Development of Android-Based Virtual Class Applications for Internship Students at SMK Level at PT. Esa Cipta Sejahtera

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to know the level of feasibility of viclass for apprentice level in vocational high school. Media viclass is an application based on Android and there is discussion forum in a real time with a concept of virtual class. This research uses ADDIES (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) model for development. The application was developed for discussion between apprentice student with their tutor from school with student centered learning approach. Forum discussion contains 1 tutor and some apprentice student who submit topics. Topic submission is done by apprentice student and got approval by tutor. Validation media is needed before the media applied to users. Validation media is done twice. First is by media expert and secondly by media content expert. Validation result by media expert generate 75%, which mean a high level of validation with little revision. Validation result by media content expert generate 89%, which mean a very high level of validation without revision. Feasibility test is carried after the media has been improved based on expert revisions. Feasibility test to 9 apprentice student and 1 tutor generates 80.5% and set worthy to use with little revision