ST302: INTERACTIVE AR TEXTBOOK

NORAINI BINTI RAMLI Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

The impact of technological progress on the education system, especially the need for innovation in its use in teaching and learning, is important. However, the disclosure of a previous study found that a total of 269,332 primary school students across the country were not able to master the basic 3M skills of reading, counting, and writing. Therefore, this innovation aims to develop an interactive AR textbook for learning the vowels a, e, è, i, o, and u. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of interactive AR textbooks, especially from the point of view of design, user experience, and cognitive style, in the context of the education of grade 1 primary school students in the State of Perak. This innovation uses Metavise, an augmented reality technology, combined with the physical material of the Grade 1 Bahasa Melayu Textbook (KSSR). It has been tested for usability and student performance by 304 first-year students among primary school students in the State of Perak. The results of the study show that the Interactive AR Textbook can be used to learn the vowels a, e, è, i, o, and u based on expert agreement in terms of usability (99%), ease of use (98%), ease of learning. (96%), and motivation (100%). The results show that the interactive AR textbook can increase motivation to learn Malay vowels, making it useful for grade 1 students, teachers, and schools. This application enables the creation of a realistic, authentic, engaging, and entertaining learning environment.