POTENTIAL OF DIGITAL NATIVES IN WRITING SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES FOR STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research is motivated by the rapid development of technology in Indonesia. This has an impact on one area of ​​life, namely education, giving rise to the term digital natives. Digital natives are the generation that was born and grew up in the digital era, where they are accustomed and comfortable in utilizing technology, multitasking, and always networking. This is related to the process of making articles by students in university. The methodology used in this study is descriptive-qualitative with data collection using a questionnaire technique. The digital natives in this research are students who learn the Indonesia Language Education General Course at  Indonesia University of Education Class of 2022. This study aims to find out how much influence digital natives have in facilitating the process of learning to write articles. The results of this study show that there are many free and paid data search facilities that can support the creation of student articles. Students with their strengths as digital natives feel benefited from it. This data can be used as a reference, especially for students at Indonesia University of Education regarding information search activities related to examples of writing articles in various reliable databases.