Development of IoT-Based Smart Home Media for Junior High School Electricity Learning

Abstract

The development of automation technology demands that science learning, particularly electricity topics at the junior high school level, be supported by media relevant to current technological advancements. This study aims to develop a smart home media as an enrichment teaching aid for electricity materials and to analyze its validity, practicality, and students’ responses. Unlike previous studies that mostly focused on static and conventional electrical circuit visualizations, the novelty of this research lies in the integration of dynamic electricity concepts with Internet of Things (IoT)-based automation systems and microcontrollers (Arduino), packaged contextually for junior high school students. This study employed a Research and Development (R&D) method using the ADDIE model. The validation results indicated that the media was categorized as highly valid, with percentages of 82 percent from media experts, 96 percent from material experts, and 81 percent from learning experts. The practicality assessment by teachers reached 73 percent and 80 percent, categorized as fairly practical, while students’ responses reached 87 percent, categorized as very attractive. The smart home media is feasible to be used as a supplementary enrichment tool to introduce modern technology applications to students. However, this study has limitations regarding the scope of the trial subjects, which was limited to one school, and the evaluation focus, which only reached the feasibility stage and has not yet empirically tested the effectiveness of the media on improving students’ cognitive learning outcomes on a broader scale.