The impact of interactive online learning by Pear Deck during COVID-19 pandemic era

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic surprises the world, switches every learning activity to online learning and increases online education platforms’ demand. However, teachers must be careful in choosing online education platforms as some online learning applications may look exciting but not give meaningful learning for students. This study uses the Pear Deck to build meaningful learning by establishing the interaction in a mindful activity. As an add-on application of PowerPoint or Google slides, Pear Deck is one solution for teachers to engage students in active and meaningful learning even though the learning mode is changed online. The participants of this study are 20 students from Linear Algebra class. After the class is over, the researcher distributes the questionnaire adopted from the Triple E Framework to assess online learning effectiveness. More than 75% of students responded that teaching and learning by using Pear Deck not only built the interaction as well as the engagement between teachers and students but also allowed them to enhance their knowledge and extend their knowledge through the learning activities. Finally, this research suggests that using the Pear Deck should be followed by the flexible type problem to enhance the higher-order thinking skill.

Evaluating the Effect of Interactive Digital Presentations on Students’ Performance during Technology Class

“…e findings of our research are also supported by the findings in reference [2], which state that students found that Pear Deck engaged them to be more participative in this criterion, as Pear Deck changed students' passive behavior to be active social learners.…”

“…Pear Deck allows students to become self-motivated and active learners by allowing them to ask inquiring and intuition-challenging questions, instead of simply relaying facts [22]. Also, as stated in the study of reference [2], "the use of Pear Deck supports teachers in building engaging activities and allowing students to be active and time-on-task performers. In addition, Pear Deck also allows students to enhance their comprehension by reflecting on the teacher's feedback."…”

“…As stated in reference [2], "students sometimes feel worried whenever they need to answer questions in class. Presentations created with Pear-Deck help the lecturer to ask open-ended questions, engage with every student's answer, and discuss the students' responses.…”

A Lesson from the Pandemic: Utilizing Digital Tools To Support Student Engagement during Instructional Assistant-Led Sessions

“…and Quizizz include prepared quizzes ( 42 , 56 ). PearDeck is an ARS add-on to Google Slides that allows an instructor to host quizzes and interactive slides while saving the student responses for a record of the formative assessment ( 57 – 61 ). While questions administered by the previous ARSs required respondents to reply individually, Baamboozle is a web-based ARS but is more like gamified notecards, with only the instructor responding on behalf of student teams ( 34 ).…”

The Utilities of Online Formative Assessment in Indonesian EFL Learning Contexts during Covid-19 Era

“…Five prior related studies were conducted in this archipelago dealing with the use of online formative assessment. The first study was run by Fitriana and Purnamasari (2021) Haryani and Ayuningtyas (2021) strongly prompted Indonesian EFL teachers to integrate Pear Deck online learning application as one of the formative assessment types since the majority of learners were capable of expanding their target language knowledge, magnifying their learning endeavor, and elevating their higher-order thinking skills. In the third study, Lutfiana and Suwartono (2020) highly advocated that Indonesian EFL teachers to ascertain the reliability, credibility, and authenticity of the online formative assessment incorporating in their learning processes to enable all learners to improve their target language competencies to the utmost potential.…”