The application of Class Dojo to manage and motivate students for online classes during Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has prevented from normal teaching activities such as going to school, having face-to-face classes, many schools have developed strategies of teaching and learning online. Institutions comprising schools and centers have momentarily transferred their traditional courses to online courses. The instructional strategies can help teachers to design various ways for online teaching and learning effectively. This six-week research of forty grade 12 students and one hundred grade 10 students in Bac Lieu high school examined the improvement of online learning through as tools that can be created and managed by teachers and their colleagues. These strategies play a significant role in motivating students’ interaction during online courses. The aim was to find out Class Dojo can help to manage and enhance remote learning and teaching successfully. The result of this paper benefits the management of teachers as well as students’ parents and supports long-term learning for students. In addition, a set of questionnaires was carried out on students’ opinions about their learning experience. The outcome of this research gains the improvement of students’ motivation in learning online due to attractive atmosphere in online courses and rewards or compliments of teachers. Moreover, teaching students healthy and positive habits early on will not only allow them to learn in a safer classroom atmosphere, but it will also build strong and lasting learning habits within the students.