Application of Blended Learning in Citizenship Education Learning as Digital Literacy Efforts for Students

Abstract

Digitalization in the world of education has become a necessity in this era of digital and technological development. The educational process is directed to be implemented no longer conventional in face-to-face classes, but can also be implemented in virtual classrooms. It aims to build students' abilities in the digital world and eliminate the limitations of space in the education process. Likewise the case in learning Citizenship Education. As one of the subjects taught at all levels of education in Indonesia, Citizenship Education learning must also be able to apply digital-based learning, one of which is by implementing a Blended Learning system. This research is intended to find out how the role of the application of blended learning in learning Citizenship Education as an effort to improve students' digital abilities. This research was conducted at Pasundan 1 Cianjur High School by using descriptive research methods. The research technique used was observation and field study. From this research, the results are obtained that after technology-based learning in Citizenship Education, students' understanding and ability to the digital world emerge, especially digital learning. Students become more capable of Digital Literacy than before the implementation of this blended learning.