Online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic indicated that the need to improve the curriculum and design appropriate content for online lectures. It has found a trend for some lecturers to contain, require, or “pile on” large amounts of assignment in addition to classroom presentation and opportunities to develop students self-potential. These finding based on the qualitative study conducted at some students from different universities. Although online learning is currently the best alternative as keeping lectures open poses a safety risk for students. However, the study highlighted that online learning cannot produce desired results in the context of education in Indonesia.