Development of ESD Based Educational Media Using Educaplay to Enhance Students’ Interest in Learning

Abstract

This study was motivated by students' low interest in learning and the need for interactive learning media integrating the principles of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). It aimed to develop an ESD-based learning media using Educaplay to improve the learning interest of fifth-grade elementary school students. This study employed the Research and Development (R&D) method using the ADDIE model. The participants consisted of one media expert, two content experts, one language expert, a teacher, and fifth-grade students at SD Negeri Cicadas 03, Bogor Regency. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive quantitative techniques and the Rasch model. Research findings show that the learning media received an average validation percentage of 96.9% from experts, which is categorized as very good. The practicality test results showed a percentage of 96.25% from the teachers and 92.75% from the students, which is considered very practical. The Rasch model analysis (stacking process) shows an increase in the Person Mean Measure from 0.75 logit to 1.16 logit, and an increase in Person Reliability from 0.52 to 0.69, indicating that students demonstrated higher levels of learning interest after using the developed media and provided more consistent response patterns. Therefore, the educational media using Educaplay based on ESD is considered very suitable, very practical, and effective in increasing students' learning interest