PROFILING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES ON USING VIDEO-TELECONFERENCING APPLICATIONS AS A LEARNING PLATFORM DURING PANDEMIC
Keywords:
Students' perspectives, video-teleconferencing, platform, English teaching & learningAbstract
This study aims to capture students’ profiles in terms of using video-teleconferencing (VTC) applications and to identify students’ perspectives on using the video-teleconference applications as a platform for English teaching and learning during pandemic in the English department in Universitas Riau. This mixed method study collected data from semi-structured interviews and an online questionnaire. The entire sophomores of English Study Program of Riau University (n=39 students) were taken as the samples of the research. An analysis model from Miles & Huberman (2007) was used as the method to analyze the collected data. The results show that majority (56.4 %) of the students used mobile phone for learning device and 59% of them relied on their own internet data for learning. The students had both positive and negative perspectives on the VTC applications. Most students thought the VTC based learning was efficient for them. However, they reported some problems such as, unsupportive learning environment, lack of equipment, and unreliable internet connections. These problems imply that the universities should provide more learning facilities for students to make the online learning more effective.
References
Abbott, T. (2020). How Much Data Does a Zoom Meeting Use?. Reviews.org. https://www.reviews.org/internet-service/how-much-data-does-zoom-use/
Annetts, S., Coales, P., Colville, R., Mistry, D., Moles, K., Thomas, B., & van Deursen, R. (2012). A pilot investigation into the effects of different office chairs on spinal angles. European spine, 21 Suppl 2(Suppl 2),
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-012-2189-z-S165–S170.
Azorín, C. (2020), "Beyond COVID-19 supernova. Is another education coming?", Journal of Professional Capital and Community, Vol. 5 No. 3/4, pp. 381-390. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-05-2020-0019
Chae, B. & Zhu, R. (2015). Why a Messy Workspace Undermines Your Persistence. https://hbr.org/2015/01/why-a-messy-workspace-undermines-your-persistence
Coutinho, F. (2021). What is low latency video conferencing and how to set it up. https://www.evercast.us/blog/low-latency-video-conferencing
Daniel, J. (2020). Education and the COVID-19 pandemic. Prospects, 49(1), 91-96.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-020-09464-3
Device Atlas. (2019). Most common smartphone RAM by country.
https://deviceatlas.com/blog/most-common-smartphone-ram-by-country#id
Dolgunsöz, E., & Yıldırım, G. (2021). The Role of Mobile Devices on Online EFL Skill
Courses During Covid-19 Emergency Remote Education. Acuity: Journal of
English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 6(2), 118-131.
https://doi.org/10.35974/acuity.v6i2.2486
Donthu, N., & Gustafsson, A. (2020). Effects of COVID-19 on business and research. Journal of business research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.06.008
Gata, W., Grand, G., Fatmasari, R., Baharuddin, B., Patras, Y. E., Hidayat, R., Tohari, S., Wardhani, N. K. (2018). Prediction of Teachers' Lateness Factors Coming to School Using C4. 5, Random Tree, Random Forest Algorithm. https://doi.org/10.2991/icream-18.2019.34
Hannula, L. (2021). How Much Data Does Zoom Use?. whistleOut. https://www.whistleout.com/Internet/Guides/zoom-video-call-data-use?__cf_chl_captcha_tk__=WVZvCu7ViGfQUz6A_iPjVUsP698MMrBfsYdDA9MCuoA-1642400139-0-gaNycGzNCD0
Haqien, D., & Rahman, A. A. (2020). Pemanfaatan Zoom Meeting untuk Proses Pembelajaran pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19. SAP (Susunan Artikel Pendidikan). https://doi.org/10.30998/sap.v5i1.6511
Hotta, K., Behnke, B. J., Arjmandi, B., Ghosh, P., Chen, B., Brooks, R., Maraj, J. J., Elam, M. L., Maher, P., Kurien, D., Churchill, A., Sepulveda, J. L., Kabolowsky, M. B., Christou, D. D., & Muller-Delp, J. M. (2018). Daily muscle stretching enhances blood flow, endothelial function, capillarity, vascular volume and connectivity in aged skeletal muscle. The Journal of physiology, 596(10), 1903-1917. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP275459
Kim, D., Cho, M., Park, Y., & Yang, Y. (2015). Effect of an exercise program for posture correction on musculoskeletal pain. Journal of physical therapy science, 27(6), 1791–1794. https://doi.org/10.1589/jpts.27.1791
Laili, R. N., & Nashir, M., (2020). The Use of Zoom Meeting for Distance Learning in Teaching English to Nursing Students during Covid-19 Pandemic. UICELL Conference Proceeding, 235 – 244.
Miles, M. B. & Huberman, A. (2007). Analisis Data Kualitatif Buku Sumber tentang Metode-Metode Baru. Terjemahan Tjetjep Rohendi Rohisi. Jakarta: Universitas Indonesia.
Nagel, D. (2021). Study: Device Quality Impacts Remote Learning. The Journal. https://thejournal.com/articles/2021/05/11/study-device-quality-impacts-remote-learning.aspx
Qiu, W., Rutherford, S., Mao, A., & Chu, C. (2017). The Pandemic and its Impacts. Health, Culture and Society. https://doi.org/10.5195/hcs.2017.221
Renandya, Willy A. & Farrell, Thomas S. C. (2010). 'Teacher, the tape is too fast!' Extensive listening in ELT. Elt Journal. 64. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccq015
Rustanta, A. & Misnawati, D. (2021). Deception in Online Learning During the Pandemic of Covid-19 in Indonesia.
SamKnows. (2020). Critical Services Report: Video Conferencing (UK).
https://samknows.com/blog/critical-services-report-video-conferencing-uk
Southwest Scoliosis Institute.(2021). What is Cervical Lordosis?. https://scoliosisinstitute.com/cervical-lordosis-treatment/
Stegner, B. (2021). 5 Common Mistakes Slowing Down Your Windows PC (And What to Do Instead). Make Use Of. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/common-mistakes-slow-down-pc/
Turner, P. & Turner, S. (2009). Triangulation in practice. Virtual reality, 13(3), 171-181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-009-0117-2
