that use internet to access learning materials and interact with the content, educators, and other students. It also aims to gain knowledge and support during the teaching and learning process. This definition emphasizes on the use of internet and interaction in distance learning or e-learning. Analysis of previous studies has shown that the influence of internet on the personality growth of teenagers today is particularly worrying as, they spend so much time browsing the internet on learning purposes. The changes taking place in teaching and learning methods that extensively use the internet to connect, interact and share learning materials today due to the Covid-19 pandemic should be treated in a positive angle although it also has negative impact on the student’s character building. Therefore, this study uses conceptual methods aimed at discussing the influence of internet use in the implementation of e-learning. Several issues such as the impact of excessive internet usage on pupils and lack of control and monitoring from teachers and parents were also discussed. Hence, this study can provide several suggestions on how to overcome internet abuse during the implementation of e-learning especially among primary level students. It is hoped that in the future more studies will focus on the implementation of e-learning using a larger sample of teachers at the primary school level.