Choosing and Using Learning Media during Remote Teaching: Teachers’ Thought

Abstract

<em>Covid-19 outbreak enforced teachers and students to adapt to the situation by doing online learning which automatically involves some online learning applications and platforms. These programs allow teachers and students to conduct the teaching and learning activities even though they are currently in different places. Therefore, choosing and using appropriate and relevant learning applications and platforms could support the online teaching and learning process to take place. This research attempts to investigate platforms and applications used by EFL teachers in Surabaya during the remote teaching. Also, factors interfering the use particular applications and platforms were studied to see teachers’ considerations in preparing online teaching platforms and applications. There are 31 EFL teachers in Surabaya who teach senior high school students participating in this research. A questionnaire and a follow-up interview were employed to obtain research data. The result revealed that there are four categories of online learning applications found in this research, including Learning Management System, Content maker, Video Conference as well as chat and messages applications. Meanwhile, four factors interfering teachers to choose and use the platform and applications were revealed: application features, school’s policy, teachers’ familiarity, and financial consideration.</em>

The Factors that Affect the Implementation of Remote English Teaching: Senior High School Teacher’s and Student’s Perspectives

“…Therefore, the teachers are suggested to enrich their knowledge about the use of technologies and online applications to support the learning process during remote teaching goes well (Falloon, 2020;Makarova & Makarova, 2018). Furthermore, teachers need to be more creative in making interesting lesson plans to avoid students' boredom, and teachers need to be more active in motivating students so they are more enthusiastic to actively participate in class even during the remote teaching process (Cahyadi et al, 2021;Lusiyani & Dara Anindya, 2021). In addition, it is also recommended for the teachers to attend seminars or workshops related to digital literacy, increase student engagement, and teach English during remote teaching.…”

“…Today, all teachers and students must go through some difficult times for the teaching process to run smoothly, even in remote locations. Students were unable to attend school due to the government's policy of social distancing, and distance learning was suddenly adopted as a way to continue learning in this critical situation (Karuniasih, 2022;Lusiyani & Dara Anindya, 2021;Valverde-Berrocoso et al, 2021). In some countries, remote teaching has become an umbrella term for educational responses to the impossibility of face-to-face pedagogical activities.…”

Senior High School Student’s Perception of Limiting Factors Affecting The Implementation of Remote Teaching Process

“…In order to encourage success in online learning, particularly in EFL using this teachings approach is crucial. Therefore, some online resources can be employed in remote teaching, such as laptops or desktops, smartphones, WhatsApp Group, Youtube and Google Classroom (Lusiyani & Dara Anindya, 2021;Misirli & Ergulec, 2021). Previous study also state using technology in EFL instruction has positive affects on EFL students' growth and ability to achieve language targets and goals (Amin & Sundarai, 2020).…”

The Implementation of Learning Media: Quizizz Application in EFL Remote Learning

“…Therefore, the teachers need to consider what kind of platform that should be used in remote classes because it is a factor and an important role of success in the teaching-learning process. Some learning mediums which are divided into four parts, such as learning management system (Consisting of Google Classroom, School's LMS, Microsoft Teams, Schoology, Quipper/ Moddle/Edmodo, and Canvas), content makers (Among others YouTube, Padlet, PowerPoint, Jamboard, Bandicam, Screencasting, Tiktok OBS, Plotagon, Quizlet, Wordwall, Quizizz, Liveworksheet, Educandy, and Nearpod), video conference (Such as Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Skype), and Chat & Messages (Including WhatsApp, Line, and Telegram) (Lusiyani & Dara Anindya, 2021). The learning medium can be divided into two ways to be conducted, such as synchronous (real-time), like Zoom, and WebEx and asynchronous (run on a flexible schedule), like Google Classroom, and WhatsApp (Setiadi et al, 2021).…”