The background in this study discusses student interest in learning geography during the covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to determine how happy feelings, student interest, student attention, and student involvement in learning geography online. The research method used is qualitative research. This research was conducted at SMA Negeri 2 Sungai Raya by interviewing seven students in class XI Social Sciences based on the recommendations given by the teacher and geography teacher for class XI Social Sciences at SMA Negeri 2 Sungai Raya. The study results indicate that students are diligent in attending and have feelings of pleasure in participating in online geography learning activities. Students are less interested in studying geography outside class hours because they only learn when there are assignments or tests. Students sometimes have problems understanding the material given by the teacher, but students want to try to understand the material provided by the teacher. The involvement of students in learning, including less due to the absence of discussion between teachers and students. This study concludes that students still are interested in learning geography online, but the overall indicators are not good. Because there is a lack of student involvement in online geography learning, most students feel obstacles in understanding the material given by the teacher.
The government's policy regarding online learning is to reduce the spread ofCovid-19, but this policy can affect student interest in learning due to changesin learning conditions from face-to-face to offline/online. This research wasconducted at SMA Negeri 2 Sungai Raya by interviewing 7 students based onthe recommendations given by teachers in XI IPS and XI IPS geographyteachers at SMA Negeri 2 Sungai Raya. The data analysis technique used is theMiles and Huberman model analysis, with 3 steps of data analysis, namely datareduction, data presentation and conclusion. The results of this study indicatethat students still feel happy and want to take part in online geography learningbecause the learning carried out is quite flexible and relaxed and the tasksgiven by the teacher are not many. Students are also diligent in doingassignments and attending geography lessons. Basically, students still have aninterest in learning geography online. However, based on the four indicators ofinterest in learning, it is not good overall because of the lack of studentinvolvement in learning geography and, there are obstacles that are felt by moststudents in understanding the material provided online through GoogleClassroom.Keywords: Geography learning, Interest to learn, Online learning
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