This inquiry examined student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using Social Networking Services (SNS) in an English teacher education program at a public university in Jambi, Indonesia to ease the communication, supervision, discussion, and report submissions between supervisors and student teachers. The networking types included in the program are Whatsapp, Telegram, Email, and Google Form. The method of the research was qualitative through using focus group discussions as the technique of collecting data involving forty-two student teachers. We organized our analysis and discussion around their perceptions and the contexts in which the advantages they perceived emerge. The analyses of the texts revealed that two salient themes with their sub-themes related to the advantages of using Social Networking Services (SNS) in a teacher education program were social interaction (peer discussion and platform to interact with supervisors or lecturers) and learning motivation and experience supports (self-directed learning, promotes critical thinking, content engagement). Some pedagogical and social implications are also discussed.

This study aims to examine the importance of e-commerce adoption and entrepreneurial orientation in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME)’s performance. A purposive sampling procedure was employed to recruit 150 MSME’s entrepreneurs from three districts of Jambi province, Indonesia. The findings show that e-commerce adoption significantly affects the sustainability of MSME business performance, while entrepreneurship orientation moderates these two variables. The findings could be used to identify and map customers’ preferences of e-commerce adoption and entrepreneurship orientation in order to improve MSME’s performance. Furthermore, these findings could be a source of information for the government in formulating policy concerning the MSME.

In response to the need for teaching English in primary education, this exploratory case study examines the enactment of English as a locally-tailored school subject in Indonesian primary schools. Data of this study were collected from multiple interviews with six English teachers teaching in two Indonesian primary schools that offer English as an additional language (EAL). The findings reveal that the status of English as a locally-tailored school subject brings about such problems as no official curriculum guidelines, English teachers’ quality, and a lack of learning resources and facilities. Drawing on these findings, policy recommendations are discussed in this article.

– The use of technology in education can be utilized in the assessment, namely in the form of e-assessment. E-assessment is an assessment with an online system (e-assessment). Can make assessment more efficient in terms of time, funding, and achievement of assessment objectives. This study adopted Thiagarajan's research with the stages of development and evaluate. The number of samples used was 168 students and 14 teachers from senior high school 10 in Batanghari and senior high school in 5 Batanghari. The findings of this study are the system description, this motivational e-assessment is made from MySQL software, because of the ease of installation and use and small hard drives and memory traces. And this application can be used simultaneously. Exploration results show that effective assessment using motivational e-assessment has a good category of 72.6% with a total of 122 students from 168 students. Then the response of teachers using motivational e-assessment is in a good category 50.0% with a total of 7 teachers from 14 teachers, which means the teacher's response to student motivation is very good in assessment or evaluation. This is that e-assessment is important to use because it can make it easier for teachers to make an assessment of themselves because it is in line with the Industrial Revolution 4.0.

Background. The use of ICT in learning English can assist learners to improve their language skills, aside from empowering and motivating them in English language learning. ICT utilization can provide opportunities for collaboration and interaction in the learning process. Purpose. The present study was conducted to examine the motivation, ICT skills, equipment, and attitudes factors towards the use of ICT tools for English learning in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. Methods. The quantitative method was applied involving 303 pre-service teachers of English department at a state university in Jambi, Indonesia. A questionnaire was employed to collect the data and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the proposed hypotheses developed in fulfilling the study objectives. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used to examine the attitudes of student teachers toward the use of ICT for English language learning. Results. Findings suggested that the determinants of the technology acceptance model are the major factors influencing the usage of ICT. In addition, the effect of equipment, motivation, and ICT skills towards the use of ICT had been mediated by three main variables of TAM, namely perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and attitudes. Furthermore, it was found that the motivation, ICT skills and attitudes factors affect the actual use of ICT for English learning while the equipment factor does not. Implications. The results of this study are beneficial for students and teachers both in schools and universities. For students, they need to equip themselves with ICT literacy, ICT skills, motivation, and positive attitudes towards the use of ICT in English learning activities. Teachers should also equip themselves with ICT skills so that they can provide learning experiences according to the needs of students in today's digital age.