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ADAPTATION OF SOCRATIVE APPLICATION AS ONLINE TEACHING PLATFORM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

1 Senior Lecturer, Department of school of languages and General Education, Walailak University, Nakhonsi Thammarat, Thailand

Volume 1

Issue 1

Page: [17 - 26]

Published Online: 05 Oct 2023

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  • Abstract

    Purpose: This study aimed to investigate university students' attitude towards Socrative as an online teaching tool and a student smart response system (SRS) in real-time during the Covid-19 school closure at Walailak University (WU). The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented WU lecturers from engaging in face-to-face learning. Socrative, Microsoft Team, and other e-learning programs were among the various remote teaching applications that were used during this period. However, because of the alleged high levels of reliability and effectiveness, the researcher concentrated on a proprietary e-learning application, Socrative. Method: This study used a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative research design to investi- gate the sampled population of (n=90) second-year undergraduate students’ attitudes toward using Socrative as an online teaching tool and real-time feedback after having used the aforemen- tioned application for three months during the COVID-19) pandemic. Results: The findings revealed that Socrative is indeed a useful tool that educators can use to improve digital learning outcomes such as learning engagement. The results also revealed that gender did not have any statistically significant influence on students’ attitudes towards the use of Socrative applications for online teaching. Conclusion: According to the findings, Socrative application appears to be suitable for remote teaching and learning during the covid-19 pandemic in this digital era because of the most import- ant characteristics of Socrative application, such as its ease of use, straightforwardness, minimal hardware requirements, and a long list of useful features.

    Keywords: Socrative application, COVID-19 pandemic, e-learning programmes, aforemen-tioned application, remote teaching

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    Mark Treve (2023). ADAPTATION OF SOCRATIVE APPLICATION AS ONLINE TEACHING PLATFORM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. International Journal of Empirical Research Methods, 1(1), 17 - 26. doi.org/10.59762/ijerm205275791120231005145525

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