What Kind(S) Of Activity Motivates Gen-Z Students Best In E-Learning?

Abstract

The existence of e-learning has raised huge opportunities that anyone can learn anything, anywhere, anytime. It develops even rapidly as the pandemic of COVID-19 occured in around 2020 where students started doing their individual learning often.  Many educational institutions tried to provide fun learning environment consisting materials and activities in which students could still feel facilitated and motivated in learning. This kind of environment of online activities boosts productivity among those whose learning process is still in need. Therefore, the output of a person finishing their learning through e-learning depends on what activity they engage with. Gen-Z is known for those who were born between mid-1990 to early 2000. Gen-Z is identified as the generation of Mobile and App Native as they were born where internet has already been mature. They are also open to things including educational ones such as e-learning. They are known for their fast learning process. Eventhough many research mention how e-learning leads to students’ understanding, there is no particular research that discusses specific activities that interest and foster gen-Z in studying using e-learning. This research showed that quiz becomes the most exciting activity for gen-Z students, while material delivery through pdf files reveals to be the least motivating one. Based on this finding, it is expected that learning designers can adjust their online activities, especially in e-learning, to meet the characteristics of students as users of e-learning. It influences the choice of procedure, interesting topics, and interactions between students and teachers. The more students are engaged with the learning materials well, the more understanding they will