The Use of YouTube as a Geography Learning Source in High Schools

DOI

10.2991/iccie-18.2019.30How to use a DOI?

Keywords

geography, learning source, you tube

Abstract

At present, learning source is available not only in printed books but also on the Internet, such as YouTube. YouTube has made it easy for its users to get the information needed in the form of videos. This is a survey study with exploration purpose. This research uses questionnaires to obtain the data and descriptive statistics data analysis technique to study three categories, namely (1) YouTube as learning material, (2) The easiness of using YouTube in learning, and (3) The factors supporting the use of YouTube. The results of this research show that more than half of the respondents use YouTube as a Geography learning source because YouTube is easy to access anytime and anywhere for free. YouTube also helps the respondents to understand Geography learning materials that require direct examples in the form of videos regarding to learning material. The use of YouTube is supported by the school and teachers who direct the students to use YouTube as an additional learning source in order to broaden their knowledge and help them to finish their tasks.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ellese Sulistianingsih
AU  - Mukminan
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - The Use of YouTube as a Geography Learning Source in High Schools
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Current Issues in Education (ICCIE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 167
EP  - 170
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccie-18.2019.30
DO  - 10.2991/iccie-18.2019.30
ID  - Sulistianingsih2019/06
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