Padang – This year several Lecturers from the Department of Automotive Engineering FT UNP carried out Community Service activities through the Higher Education Excellence Product Development Program (P3UPT) scheme for teacher professional organizations Subject Teacher Consultations (MGMP) Automotive Engineering in West Sumatra. This activity was motivated by the difficulties of Automotive Engineering teachers in carrying out learning and providing learning resources, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. This of course needs special attention, so that the quality of learning can still be improved under any circumstances, bearing in mind that the goal of SMK is to produce skilled and ready-to-use workforce according to industry needs.
This service is carried out in the form of training and assistance in the development of digital services to implement the online-based Automotive Vocational Education (PVO) learning model at the Automotive Engineering MGMP in West Sumatra which takes place on 13-14 and 19-20 August 2022 at the Department of Automotive Engineering FT UNP. The service implementation team is chaired by Prof. Dr. Hasan Maksum, M.T. with members Wawan Purwanto, S.Pd., M.T., Ph.D. and Drs. Martias, M.Pd. Resource persons for the activity are Dr. Hansi Effendi, M.Pd., Dr. Nofrion, M.Pd., M. Yasep Setiawan, S.Pd., M.T., Rido Putra, S.Pd., M.Pd.T., and Alzet Rama, S.Pd., M.Pd.T. and assisted by several students. Participants in the activity totaled 30 teachers, 15 teachers from the City of Padang who came directly to the training site, namely the Laboratory of the Department of Automotive Engineering FT UNP and 15 teachers from outside the City of Padang through a zoom meeting. This activity was opened by the Head of the Service Team Prof. Dr. Hasan Maksum, M.T. and Chairman of the West Sumatra Automotive Engineering MGMP Lilik Lesmana, S.Pd. and witnessed by all the training committee and participants present.
Figure 1. Activity opening.
This activity is carried out using an offline format for teachers who are in the city of Padang and online for teachers who are outside the city of Padang. The implementation method uses lectures, demonstrations, exercises/practices, discussions, presentations, documentation and evaluations which aim to provide insight, knowledge and skills about the application of technology in designing digital-based learning processes to support current learning and its application through digital learning training such as training and assistance in making media worksheets, making evaluations, and reflecting on online-based learning.
Figure 2. Implementation of activities.
When carrying out training and mentoring, the Service Team focused on solving problems faced by previous teachers so that after the activity they had adequate insight into information technology systems. With this insight, the teacher has the ability to predict the methods and steps that will be taken to apply learning properly. Insight into information technology systems can stimulate teachers to explore technology that can be applied in learning. So far, teachers already have modules from the Ministry of National Education for face-to-face learning, but teachers do not yet have online-based media that are applied in the learning process. In this training and mentoring, teachers are taught and trained on how to create learning management to improve learning both offline and online. The results of the participants’ work in this training and mentoring are online-based modules and quizzes as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. Results of online modules and quizzes generated by participants.
The Provincial Government of West Sumatra through the Education Office and Chair of the West Sumatra Automotive Engineering MGPM expressed their gratitude to the FT-UNP Automotive Engineering Department Service Team for the useful knowledge and skills that have been given to Automotive Engineering teachers in West Sumatra. They hope that this activity can be resumed every year so that teachers are able to have insight, knowledge and skills regarding the application of technology in designing digital-based learning processes to support current learning and its application through digital learning training.
Figure 4. Closing activities and group photos.
[News by : Prof. Dr. Hasan Maksum, M.T. – Team Leader]
