E-Learning Supported by Media Social WhatsApp for Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes

Mesra Betty Yel

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This study proposes e-learning supported by WhatsApp social media for student engagement and learning outcomes. Based on literature studies, there are four parameters that can be used in WhatsApp to support e-Learning, namely: get information, learner interaction, instructor presence, and for learning purpose. The impact of e-Leaning on student engagement and learning outcomes is carried out at the XYZ Campus, as a business training institution for MSME entrepreneurs in Indonesia. The results showed that most respondents from 4 groups agreed that WhatsApp was appropriate as a learning medium to increase business knowledge to support e-learning that could affect student engagement and learning outcomes.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30645/senaris.v4i2.221

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