Exploring Digital Tools for Teaching Essay Writing Course in Higher Education: Padlet, Kahoot, YouTube, Essaybot, Grammarly

Abstract

Enormous digital tools can assist teachers or students in the teaching and learning process in face-to-face meetings and virtual environments. During Pandemic Covid-19, government policy forced educators to decide and design online learning for all education levels from kindergarten, elementary, junior high school, senior high school, and university. Nevertheless, many free digital tools intended free access for educators that could be utilized as synchronous or asynchronous learning. This article explores utilizing five digital tools for online learning such as Padlet, Kahoot, YouTube, Essaybot, and Grammarly due to teaching Essay Writing course. It is descriptively explained how the researchers used a learning collaboration tool, a content creation tool, a content sharing tool to engage students’ interaction in the Essay Writing course. This article was considered sharing information and recommendation for other teachers to implement free digital tools to increase their learning process and achieve learning outcomes. The teachers and instructional designers may explore these digital tools, adopt relevant tools to their discipline, and do further research.

Pelatihan Pemanfaatan Multimedia Interaktif sebagai Supportive Learning untuk Menghadapi Era Digital di SMK Yapim Siak Hulu

“…Platform ini sangat sosok digunakan untuk memfasilitasi pembelajaran dengan pendekatan Active Learning (Mat Husin MZ & Azmuddin, 2022) dan juga dapat digunakan untuk memotivasi siswa dalam belajar (Nurhayati P, 2021) Selain Nearpod, terdapat juga Kahoot (https://kahoot.com/). Kahoot dapat digunakan sebagai multimedia pengajaran dan juga media penilaian (Arimuliani Ahmad, Mukhaiyar, & Atmazaki, 2022;Arimuliani Ahmad et al, 2021). Sebagai media pembelajaran, kahoot dapat meningkatkan keterlibatan siswa dalam proses belajar mengajar (Nurhayati P, 2021) memaparkan bahwa secara umum, ada tiga keuntungan menjadi poin penting dalam penggunaan Kahoot ini yakni meningkatkan media ajar yang menarik, mampu mempercepat pemahaman, dan mengurangi tingkat stres dalam belajar.…”

“…Sebagai contoh, penelitian oleh Dymora dan Niemiec (2019) menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan gamifikasi sebagai alat pendukung dapat membantu siswa dengan disleksia dalam pembelajaran. Sementara itu, penelitian oleh Arimuliani Ahmad et al (2022) memperlihatkan bahwa aplikasi seperti Padlet, Kahoot, YouTube, Essaybot, dan Grammarly dapat digunakan secara efektif dalam mengajar menulis esai di perguruan tinggi. Temuan ini menggarisbawahi bahwa pemanfaatan teknologi dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris tidak hanya relevan untuk tingkat sekolah menengah, tetapi juga untuk pendidikan tinggi.…”

Scrutinizing the Impacts of Grammarly Application on Students’ Writing Performance and Perception

“…The varied response highlights the need to adopt a well-rounded strategy that integrates automated technologies with human expertise to accommodate the varying requirements and learning goals of students (Mat et al, 2024). achievements (Ahmad et al, 2022;Muluk et al, 2023).…”

The Benefits of Padlet in Online Writing Retreats

“…The integration of technology in teaching and learning is crucial to keep up with current educational trends and in our case on language learning environments. Several researchers have found that Padlet, as an online platform, enabled autonomous learning, bridged communication gaps between educators and students, supported collaborative work practices, and facilitated peer-to-peer connections (Ahmad et al, 2022;Park et al, 2022;Simon & Fierro, 2023). Its adaptability allows for collaborative note-taking, online discussions, and assignments, as observed by Beltrán-Martín (2019).…”

“…Its adaptability allows for collaborative note-taking, online discussions, and assignments, as observed by Beltrán-Martín (2019). Padlet has emerged as a versatile digital tool with considerable potential to enhance student learning, as evidenced by growing academic interest and literature on its educational applications (Ahmad et al, 2022;Deni & Zainali, 2018;Park et al, 2022;Simon & Fierro, 2023). It aligns with the principles of social constructivism, which emphasise learning through participant interactions (Pritchard & Woollard, 2010).…”