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The success of this MWEG experimental exercise suggests that more mobile-based
activities can be employed in future to sustain students’ interest in the classroom and allow
students to gain more extensive access to knowledge outside of the classroom. This is,
in fact, encouraging the habits of life-long learning by acquiring knowledge from multiple
sources.

Having argued the advantages of using MWEG, this is by no means an easy feat for
the teachers involved. They must take the initiative to devise strategies, design teaching
materials, explore new apps, implement activities, facilitate learning, motivate participation,
and assess performance (Shih, 2011). Stoicheva, Mavrodieva, and Tsvetkova (2012)
similarly argued that meticulous selection of meaningful content and well-structured tasks
on social media would engage students in real collaboration and communication practice.

Hence, the learning experience becomes valuable. Therefore, no matter how demanding
the task is, the nature of active learning in the era of technology reliance cannot be denied.
It would be to everyone’s advantage if teachers can collaborate as well as share resources
and ideas with their peers in navigating the use of these apps-based educational activities
in their classrooms. This action research presents a constructive opportunity for the
teachers involved to expand their understanding and to reflect the use of a new approach
to teach and learn essay writing using MWEG in the WhatsApp application.

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