Pre-Service Teachers' Views about Effective Use of the Whatsapp Application in Online Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Alubthane, Fawzia; Alyoussef, Ibrahim
Titel	Pre-Service Teachers' Views about Effective Use of the Whatsapp Application in Online Classrooms
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 20 (2021) 1, S.44-52 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-7242
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Computer Oriented Programs; Preservice Teachers; Student Attitudes; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Online Courses; Program Effectiveness; Barriers; Teaching Methods; Social Media; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Computerprogramm; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Online course; Online-Kurs; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Soziale Medien; Telekommunikationstechnik; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	This study applied a qualitative method to investigate Saudi students' perspectives on the effectiveness of using the WhatsApp application to support their learning and interaction in online courses. A purposive sample including eight Saudi pre-service teaching students (three males, five female) was selected from the College of Education at King Faisal University (KFU) in Saudi Arabia. These participants were interviewed face-to-face using a semistructured interview technique. Member-checking and peer review strategies were used to check the trustworthiness of the findings. After the data was analyzed, two themes emerged: (1) the effectiveness of using the WhatsApp application and (2) the critical challenges involved in the usage of the WhatsApp application in an academic context. The effectiveness of using the WhatsApp application in this context includes (1) convenience and practice, (2) communication, (3) material sharing, (4) course information sharing, and (6) ease of use. The tendency for instructors to ignore student questions and a lack of interaction rules represent the critical challenges involved in the usage of WhatsApp in an educational context. Several recommendations were made based on the results of this study. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01