This community service was carried out to provide assistance to the situation experienced by English high school teachers in the sudden change of the learning modes due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was conducted in the form of an online seminar on how to design interesting online learning by using simple instructional technology and how to combine asynchronous and synchronous learning modes. The 150-minute-online seminar was held on the Zoom platform and YouTube livestreaming. The session was divided into three main parts, namely 1) introduction of the 5E framework for online learning, 2) examples of material design using simple instructional technology, and 3) examples of simple instructional technology. In general, it can be concluded that this community service not only provided an introduction and understanding of online learning design with simple instructional technology, but also enhanced the participants' pedagogical knowledge of online learning design.
This study aims to explore the use of differentiated instructions in teaching English for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and investigate English teachers’ views on the extent of differentiated instructions in teaching English for students with ASD. The participants of this study was two English lecturers of English language education department in a private inclusive university in Indonesia. Employing qualitative method, this study used the data gathered from the interviews with the participants. This study used thematic analysis and generated five themes regarding to the use of differentiated instructions and teachers’ views on it. The first three themes were used to explain the extent of differentiated instructions in teaching English for students with ASD. The first three themes are the participants used differentiated class-assignments for students with ASD in their English class, they used differentiated content materials for students with ASD, and lastly, they provided outside-class assistance for students with ASD. The last two themes were used to reveal teachers’ vi.ws on the extent of differentiated instructions in teaching English for students with ASD. First, differentiated instructions lessened the level of anxiety of students with ASD, and second, differentiated instructions provided a positive learning environment for students with ASD. Based on the results and limitation of the study, some implications, contributions, and suggestions for future studies are presented.
<p>This paper provides illustrations of how a personalized learning approach is implemented in the Basic Grammar course to empower a student with an autism spectrum disorder is taking the ownership of learning and meeting his learning needs based on his strengths, weaknesses, and interests. Building upon literature and pedagogical practices of personalized learning, this paper details the innovations implemented in the Basic Grammar course for a student with an autism spectrum disorder to take more control of his learning, facilitate decision-making and communication skills, and engage in the learning process. Additionally, the innovations implemented in this course mirror the essence and principles of personalized learning. This paper is expected to enrich educators in the attempts to adopt a personalized learning approach and to give new insight into how to implement personalized learning in an inclusive classroom. Moreover, it is hoped that the idea of equity in inclusive education by implementing personalized learning could be an omnipresent practice to improve the quality of education for all in Indonesia.</p>
The present study was conducted to investigate the level of work engagement of Indonesian high school teachers of English and its relationship with their attitudes towards the use of instructional technology (IT) during the Covid-19-driven online instruction. The study employed a survey method of distributing a Google Form questionnaire and a total of 114 teachers participated in the study. It was found that the participants generally reported a high level of work engagement in their English Language teaching (ELT) profession. Though at least 93% of the participants reported their engagement in the profession in all questionnaire items, they seemed to be less sure about their level of engagement in terms of striving for excellence in the profession seen from lower "strongly agree" responses. The present study further found a statistically significant positive relationship between the participants' level of work engagement and their attitudes towards the use of IT during the pandemic-driven online instruction. Their level of engagement could predict a 21.7% variance in their attitudes towards the use of IT. Pedagogical implications include encouraging teachers to use all the experiences they obtained during the pandemic to upgrade themselves as teachers rather than totally 'going back' to the old ways of teaching before the pandemic. Future studies could investigate English teaching as a job and can be conducted qualitatively to see the extent to which teachers’ reported engagement is manifested in everyday teaching.
<p align="center"><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>Covid-19 Pandemic has changed the teaching and learning processes of all education levels from offline classroom into online classroom. This situation forces all schools and universities to be familiar with blended learning. It is such an advantage for Universities that have already implemented blended learning in their teaching and learning processes. The full implementation of blended learning raises various perceptions from both lecturer and students. This study employed a qualitative research method to investigate the students’ perceptions on the implementation of blended learning in English for Mathematics. This study was conducted by using a qualitative method to investigate the students’ voices on the implementation of blended learning in English for Mathematics class. Six student participants who attended English for Mathematics in English Language Education Department of a state university were involved in this study. To gather the data, the researchers conducted an interview with the participants at the end of the semester. The interview was conducted in a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) session. It is found that most students have positive perceptions toward the implementation of blended learning in their teaching and learning processes. The participants stated that the implementation of blended learning in their class facilitates students to deepen their understanding about the materials, blended learning promotes independent learning, and blended learning enables students to experience various kinds of learning media.</p>
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