Development of Android-based Smart Classroom Applications to Enhance SMK Students' Competences that are Relevant to the Industry

Abstract

The application of innovative technology in training, can enhance the competence of new worker or internship student, which corresponds to the needs of the world of work and industry. The aim of the study is to create an Android-based training media—also known as a smart classroom in the form of an application that can be accessed using a smartphone, used by internship student as a learning and training medium to improve new worker competence in the use of technology according to the needs of the world of work and industry. This application supports project-based learning even if new worker or students are in the process of internship in industry. It can be used anywhere, internship students in field work practice (PKL) in the industry. This application is designed to suit the needs of new workers in the world of work and industry. The development of this application uses R&D methods adapted to the ADDIE development model. There are five stages of development: 1) Analysis, 2) Design, 3) Development, 4) Implementation, and 5) Evaluation. The study was conducted at SMK State 1 Tanjungpinang, and the data collection was carried out through observation and filling of the cargo with 30 internship student of class 10 of the major logistics engineering (X TL). The descriptive data collection method used by materialists and media experts is the Likert scale which has four options of answers. The material expert evaluation results obtained a total score of 98.00 with an average score of 3.62 out of 27 evaluation indicators with a percentage of 90.74%, so it belongs to the category very suitable for use. With a positive student response with an average of 92.67% at the media implementation stage, this falls into a highly qualified category. Evaluation results of application use by students showed an average improvement of about 43.74% in student learning outcomes. This smart classroom application is specially designed to support new worker or internship student doing project-based learning improving student competence and student skills in working on industry-based projects that will affect student or new worker performance/skills as they descend into the world of industry.