Development and Effectiveness of Drone as a Learning Media in Islamic Boarding School

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series 2021-11, Vol.2111 (1), p.12011
• Main Authors: Djatmiko, I W, Yatmono, S, Nugraha, A C
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2111/1/012011

Nowadays, drone technology is not only be used in commercial businesses but can also be utilized in a teaching-learning process, including in Islamic boarding school. This article will be discussed the development, performance, feasibility, and effectiveness of drone technology to be utilized as a learning media at Pesantren Hidayatullah Yogyakarta that is one of Islamic boarding school. The developed drone was the multicopter with a multi-rotor type using four rotors. This study was conducted with the development research approach developed by Alessi and Trollip and the descriptive research approach. This drone was applied in teaching-learning process at Pesantren Hidayatullah Yogyakarta. Data were obtained through drone’s testing and observation, interviews, questionnaires for the drone’s affectivity in teaching-learning process. The results of this study can be known that the drone performance is categorized as “Very Good” in terms of functionality and usability aspects. The drone feasibility in the term of material quality and its usefulness is included in the “Very Feasible” category. The drone as learning media has had significantly impact when it’s applied in learning process in extracurricular activities.