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2019 - Volume 2 - Number 1

Users’ Perceptions of the WhatsApp Usefulness in Learning

Lestari Widodo (PhD student) * widodo.1603218@students.um.ac.id * ORCID: 0000-0001-8773-9534
State University of Malang, East Java, INDONESIA

Open Journal for Information Technology, 2019, 2(1), 1-8 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojit.0201.01001w
Online Published Date: 11 July 2019

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

ARTICLE (Full Text - PDF)Users’ Perceptions of the WhatsApp Usefulness in Learning

KEY WORDS: WhatsApp, user’perception, learning.

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study was to know users’ perception towards WhatsApp in several aspects such useful, ease of use, ease of learning and satisfaction. Descriptive method and questionnaire developed by Lund, A. M (2001) were used in this study. This questionnaire was consisted of 30 questions and translated to Indonesian. The subjects of this study were 175 participants who were of different age and professions. The result of this study shows that the participants give positive response for every aspect. The mean response of participants’ perception argued that WhatsApp is useful, ease to use, ease to learning and give satisfaction. Therefore, WhatsApp can implement in learning system.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Lestari Widodo, State University of Malang, East Java, INDONESIA. E-mail: widodo.1603218@students.um.ac.id.

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