The Evaluation of Edmodo in News and Report Writing Class

Fauzul Etﬁta, Johari Afrizal and Sri Wahyuni

English Language Education, Universitas Islam Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia

Keywords:

Evaluation, Edmodo, News and Report Writing

Abstract:

Technology development are expected to be utilized reciprocally in Education. Lecturer had started to merge

face to face interaction with online course which is called blended learning since the students can easily send

their assignments. Many attempts have been made to maximize efﬁciency of technology to support students

and lecturer in teaching and learning process. This study, therefore, evaluate Edmodo as one of online platform

which allow students and lecturer to connect, collaborate and share content as well as ideas and educational

applications, and assess works, grades, and class discussions. The participants in this study were 25 students

of News and Report Writing class. They were asked to ﬁll close-ended questionnaire to evaluate the use of

Edmodo in News and Report Writing class. The ﬁnding from questionnaire revealed that the use of Edmodo

had given positive effect to the students in the News and Report Writing class.

1 INTRODUCTION

A news report is similar to a news article which cover

the basics of current events. In English Language

Education of Universitas Islam Riau, News report is

a part of journalism where the fourth students learn

about how to collect the informations and then write

them become a news. The subject is called News and

report writing.

Furthermore, News report is a paper which

provides data for a particular audience and intent in

structured format. Technically, report is deﬁned by

Sharma and Mohan (2011) as a written declaration of

the condition, project, process or testing.

The meaning of news itself is provide through

various means of communication such as word

of mouth, printing, mail, broadcasting, digital

communication and also the witnesses and observers’

testimony to events. Then, News report is described

as information gathered about something or rumors or

gossip spreading (Mohan, 2002).

Since technology is useful for learners, it will

be an option for the lecturers to combine between

technology and teaching learning process in a

classroom. It can be said that today’s technology

is very helpful in the education process. As what

stated by Chakraborty et al (2018), information and

communication technology is not only seen as a tool

for current learning techniques, it is also seen to be a

signiﬁcant tool to promote different ways of learning.

Furthermore, Internet is one of the different types

of technology that frequently used in education. In

using internet, lecturer and students can ﬁnd and

search many things from various sources. They

can also send emails between teachers and students.

While learners and lecturers use Internet, several web

sites that offer distinct functions may also be found.

Edmodo is one of the world’s most popular

websites (Flanigan, 2012) for over 6,5 million users.

Students who register into Edmodo can have the

proﬁle page on which they can view the recent

messages from communities they are connected to

and from organizations they join. Besides that,

Edmodo has various features and functions.

Edmodo enables users to upload proﬁle images,

links, documents and videos that can also be stored

in the Library to be shared with other users while

uploading into Resources. In addition, items in the

Library can be viewed anytime and anywhere (Ali,

2005). As well as that Edmodo helps students to more

understanding in learning process and also it makes

lecture easier to apply their students assessment.

According to (Ekmekc¸i, 2016), Edmodo is a

free social learning platform which enables learners

to access material uploaded by the educators.

Additionally (Cauley, 2014) Stated that Edmodo is

appropriate for learning. He also stated that it is an

educational website that takes and reﬁnes the social

network’s idea. By sharing thoughts, issues and

useful advice, students and educators can reach each

Etﬁta, F., Afrizal, J. and Wahyuni, S.

The Evaluation of Edmodo in News and Report Writing Class.

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other through Edmodo.

Moreover, According to (Hourdequin, 2014),

Edmodo offers helpful instruments for learners and

educators to communicate outside of their class online

anywhere, at all times. Therefore, Edmodo is an

easy Mlearning medium to present the content of

the lesson and thus is common to any smartphone

operating system. Then, Edmodo’s objective is to

assist teachers exploit the strength of social media to

make the classroom easy to customize.

In addition, Edmodo is used by roughly 32

million individuals, including teachers, educators and

students worldwide, in multiple subject areas and

the degree of students (Charoenwet and Christensen,

2016). Edmodo network’s primary goal is to teach

and learn among learners and educators. It also

encourages network members to share thoughts in

learning methodology, equipment and cooperation.

In contrast to other social media communities,

Edmodo usually concentrates on helping teachers and

educators manage their own online tasks strategies. In

addition, various versions of the Edmodo application

can be downloaded for smartphone, tablet and other

hand devices for small gadgets.

It can be concluded that Edmodo is one of

technological developments that help in the world

of education, for example, facilitate teachers in

providing learning, quizzes, tasks and provide

assessment directly through online wherever and

whenever.

2 METHODOLOGY

The researchers used qualitative research in this

research, because they wanted to explain the result

of the research in detail without statistical or number

calculation. Rugaiyah (2016) clariﬁed that qualitative

research is a research that describe the data and tend

to use analysis. She added that, in qualitative studies,

process and signiﬁcance (subject view) are further

emphasized.

Moreover, (Chaedar Alwasilah, 2006) also stated

that the descriptive technique was helpful to describe

the group and phenomenon characteristics. In

other word, data is not analysed by using statistical

calculations (statistics formula/numbers). This

method is usually for research analysis, study, and

also evaluation.

2.1 Research Participant

In this type of research, (Patton, 2005) argues that the

recommended size for a focus group is ten to twelve

people. Based on that statement, the participants were

selected based on purposive sampling, in particular,

typical case (median) sample. Twenty ﬁve (N=25)

students provided their views on the use of Edmodo

while attending News and Report Writing class.

Therefore, in the current study the participants was

the students of the fourth semester, especially C class

in Language Education Universitas Islam Riau who

was attending News and report writing class.

2.2 Research Instrument

Based on (Johnson and Christensen, 2019) instrument

is a document ﬁlled out as part of a research study by

each research participant. The researcher handed the

questionnaires to 25 students in the News and Report

Writing class. It was given after they experienced

learning through Edmodo.

In this research, students were provided the

questionnaire to discover information about how

students perceive using Edmodo in the writing of

news reports. In the form of a rating scale, the

researchers used a close-ended questionnaire.

There are two questionnaire’s blueprint which are

adapted from Apriani (2017). The blueprint describes

as follow:

Table 1: The Questionnaire Blueprint

Statement Indicator Form

1 – 15

The Implementation

of Edmodo

Close-

ended

16 – 24

The perception on the use

of Edmodo

Close-

ended

2.3 Data Collection Technique

Data collection technique enables researchers to

gather information about the objects of research such

as people, objects and phenomena systematically

and the situations in which they happen. The data

collection techniques follow the procedure as follow:

• Entering the class of research and giving the

question sheet to the students (questionnaire)

• The researcher gave 30 minute to the participants

for ﬁlling the questionnaire.

2.4 Data Analysis Technique

The Likert scale was used by the researchers as the

questionnaire rating scale. It is used for measuring

attitudes, opinions, perceptions of individuals and

organizations about social issues (Sugiyono, 2012).

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In completing the questionnaire, the participants were

requested to choose one of those options, which they

believed they almost ﬁtted with and experienced at the

moment.

In this research, the questionnaire were given

to the students’ to ﬁnd numerical data of student

perception in used Edmodo in News and Report

Writing. The questionnaire has four options, those

are:

Table 2: Category of Questionnaire Score

Category Score

Strongly Agree 4

Agree 3

Disagree 2

Strongly Disagree 1

After the students doing the questionnaire, the

researchers then take the total score from every

students by the category of the questionnaire score.

Then, researchers groups from every category. And

get the percentage. In calculating percentage, the

researchers used a formula adopted from (Sudijono,

2005). The formula used to determine the score of

each level in percentage.

× 100% = P

(1)

F : The number of students that choose same level

N : Total number of students

P : Percentage

3 RESULT AND FINDINGS

3.1 Macroeconomic Variables

The researchers has formulated two research

questions to evaluate the use of Edmodo in News

and Report Writing class. The ﬁrst research question

concerns with the use of Edmodo in the News and

Report Writing Class. The second research question

is about students’ overall perceptions about using

Edmodo in News and Report Writing Class. Two

wide topics were deﬁned based on the analyzed

information in order to understand the further results

of the questionnaire.

3.2 Use of Edmodo in News and Report

Writing

First of all, the researchers explains the students’

responses to the application of Edmodo in News and

Report Writing class. The corresponding numbers are

numbers 1 to 24.

Table 3: The Use of Edmodo in News and Report Writing

ITEM

Number of Students

Strongly

Agree

Agree Disagree

Strongly

Disagree

1 4 11 10 0

2 8 16 1 0

3 8 14 3 0

4 8 17 0 0

5 0 1 14 10

6 1 5 14 5

7 9 14 2 0

8 8 16 1 0

9 1 24 0 0

10 1 23 1 0

11 1 16 6 23

12 1 13 9 2

13 2 20 3 0

14 1 16 8 0

15 0 20 5 0

The researchers analyzed the results on the

information written in Table 3 above in order to

understand the further results of the questionnaire

Item1. This is the ﬁrst time for me using

Edmodo. From item 1 we can ﬁnd out that more

than half number of students are just starting to ﬁnd

Edmodo from their lecturer. Then they also do not

have any experience about Edmodo before, and now,

by starting to recognize Edmodo as one of the new

media in the teaching and learning process students

are expected to be more interested in learning News

and Report Writing.

Item2. My teacher assists me in learning News

and Report Writing through Edmodo. From this

item we can know that only one students who do not

have positive opinions about this statement because in

the previous item it was clear that they knew Edmodo

from their lecturer. Then, the lecturer explained and

taught students how to use Edmodo so they could use

Edmodo easily

Item3. My friends assists me in learning News

and Report Writing through Edmodo. It could

be seen from the table 3 above that few students

decided that their friends did not assist them while

learning News and Report through Edmodo, but

certain students agreed that their friends helped them

use Edmodo to learn News and Reports Writing.

Item4. I am exited in learning News and Report

Writing through Edmodo. The high percentage

results show that the students are exited in learning

News and Report Writing by using Edmodo. That

means, they get one of the interesting learning media

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in learning News and Report Writing and can increase

their motivation in learning Writing of News and

Report.

Item5. I do not agree to learn News and

Report Writing through Edmodo. The results of

the total percentage that choose do not agree with this

statement were greater, which was as much as 96%.

Almost all students did not agree with the statement

because they realized that by using Edmodo learning

English was more interesting.

Item6. I usually learn News and Report

Writing through Edmodo. Based on the result, it

showed that most of the students or about 19 students

rarely access Edmodo. They access Edmodo less than

3 times in a week even in the previous statement they

agreed to use Edmodo in learning News and Report

Writing.

Item7. I think Edmodo can use easily. The

results of this item of questionnaires indicate that

36% of students voted strongly in agreement and

56% of students chose to agree. No student chooses

strongly disagree and only 8% choose not to agree.

So, the total percentage of students who agree was

92% and the total percentage that disagrees was only

8%. Therefore, we can see from the results of

the percentage that students strongly agree with the

statement that they believe that Edmodo is easier to

utilize.

Item8. I believe that Edmodo can be used

in News and Report Writing as an Interesting

educational website. Most of the students or about

24 students assumed that Edmodo was an exciting

website for studying News and Report Writing in

particular. This phenomenon occurred because all of

students were working together to use Edmodo. They

actively used Edmodo to obtain some data from their

teacher or shared it with each other as well

Item9. I can easily interact with my lecturer

using Edmodo. The total percentage of students who

agree was 100%, it means students have a positive

response to the statement that they can easily interact

with their lecturer by using Edmodo. Then, they

realized that by using Edmodo they could interact

easily with their lecturer and friends wherever they

were. Because one of Edmodo’s uses is was a medium

for lecturers and students to communicate with each

other and provide material, tests, or give comments

on something shared by the lecturers and his friends.

In addition, when their lecturer was not coming,

the teacher can still provide material and assignments

through Edmodo. That’s why Edmodo is easy to use

for them to communicate with the lecturer.

Item10. I can easily interact with my classmate

using Edmodo The results of this item indicate that

students who choose strongly agree were 4% and

students who choose to agree were 92%. Only 4%

of students choose disagree and no students choose

strongly disagree about the statement that they can

easily communicate with friends using Edmodo. That

means all students agree with this statement because

the total percentage of students who agree shows

96%.

Item10. I believe that learn News and Report

Writing will be easier through Edmodo. Based on

the results show that Edmodo is one of the effective

learning media that can make them more interested

in writing news reports. Because, they can make

and share news reports that they write to teachers

and friends without having to use paper and can be

directly examined by the teacher.

Item11. I am happy to use Edmodo in News

and Report writing class. The results of this study

indicate that 8% of students choose strongly agree

and 80% of students choose to agree to this item 32

statement. None of student who chooses strongly

disagrees and only 12% of students choose disagree.

So, students who agree about their statements like to

use Edmodo for writing class news reports more than

students who disagree.

Item12. I believe that the use of Edmodo in

News and Report Writing makes me easier to do

my assignment. Since the level of the agreement was

high, it could be assumed that the 17 students got

a favorable reaction, which meant that they thought

Edmodo made it simpler for them to do their works in

News and Reports Writing.

Item13. My lecturer always provides feedback

or correction for my assignment It can be seen that

most of students or for about 22 students agree that

the lecturer always consistently provide comment or

correction for their task. The lecturer’s comment

can lower students’ mistake in News and Report

writing. After receiving the comment, they corrected

their job directly to make their news reports more

comprehensible.

Item14. I always get advice to revise my

writing, especially in the writing of news reports.

The results of the last item of questionnaires in this

section show that 4% of students strongly agree and

80% agree with this statement. There is no student

choose strongly disagree and only 16% of students

disagree. So, the total percentage of students who

agree was 84% and the total percentage of students

who disagree was only 16%.

That means, students have a positive response

about the statement that their friends always give

suggestions on their assignments. Because when

they share their duties through Edmodo media, their

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friends often give comments that contain opinions.

3.3 Students’ Perceptions on the Use of

Edmodo in News and Report

Writing

The purpose of this part is to show and discuss the

result of the research about student opinions using

Edmodo in news and report writing classes.

Table 4: The Students’ Perception on the Use of Edmodo in

News and Report Writing

ITEM

Number of Students

Strongly

Agree

Agree Disagree

Strongly

Disagree

16 1 23 1 0

17 0 8 14 3

18 0 16 8 1

19 1 18 6 0

20 2 14 9 0

21 2 12 11 0

22 2 12 11 0

23 1 12 12 0

24 2 10 13 0

Item16. I am motivated to learn News and

Report Writing by using Edmodo. It can be

concluded, students have a positive response to this

statement because Edmodo is very easy to use in

learning News and Report Writing so they are more

interested in learning News and Report Writing

through Edmodo.

Item17. I do not feel enthusiastic to learn

News and Report Writing through Edmodo. The

students who agree less than students who disagree

with this statement. It means that, most students do

not agree with the statement that they do not feel

enthusiastic learning when using Edmodo, because

they were of course enthusiasm in leaning News and

Report Writing using Edmodo. It is in line with

ﬁnding that discussed in item 16 that students feel

motivated.

Item18. I believe that News and Report

Writing is enjoyable through Edmodo. From

the ﬁnding of the research, it could be said that

the students who thought Edmodo was enjoyable to

learn News and Report Writing were regarded as

the students who were interested and happy when

their lecturer was teaching through Edmodo. They

received a favourable reaction from Edmodo, which

made them readily learn News and Report Writing.

Item19. I have more motivation to do my

assignment in by using Edmodo. From the total

percentage of students who agree with the statement

that they are more driven to do the assignments

through Edmodo shows that they have a positive

response to the statement. They were more active and

try to accomplish their tasks faster by using Edmodo,

because every student who completes the task ﬁrst

will be known by the teacher by using Edmodo and

also they will get good points. of course if they can

complete the task quickly and well.

Item20. I believe that Edmodo is an efﬁcient

website for learning News and Report Writing,

particularly for writing skills and News and

Report Writing. From the result, it could be

concluded that most students reacted favourably to the

statement based on the complete proportion. In other

words, most students believed that Edmodo was an

efﬁcient website for news and report writing class.

Item21. I believe that Edmodo can help me to

develop my Writing skill in writing news report

text (grammar accuracy and spelling). The results

of the total percentage of students who chose to agree

were 56% and this showed that students believed

that using Edmodo could help them to develop their

ability in writing news report text (grammar accuracy

and spelling). Because, every word in Edmodo uses

English, because of that, they can learn spelling

grammar and even can add their vocabulary.

Item22. I believe that my News and Writing

ability can be improved through Edmodo. In this

22nd item we can know that the total percentage of

students who agree was 60% and the total percentage

of students who disagree was 40%. No student

chooses strongly disagree and 40% who choose do

not agree. it means, students have a positive response

to the statement that they believe that using Edmodo

motivates them to improve their ability to write text

reports, because Edmodo is one of the media in

learning that is easy to use.

Item23. I believe Edmodo is beneﬁcial to

improve my Writing skill in news and report

writing. Based on the percentage of the data, it could

be concluded that more than half of students or about

13 students thought that using Edmodo would help

them enhance their ability to write news and reports

(spelling and grammar accuracy)

Item24. I am not satisﬁed to use Edmodo in

news and report writing. The result of the last item

of questionnaire in the second category presented that

there were 8% of the students who strongly agreed

and 40% of the students agreed with the statement.

In other hand, there were 52% of the students who

disagreed and none of the students strongly disagreed

that they were not satisﬁed to use Edmodo in news

report writing.

Based on the result of the questionnaire, the total

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percentage of the agreement level was 48% and total

percentage of the students who disagreement level

was 52%. It could be assumed that almost all of

the students were satisﬁed to use Edmodo in writing

news report. The students were happy when they were

using Edmodo in news report writing class. They

could make a good writing in terms of news report

writing class.

4 CONCLUSIONS

This study has shown that students had varied

feelings concerning the use of Edmodo in language

classes. The researcher has found the perception

of students’ using Edmodo were the students have

positive response in using Edmodo in news report

writing, students felt happy and they said that

Edmodo easy to use and interesting application. And

the disadvantages of Edmodo was only If a student

does not have access to computer and the internet, or

a mobile device they would not be able to use the tool.

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