THE USE OF SCHOOLOGY IN ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS AT A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION
Abstract
At one of the higher education institutions in Yogyakarta, Schoology is used at English
Language Education Department (ELED) continuously from year to year. Using Schoology
lets the students have diverseresponses. The aim of this study is to find out the impact of
using Schoology by ELED students based on their perception. This study applied qualitative
research design, and the design under the qualitative research design adopted in this study
was descriptive design.Six students of ELED of a private university in Yogyakarta became
the participants of this research. The participants were students inbatch 2017. The researcher
used open-ended interview as the instrument to gather the data. The result of this study
demonstratedthe positive impacts.The positive impacts are students are aware of time
management;students are aware of language chosen;Students are more
independent;Schoology helps toimprove student’s English skill;students’ reading frequency
increased;students are more conscientious and Schoology helps students to understand
learning material easily.Besides finding positive impacts, the researcher also discovered a
negative impact; students lost their grades.