International Journal of Educational Best Practices
Vol 5, No 2 (2021)

WHATSAPP AS A LEARNING TOOL DURING COVID -19 PANDEMIC: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

Sirajul Munir (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Batusangkar, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia)
Rita Erlinda (Unknown)
Hendra Eka Putra (Unknown)
Hanif Afrinursalim (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Oct 2021

Abstract

This present study explores the advantages and disadvantages of WhatsApp (WA) as a learning tool during Covid-19 pandemic. WA is a messaging application that can be installed on smartphones and has many useful features. Researchers are interested in researching since many students and lecturers choose WA as an application for continuous learning while one knows that many applications are actually intended for learning. The design of this research was a mix method (quantitative and qualitative). This research involved 168 respondents as a sample. The instrument of this research was an open-ended questionnaire. To analyze the questionnaire, the researchers used the data analysis based on Miles, Huberman, & Saldana (2014). Three steps were applied: data condensation, data display, and drawing & verifying conclusion. The study concludes that most of the respondents believed that WA has more advantages than disadvantages. The advantages include it is effective and easy to use; the features are helpful, save internet quota, very light, easy to do communication, easy to observe the students. The disadvantages, however, is easy for the students to cheat, old chats are easily piled up by the new chats, the upload size is limited, and member capacity in the group is limited.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJEBP

Publisher

Subject

Education Social Sciences Other

Description

International Journal of Educational Best Practices (IJEBP) is a peer-reviewed academic journal of studies in educational issues, both theories and practices, published biannually by the School of Postgraduate Studies of Universitas Riau, Indonesia, every April and October. The journal prioritizes ...