The Students’ Perception of the Teacher’s Facilitation in Online Group Work

Abstract

This research examines the students’ perception of the teacher’s facilitation in online group work in English for Managers class at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta. The study employed The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework perspective, which consists of teaching presence, cognitive presence, and social presence. CoI has been widely employed in designing practical online courses. Thus, this descriptive qualitative research analyzed students’ perceptions of facilitation in online group work using questionnaires and interviews. The research participants were English for Managers students. They were selected since they have experience participating in online group work. The results of the study show that most of the participants have demonstrated to possess a positive perception of the teacher’s facilitation in online group work in EFM class at FBE UAJY.

Challenges and Opportunities to Collaborative Distance Learning in Esp Instruction

“…While previous studies have investigated more on online or distance learning in post pandemic in ESP instruction, they have not adequately addressed the potentials of collaborative distance learning, particularly above the year 2022 and within Indonesian context. The existing literature mostly covers the discussion of reflection towards what can be learned from pandemic through students' perceptions and teacher facilitation in online group work such as those conducted by Sholikhah & Ningsih (2023) and Kristianto (2023) respectively. To be more specific we would like to find out the obstacles encountered within the collaboration in the ESP course development and course implementation as well as the opportunities for both universities to expand in the future collaboration in distance learning.…”