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An Online Professional Learning Program for Supporting Vocational School Teachers’ Online Classroom via WhatsApp Group

Authors
Iyen Nurlaelawati, Ika Lestari Damayanti, Jeani Shinta Rahayu
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Iyen Nurlaelawati
Available Online 28 April 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210427.040How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Classroom interactions, Professional learning, Scaffolding, Vocational school, WhatsApp
Abstract

This descriptive study reports an online professional learning program of vocational schoolteachers aiming to support the teachers’ pedagogic practice in using WhatsApp groups for their online classrooms. Specifically, the study examined the teachers’ learning experiences during the training and their lesson plans in deploying affordances of WhatsApp platform to help their students learn. This study involved 90 teachers in a public vocational school in West Java Province, Indonesia. The data were collected from the observation of a one-day training, WhatsApp classroom simulation on teaching reading, the teachers’ responses on the training, and the teachers’ lesson plans. The findings demonstrated the teachers’ increased awareness about the importance of planning clear and specific instructions to their students in WhatsApp classrooms. The teachers’ lesson plans indicated the incorporation of several features, such as voice notes and emojis, to ignite positive interactions between the teachers and their students. The limitation of the study is that there were no simulations with real students to portray the authentic WhatsApp interactions with students. Thus, based on the findings and the limitations, it is recommended to observe teachers in conducting their online classes with their students.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 April 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-372-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210427.040How to use a DOI?
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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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