EFEKTIFITAS PENERAPAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS TEKNOLOGI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MINAT BELAJAR SISWA JURUSAN DESIGN KOMUNIKASI VISUAL DI SMKN 4 KOTA PADANG

Community Service Activities (PkM) are a form of the Tridharma of Higher Education. Lecturers aregiven the obligation to be involved in this activity so that the usefulness of knowledge can flow to thewider community. One of the service activities carried out by lecturers is in the form of training andimplementation of technology-based learning media for students majoring in Design at SMKN 4Padang City. This activity was held in 2019. Then, this PkM was used as a study to measure theeffectiveness of technology-based learning media in increasing student interest. The results showedthat learning media can be a means of channeling messages and information in the learning process.Learning media that are well designed will greatly assist students in digesting and understanding thesubject matter. In this era of globalization and information, the development of learning media is alsoincreasingly advanced. The use of technology as a learning medium is already a requirement.Although technology-based media design requires special expertise, this does not mean that themedia is avoided and abandoned. Technology-based learning media can be in the form of internet,intranet, mobile phone, CD Room / Flash Disk and Electronic Application Module. The maincomponents include the Learning Management System (LMS) and Learning Content (LC). It is hopedthat this training and mentoring can increase the interest of vocational students of the DKVDepartment in learning which will have an impact on learning outcomes as a provision in the world ofwork later.