Using Socrative Application as Student Smart Response System (SMS) in a Real-Time during COVID-19 Pandemic: University Lecturers' Acceptance and Attitudes

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Mark Treve

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This classroom observation explored university instructors’ attitudes toward Socrative online teaching tools, and a student smart response system (SRS) in real-time during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) school closure at Walailak University (WU). The Covid-19 pandemic has disabled lecturers at WU from doing face-to-face learning. The pandemic has forced everyone to switch to online learning. Among the different applications that have been deployed during this period are Socrative, Microsoft Team, Edmodo, and other e-learning programs. In this study, the researcher focused on the proprietary e-learning application called Socrative. WU’s administration opted to use Socrative due to its supposedly high levels of reliability and effectiveness. In the face of the Covid-19 school closure, educational technology devices play a significant role in digital learning. The researchers sampled 4 lecturers at WU regarding their acceptance and attitudes towards Socrative application as an online teaching tool and real-time feedback system were examined during the peak period covid-19 pandemic in Thailand. The findings   revealed that Socrative is indeed a useful tool that educators can use to improve digital learning outcomes such as learning engagement particularly online sessions.

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