Developing Teachers’ Guide To Use Facebook Group In A Blended Writing Course (A Research And Development In Iain Surakarta)

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Roko Patria Jati - S891208044 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

This study aimed at developing teachers’ guide to use Facebook Group in a blended Writing Course. There were two stages of research which include exploration stage and product development stage. The objective of the exploration stage was to investigate the existence and the quality of teachers’ guides used for Writing Course in one of higher education institutions in Surakarta as well as the level of need and related criteria for development. Besides, the developmental stage was to investigate the development of the teachers’ guide. This research-based development (R&D) was conducted by involving ten teachers and 115 students. The data of the first stage of this study were mainly obtained through some qualitative techniques, such as interview, observation, document analysis, and focus group. As the results, it was found that among ten tertiary teachers, only one of them using teachers’ guide or book to teach in the Writing Course. However, nine of them stated their need on the proposed product and one stated his uncertainty. Further, the related supports were also shown by majority of the students involved. On the second stage, the draft was developed by considering some suggested criteria of development. After being validated by the related expert, the product was then field tested involving three teachers and 48 students. Through the tryouts conducted, the level of feasibility on the procedure had improved significantly to 97%, 94% and 92% in the last three tryouts delivered by three different teachers. The tryout was terminated as suggested by the field expert and after the supervisor stated the credible justification had been reached. Finally, after being revised as recommended, the teachers’ guide was ready-to-use in a blended Writing Course context. The teachers could make use of the product for supporting the Writing Course with some adaptations based on the specific real context they faced