Learning by Utilizing Virtual Classes (Facebook) in Increasing Learning Motivation to Deal with Distance Learning for High School Students

Distance education is playing an important role during this pandemic, and its systems are helping learning service providers manage, plan, deliver, and track teaching and learning. Due to its ubiquity (anywhere and anytime), low cost, ease of use and interactivity, much like a digital video conferencing platform. Distance learning is an opportunity to increase the efficiency of the teaching and learning process. School organizers are encouraged to be able to adapt to conditions where the development of distance learning is no longer a new phenomenon at this time. This study wants to examine the factors that drive high school students' motivation in conducting distance learning. This research was conducted in the city of Medan, North Sumatra. the sample in this study were 100 students who had done distance learning. the independent variables in this study are engagement, community building and personal learning environment. The results showed that all predictor variables in this study had a positive and significant effect on students' motivation in conducting distance learning. It is hoped that this research can contribute to the case of distance learning in high school students.