The Application of Mobile Learning for University Students in the Pancasila Education Modul in Developing Character of Students' Empathy

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to improve students’ empathy attitudes in Pancasila education courses using applications in mobile phones. It is a tool application or media that is used by educators to be able to transfer knowledge to their students. This is used to be able to increase the interaction and learning motivation of students, so they can obtain maximum learning resources. The name of the application is Pancasila Mobile learning, and it is available on Playstore for Android users and web-based page. Meanwhile, the empathy characters need to be developed by the school to be able to grow in students. As such, this study focuses on growing empathy by using mobile learning applications. The research method used is quantitative. The data collection technique used was an online questionnaire, which was filled by 119 students at universities in Jakarta. They are students who have already or are studying Pancasila in college. The results of this study indicate that the use of mobile learning applications in learning Pancasila in the classroom can increase empathy attitudes towards students. They can carry out positive activities, and feel pleasure and comfort when using mobile learning applications in the learning process. Thus, the use of mobile learning needs to be continuously developed by educators both in universities and schools.