Schoology and Slido: The Perfect Platform Combination for Distance Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic

DOI

10.2991/aer.k.201124.016How to use a DOI?

Keywords

distance learning, e-learning, learning media, online education, platform variation

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic that occurred worldwide caused a social policy for all citizens to break this Covid-19 chain. However, this policy impacts all aspects of life, including the field of education in Indonesia. The government decided to move the learning process from face-to-face learning to online learning from home, called distance learning. This study aims to put forward the Schoology and Slido platform as a perfect combination for teachers during distance learning in the Covid-19 pandemic, compared to platforms that have been used by teachers in general. This study used a descriptive qualitative to 120 teachers from various levels of education in Indonesia. The results show that the most widely used platform is Google Classroom (44.17%), in which 37 people said Google Classroom was effective, and 16 people said it was not. The second most used platform is WhatsApp Group (31.67%), in which eight people said WhatsApp Group was effective, and 30 people said it was not. This result brings up the teacher training in how to use Schoology and Slido as a perfect platform combination for distance learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Schoology is an application that consists of full features needed in the learning process. At the same time, Slido is a question and answer platform also polling platform that will make fun interaction in learning. Schoology and Slido can improve the quality of education and interaction between the teachers and students.

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© 2020, 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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Vania Zulfa
AU  - Prastiti Laras
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/24
TI  - Schoology and Slido: The Perfect Platform Combination for Distance Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Science and Engineering (IJCSE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 86
EP  - 91
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aer.k.201124.016
DO  - 10.2991/aer.k.201124.016
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