PENGEMBANGAN APLIKASI CHATBOT WHATSAPP MATERI PESAWAT SEDERHANA BAGI SISWA KELAS V SEKOLAH DASAR

DEVELOPMENT OF CHATBOT APPLICATION WHATSAPP SIMPLE AIRCRAFT MATERIAL FOR GRADE V ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Perkembangan dunia pendidikan dan adanya pandemi COVID-19 ini pembelajaran menjadi kurang efektif. Hal ini terjadi karena adanya guru ataupun tenaga pendidik terdampak kebijakan Work From Home (WFH). Kebijakan WFH membuat situasi belajar mengajar menjadi terhambat. Dengan begitu, peneliti mengembangkan media berupa Chatbot Whatsapp yang ada pada sistem operasi android. Berdasarkan aspek kepraktisan, kevalidan, dan keefektifan sebagai media pembelajaran, Chatbot Whatsapp sangat disarankan bagi siswa kelas V SD untuk digunakan dalam pembelajaran. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Research and Development (R&D) dengan model ADDIE yang memiliki 5 langkah penelitian yakni (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation). Pengujian produk dilakukan dengan 39 siswa kelas V SDN Tanah Kalikedinding II Surabaya. Uji validasi dilakukan oleh dua ahli materi dan satu ahli media berikut hasil dari ahli materi untuk uji kevalidan mendapatkan 95% dan ahli media untuk uji kevalidan mendapatkan 92,5%. Berdasarkan hasil uji kevalidan yang didapat masuk ke dalam kriteria “sangat baik” sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengembangan Chatbot materi Pesawat Sederhana untuk kelas V SD Negeri Tanah Kalikedinding II Surabaya telah valid dan dapat digunakan dalam proses kegiatan pembelajaran. Pada tahap implementasi Chatbot terhadap siswa kelas V memperoleh hasil angket rata-rata 90%. Kemudian tingktat keefektifan media didapat persentase ketuntasan belajar sebesar 100%. Sehingga diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa media Chatbot sangat layak untuk digunakan.         

Kata Kunci: Pengembangan, Chatbot, Pesawat Sederhana

The development of the world of education and the COVID-19 pandemic has made learning less effective. This happens because there are teachers or educators who are affected by the Work From Home (WFH) policy. The WFH policy has hampered teaching and learning situations. That way, the researchers developed a media in the form of a Whatsapp Chatbot on the Android operating system. Based on the aspects of practicality, validity, and effectiveness as a learning medium, Whatsapp Chatbot is highly recommended for fifth grade elementary school students to be used in learning. This study uses the Research and Development (R&D) method with the ADDIE model which has 5 research steps namely (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation). Product testing was carried out with 39 fifth grade students at SDN Tanah Kalikewall II Surabaya. The validation test was carried out by two material experts and one media expert and the results from the material expert for the validity test got 95% and the media expert for the validity test got 92.5%. Based on the results of the validity test, it is included in the "very good" criteria so that it can be concluded that the development of the Simple Aircraft Chatbot material for class V SD Negeri Tanah Kalikewall II Surabaya has been valid and can be used in the process of learning activities. At the Chatbot implementation stage, fifth grade students obtained an average questionnaire result of 90%. Then the level of effectiveness of the media obtained the percentage of learning completeness of 100%. So it can be concluded that the Chatbot media is very feasible to use.
Keywords: Development, Chatbot, Simple Plane