Introducing EthnoVLab, a Creation by UNESA Students: Making Learning Physics More Enjoyable
Unesa.ac.id, SURABAYA—Learning in scientific fields like physics, which is often associated with formulas and calculations, has become a daunting prospect for some students. One of the reasons is that physics education is too textual, with monotonous media and methods.
Based on this, a group of students from the State University of Surabaya (UNESA) who are part of the 2023 Student Creativity Program in Social Humanities Research (PKM-RSH) have designed specialized learning media for physics.
The media they've designed 'grounds' physics material in daily activities, making it easier for students to understand. In addition, students learn physics through their daily habits and lifestyles.
Chair of the team, Fara Raditya Mirsa, said that the media named EthnoVLab is a virtual laboratory based on local wisdom and integrated with augmented reality. This learning laboratory consists of physics materials related to local wisdom.
"For now, we are linking it with the local wisdom of Madura. This way, it can provide a real learning experience, encourage students' curiosity, and make learning more enjoyable," he explained.
Muhammad Habibbulloh, M.Pd., the supervising lecturer, added that from various series of trials, the media can increase students' learning motivation and their creativity in learning.
"The EthnoVLab application has been designed. All physics materials will be accommodated later. However, the development process is still up to the material on the dynamics of motion," explained Habibbulloh.
Currently, the application is already available on the Google Play Store, so anyone can access it, complete with the prepared learning tools.
Aulia Dwi Saputri, as the application developer, said that this application was made in approximately three months, starting from designing the app design document, assets, prototype, to programming the application.
"So far, the EthnoVLab application has been implemented with 11th-grade students of SMAN 15 Surabaya and has been greatly appreciated by both teachers and students," she added.
She hopes that the application or learning media they've designed can increase students' motivation in learning physics and make the physics learning atmosphere more enjoyable, based on local wisdom.
he media design team consists of:
- Fara Raditya Mirsa (Bachelor's in Physics Education)
- Ahla Nurul Islamiyah (Bachelor's in Physics Education)
- Iqbal Ainur Rizki (Bachelor's in Physics Education)
- Aulia Dwi Saputri (Bachelor's in Information Systems)
- Riski Ramadani (Bachelor's in Physics) []
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Writer: UNESA PKM-RSH Team
Editor: @zam Alasiah*
Photo: Documentation of UNESA PKM-RSH Team
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