Evaluation of the Mendeley Utilization Training for Academic Writing through Usability Approach

Abstract

Mendeley is one of the best reference managers that has been used by many academic writers around the world. In Indonesia, Mendeley became the first place application for references management. Several training programs had been implemented in order to improve the capability of users in using Mendeley for academic writing. However, the evaluation is still limited to the normative approaches. This community engagement used an online method to convey the Mendeley course to participants from various academic background. Mendeley onlinine training was only given in one session of training. This method was chosen due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Evaluation of training used the USE questionnaire to evaluate the usability score of this application. Our findings showed, however, the online training could give a positive impact but there was an ease of learning variable that was not equal to the others perceived by participants. Future training programs need to address this challenge to achieve the highest possible outcome.