Use of Nearpod to Enhance Student Engagement in Online Learning

Abstract

Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic must change towards online learning. Teachers need appropriate learning media to be used in online learning. Passive learning media, such as learning videos, reduce student activity in learning. To create active learning, teachers need interactive learning media. Nearpod is a digital learning application that can increase student engagement in learning. This study aims to determine the use of this Nearpod application in learning and determine student responses to the use of this Nearpod application in learning, mainly on student Engagement in learning. This research method uses quantitative description research methods. Instruments to collect data in this study were using questionnaires given to 74 students. The results of this study explain that the use of Nearpod in learning can improve student engagement in online learning.