Exploring and Identifying Technology-Based Dynamic Learning Through Social Media in Academic Writing

Abstract

Technology has been a new concept of learning in this digital era which brings positive response to students and lecturer. This current study focuses on the use of various social media that facilitate students to learn English. The aim of this research is to explore and to identify the use of Facebook in academic writing courses that perpetually developed to be a dynamic way of learning through a blended learning in terms of mobile learning. The 2nd semester students of 2017/2018 as the research subject who took Academic Paragraph Course. By utilizing mix-method through observation, documentation, questionnaire, and interview, this study explored and identified the language learning through social media. The result of the study was that the English learning especially academic writing could be categorized as a dynamic learning with exact rich connections in Facebook group account which was utilized both online and offline mode of learning with various learning models appropriate to the 21st century English learning where a dynamic interaction amongst lecturer and students happened by collaborating, communicating, thinking critically, and creating through self/peer assessment and a series of dynamic learning.

ICT and Learning Attitude towards Students’ Academic Paragraph Writing in College Level

“…In language teaching, language teachers have various options for integrating technology into their classroom. In line with this, some previous researchers have investigated the important roles of technology in learning English (Inderawati, 2011;Fajri, Inderawati, Mirizon, 2015;Inderawati, Petrus, & Jaya, 2019).…”

“…Students loved writing in English and preferred to write their thoughts in a paper. Not just that, students have decided that it would be an enjoyable experience to discuss their writing in English with others on Facebook directly through the use of ICT as previously emphasized by Inderawati, Petrus, & Jaya (2019).…”

Writing Attitude and Emotional Intelligence as Determinants in Boosting Efl Learners’ Writing Performance

“…In this globalization era, teacher can use social networking to make variations in learning writing because the use of social networking is really important at this time (Inderawati, 2018). Social media has become a new tool for teaching and learning activities in the 21st century (Inderawati, Petrus, & Jaya, 2019). In relation to the students' writing performance, some of the lecturers used student-centered approach while the others used teacher-centered approach and did not use any activities related to students' emotional intelligences and attitude.…”

Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (Tpack) Perception of English Education Students

“…This is one of the important considerations for teachers to bring technology into the classroom nowadays. Some previous researchers have investigated how technology had important roles in learning English to enhance students' literacy (Inderawati, 2011;Fajri, Inderawati, & Mirizon, 2015;Inderawati, Petrus, & Jaya, 2019). Then, a specific term about integrating technology in education came up.…”