WEBINAR TUTORIAL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Abstract

Scientific work courses are mandatory courses that must be taken by all Open University
students after graduating a minimum of 125 credits for non-SIPAS services, while for SIPAS
service students, this course can be taken according to the available packages. However, many
students experience difficulties in writing scientific articles, especially in determining article
titles, writing introductions, compiling methods, writing results, and compiling discussions and
bibliographies, which has an impact on the quality of their research and publications. This study
aims to analyze students' ability to write scientific articles and identify factors that affect these
abilities. The subject of this research is a student of the Educational Technology Study Program
of Open University Semester who takes a scientific work course. Data was obtained from
assignments collected by students, ranging from the first task to the fourth task, which were
observed using an assessment sheet. The results of the study showed that students' abilities
improved after participating in the webinar tutorial four times, thus emphasizing the importance
of technology-based learning in improving students' scientific writing skills.