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D. Expectation - Features

In this first point, researcher will present participants point of view toward expectation on features they wished to have in F-learn since they only have experience in asyncronous activities. Participants were asked what features they wished to have in F-learn and they could answer the question as broad as possible. Ironically, most of them mentioned features that actually F-learn had already had, but were not used by teachers yet. Like online test and chat box direct message. Some came up with a suggestion to integrate F-learn with another software which is called Dropbox. Interestingly, because participants are chosen from various backgrounds, some of them also mentioned discussion forum forum just because they never done discussion forum via F-learn. For the following discussion, the explanation of those proposed activities are taken from moodle.org. Watik suggested that Online-test can be done via F-learn. moodle.org explains that teacher can design and create quizzes based on large variety of question types, such as multiple choice, true false, and short answer questions. Here is Watik‘s answer, “Online test maybe can be applied using F-learn, so all of the students access F-learn together in certain times and do the test at the same time but from wherever they are. ” Cipluk proposed a Chat-box, where students can chat directly with the teacher or other students via F-learn, so students do not need to send message via email or short message service SMS. Moodle.org explains that it allows participants have a real-time synchronous discussion. Here is what Cipluk said, 20 “Chat box to directly chat with other students or teacher will be so much helpful so students do not use SMS or email to contact the teacher or other students.” Atik recommended that Dropbox system can be integrated in F-learn. She said, “..It would be much better if the Drop-box‟s system is applied in F-learn…” wikipedea.org defines Dropbox as ―file hosting service that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, and client software. Dropbox allows users to create a special folder on each of their computers, which Dropbox then synchronizes so that it appears to be the same folder with the same contents regardless of which computer is used to view it. Files placed in this folder are also accessible through a website and mobile phone applications. ‖ www.dropbox.com has briefer definition. It says that In Dropbox, users can put their files in Dropbox and get the same files in others computers, phones, or tablets. Diah and Watik mentioned discussion-forum. module.org defines discussion forum forum as ―an activity where students and teachers can exchange ideas by posting comments‖ It also said that ―A forum can contribute significantly to successful communication and community building in an online environment.‖ Watik said “It would be great if there is discussion forum in it where students and teachers can discuss certain topic. ” Her suggestion is also supported by Diah who mentions, “There are some features that had been there already, but teachers did not use it, as example, there is a feature that students can post a question or an issue and another students or the teacher can comment on it.” 21

E. Expectation – In-class meeting