E-Learning Implementation: Its Opportunities and Drawbacks Perceived by EFL Students

E-Learning Implementation: Its Opportunities and Drawbacks

Perceived by EFL Learners

Fitria Rahmawati, S.Pd., M.Hum.

Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Jl. Lingkar Selatan, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Corresponding e-mail: fitriarahmawati@umy.ac.id

Abstract

Technology provides numerous assistances for education, particularly for language learning. By the presence of technology, learners get exposures to the internet which enables them to connect and communicate with people around the world. In other words, students are given chances to be exposed to a more interesting and interactive learning instruction. The implementation of e-learning, thus, becomes one alternative to the teaching techniques which empowers students as active language users. This study highlights the use of blogs and edmodo _{as e-learning platforms. It aims at investigating} the learners’ perceptions o_{n the}

opportunities and the drawbacks of those e-learning platforms implementation. During the course, the learners are required to participate in e-learning discussion for additional and supporting activity inside and outside the classroom. The activities include commenting on a thread, analysing a specific topic or case, submitting the assignment, responding to other

students’ comment or work, taking polling and doing quizzes. The findings from the interview with six participants revealed some issues related to the use of e-learning toward their language skills in which by having e-learning, learners pay more attention to structure and the use of language which becomes more formal. It also enhances their writing skill, reading skill, vocabulary, and grammar. Some other strengths of e-learning perceived by the participants include providing flexibility, providing updated material and information, encouraging reading, and enriching learning resources. However, the participants also pointed out some drawbacks of the e-learning implementation. Some of the drawbacks perceived are decreasing social relationship, decreasing oral communication, and lessening

teachers’ direct feedback.

Keywords: E-learning, Internet-based Language Learning, Web-based Activity, Opportunities and Drawbacks,

E-LEARNING IMPLEMENTATION:

ITS OPPORTUNITIES AND

DRAWBACKS PERCEIVED BY EFL

E-learning Implementation:

Its Opportunities and Drawbacks Perceived

by EFL Learners

Fitria Rahmawati

English Education Department

Outline

Introduction

Literature

Review

Methodology

Finding and

The Problems in

General

The

application

The changing

Everything revolves into electronic and digitalized

The increasing of technology and

digitalized era has become more

widespread with the use of

internet access.

E-learning

Identification and

Limitation of the

Problem

Problems

The implementation has

not got an equal portion

comparing with the face to

face learning.

Participants of

e-learning feel

frustrations of being

overwhelmed with

technical problems

(Smith and Greene, 2013)

Difficulties : unfamiliar with

some tools and directions in

e-learning

Lack of facilities to

support the

Formulation of the Problem

Purposes of Study

“Pre

-service

teachers’ perception on

the opportunities and the

What is e-learning ?

“E

-learning is the use of internet access to obtain support during the

learning process by accessing the materials, interacting with the

content, instructor, and other

student virtually”

Tools for e-learning

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

Yahoo messenger

Wiki

Blog

The Implementation of

E-Learning

in Language

Learning and Teaching Process

What might an

online learning

look like based

on Dudeney &

Hockly (2007) ?

Course 1: A 100 percent online

language learning course.

Course 2: A blended language

learning course

Course 3: A face to face language

learning course with additional

Kinds of Interaction

student

–

student interaction

student

–

content interaction

student

–

teacher interaction

teacher

–

content interaction

teacher

–

teacher interaction

Language

Skills

•

Grammatical

competence.

•

English writing

proficiency

•

Vocabulary and

sentence structures

•

E-learning forum

enhance students’

language

proficiency

Krish, Hussin,

and

Sivapuniam

(2010)

Krish, Hussin,

and

Sivapuniam

(2010)

Lee (2002)

Zhao &

Research Design

Qualitative

Research

EED of UMY

Purposive

Sampling

6 Pre-service

Teachers

Interview

Research

Setting

Research

Participant

Data

Analysis

Transcribing

Member

Checking

Coding :

1. Open

Coding

2. Axial

Coding

Pre-

service teachers’ perception on the

implementation of online learning at

EED of UMY

•

Innovative Technology

•

Digital Technology in

Education

•

Material Design

•

Interpreting

•

Academic Presentation

•

Argumentative Reading

and Writing

•

Reading and Writing for

Career Development

•

Basic Reading and

Writing

•

Academic Reading and

Writing subjects

1

st

Semester

2

nd

Semester

5

th

Semester

7

th

Pre-

servi e tea hers’ per eption on the use of e

-learning

toward pre-

servi e tea hers’ language skill

s

7 Findings

Structure

Writing

skill

Grammar

Formal

language

Advanced

language

Vocabulary

Pre-

service teachers’ perception on the

opportunities and drawbacks of

e-learning

Opportunities of

Online Learning

Finding 1:

Flexibility

Finding 2:

Updated

material and

information

Finding 3:

Encourages

reading

Finding 4:

Personal

development

Drawbacks of e-learning

Finding 1: Decrease social relationship

Finding 2: Decrease oral communication

Finding 3: Costly

Finding 4: Lack of internet connection

Finding 5: La k of an a tual tea hers’ feed a k

Finding 6: Lack of technological skill

Recommendation

For

future-teachers

•

Demonstration or guideline.

•

Make balance toward the use of online learning and face to face learning

For institution

•

Enhance the implementation of online learning

•

Enhance the facilities and equipment

For future

researcher

E-Learning Implementation:

Its Opportunities and Drawbacks

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