FKIP – Postgraduate Study Program (S-2) Educational Technology (TP) Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Surakarta in collaboration with Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Open Learning Center (SEAMOLEC) ) held a public lecture with the theme “Development of Interactive Digital Teaching Materials” on Friday (25/3/2022) online through the Zoom Meeting application.

The public lecture was opened by Dr. Dewi Kusuma Wardani, M.Sc. as Deputy Dean for Human Resources (HR), Finance, and Logistics FKIP UNS. In his speech, Dr. Dewi said that the public lecture on the Development of Interactive Digital Teaching Materials held by the TP FKIP UNS Masters Program was an answer to the challenges of the industrial revolution and digitalization era, and was in accordance with the program to increase the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (IKU).

“This public lecture is very relevant to the era of the industrial revolution and also digitalization. The current pandemic condition also causes learning to be carried out online and offline. This is a challenge for educators, both lecturers and teachers to be able to provide a good understanding of learning material accompanied by how the innovations are carried out by educators. For that, this public lecture is the answer. In addition, this public lecture can also improve academic competence and is in accordance with the achievements of the Main Performance Indicators in higher education, namely practitioners as lecturers or lecturers as practitioners, “said Dr. Dewi.

Guided by Wahyu Pratama Putra as a student of S-2 TP Study Program, this public lecture presented two speakers. The first speaker is Timbul Pardede. He is a SEAMOLEC Training Expert. In his presentation, he presented material entitled “Microlearning: Innovation of Learning Design and Instructional Materials Packaging”. He explained three important points, namely the reasons for using, definition, and benefits of microlearning. According to him, there are five benefits of microlearning.

“There are five benefits of microlearning. The first benefit is to provide specific and appropriate information. The second benefit is that it requires a more efficient time. The next benefit is that it allows someone to focus on one piece of information. Then, microlearning is also easy to access, while the fifth benefit is that it is easy to disseminate,” explained Timbul.

The second speaker is Aggry Tiharapitra. He is a SEAMOLEC Training Staff. On this occasion, he also guides public lecture participants in account creation, account activation, and how to register for courses on the SEAMO SEAMOLEC website (etraining.seamolec.org). Not only that, he also guides how to create interactive digital learning media using the Nearpod application.

“SEAMOLEC is an organization in Southeast Asia that promotes regional cooperation in education, science and culture. Well, SEAMOLEC offers a variety of interactive material features. To get the certificate, participants must register for an account at etraining.seamolec.org by following the step-by-step instructions,” explained Aggry.

The activity continued with a question and answer session and documentation.

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