Enhancing students communication skill by creating infographics using genially in learning climate change Dyantie Nur Azizah (a*), Nuryani Y Rustaman (b), Lilit Rusyati (a)
a) International Program on Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setia Budhi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*dyantieazizah[at]student.upi.edu
b) Departemen Pendidikan Biologi, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setia Budhi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
Abstract
This study is aiming to investigate students^ communication skill in terms of verbal and visual on learning climate change topic as a socio-scientific issue. The communication skill attainment was assessed by incorporating infographics generated using Genially website. The research was conducted due to its significant role of the skill for students to become empowered global citizens in 21st century that requires the ability to communicate information to be easily understood and perceived concisely by the audience. The research method used is one group pre-post- test to investigate the enhancement of students^ ability before and after the experimental treatment. The research involved 50 students from one of the secondary schools in Cimahi. The result shows that students are better at communicating verbally (2.3625 average points) rather than visually (2.08125 average points). Further research needs to conduct with more concern on data collection methods and the improvement of instruments being used to assess the skill.
Keywords: Communication skill- Infographic- Climate change
