Development of Augmented Reality Learning Kit for the TVET Course at Vocational College

Abstract

The advancement of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 has a direct impact on various fields including education because it is the basis for the provision of human capital that is balanced with current technological developments. Nowadays, students are more interested in learning by using Teaching Aids based on Augmented Reality (AR) Technology. However, Teaching Aids which is not use AR technology will make it difficult for students to learn an abstract subject, poorly understood and easily bored through traditional teaching approaches. The purpose of this study was to develop a learning kit by using AR technology to improve student visualization, understanding and motivation. Meanwhile, this study also used the Design and Development Research (DDR) approach in developing a learning kit for Types of Lathe Defects assisted by AR. The instrument of this study uses a questionnaire to collect information related to the functionality of the learning kit based on visualization, understanding and motivation of students. The sample of this study consisted of 48 students of Kota Tinggi Vocational College who took the Industrial Machining Course. The data obtained were collected and analyzed using Descriptive Statistics, Central Tendency and Independent T-Test using SPSS version 25. The reliability value of the questionnaire obtained was r = 0.903 which indicates a high level of reliability. The majority of participants gave positive feedback and were interested while using this AR technology. Overall, students can visualize the process of occurrence of the defect, understand how it can occur and be more motivated to learn technical subjects by using AR technology learning kit. The results also showed that there was no significant difference in the mean of visualization score, understanding score and motivation score for this AR technology learning kit. Therefore, the use of this learning kit can help and facilitate students to learn technical courses more effectively.