The Effect of Augmented Reality Application toward Student’s Learning Performance in PC Assembly

Abstract

Assembly is a process of combine two or more component together through particular sequence and operation. Now, lab instruction was utilizing as main tools to guide computer assembly in computer hardware course. However, this lab instruction contains too much text and it makes student takes time to visual the process and interpret the step. Numerous study has reported Augmented Reality (AR) has a great impact in improving student learning as well as assist in assembly task by means as visualization tool. This study aimed to investigate the effect of AR application on student learning performance in term of pc assembly knowledge. To meet the purpose, a marker-based AR application, AR PC Assembly was developed to provide a visualization in 3D on pc assembly. A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test control group design was used as a research design. The participants were 68 first-year diploma students, where they were allotted to either an experimental or a control group. The control group learned the theoretical and perform the assembly task about personal computer assembly through textbooks while students in the experimental group used AR PC Assembly application for the same purpose. The experimental result reveal that using AR application can enhance the learning performance of the students. From the result of analysis, post-test score in experimental group was higher 20 % compared to control group. Considering these result, it can conclude that AR application is an effective and beneficial tool to be applied in education.