Singaraja – Faculty of Education Ganesha University of Education students are again listed as winners in international competitions, through the innovations of Augmented Reality Subak and Electro Wand: An Arduino-Based Learning Practicum Tool for Electromagnetic Wave Detection, students of Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program (PGSD) on behalf of Ni Luh Putu Divya Jyoti Mahardika, together with a team consisting of Putu Dimas Pramudita from the Informatics Engineering Education Study Program (PTI) as the team leader, Komang Cahayani Putri from the Accounting Study Program, and I Gede Engga Suandita from the Legal Studies Study Program, successfully won the Gold Medal and the IYSA Special Award for Subak Augmented Reality innovation, as well as the Bronze Medal for Electro Wand innovation, at the 2022 World Youth Invention and Innovation Award (WYIIA) event, organized by the Indonesian Young Scientist Association (IYSA), based in Yogyakarta on 22 – 26 August 2022.
Confirmed, Ni Luh Putu Divya Jyoti Mahardika explained that the creation of this innovation was motivated by the lack of public interest in Indonesian cultural heritage, especially the younger generation who are currently more interested in foreign cultures. Departing from these problems, his team together with the team designed an Augmented Reality Subak innovation by combining culture and technology to educate the public while keeping abreast of the times.
Furthermore, he who is familiarly called Divya said that the second innovation, named Electro Wand: An Arduino-Based Learning Practice Tool for Electromagnetic Wave Detection, is a learning medium in the form of an Arduino-based practicum tool, which can help students detect electromagnetic wave radiation. His party assessed that this media could help students more quickly understand learning materials that were not yet available in Physics subjects, with the hope of improving students’ psychomotor abilities during practicum/demonstration.
The success of the student from Batuagung Village, Jembrana cannot be separated from the fruit of special training and teamwork carried out before appearing in this prestigious event. He expressed his pride, after being given the opportunity to introduce the traditional Balinese culture, Subak which regulates the irrigation system/agriculture in Bali. Moreover, this golden-voiced student who is proud of the Faculty of Education also had the opportunity to sing the song “Taksu” in the Cultural Performance session. No doubt his appearance also amazed the participants and invitees from various countries. He hopes that this product can be developed to educate the general public. Not to forget, he also invited all students to always innovate in order to realize an excellent results. “I target that this product can be develop so that it can bring back the name of the faculty, and I hope this product is able to preserve Balinese cultural heritage,” said Divya.
This score received full appreciation from the Dean, Prof. Dr. I Ketut Gading, M.Psi., according to him, this is very extraordinary, in order to support the ranking of the upcoming Faculty Simkatmawa. He also stated that this achievement is very important to improve the competitiveness of the faculty both in the national and international arena. “This achievement is very proud, we from the leadership give appreciation to students and supervisors for their success in achieving this achievement,” he said.
The Vice Dean for Student Affairs and Alumni Affairs, Dr. Putu Aditya Antara, S.Pd., M.Pd., said that FIP ??Undiksha continues to strive to improve achievement, by maximizing coaching and mapping student potential. “We always facilitate students as a step to maximize FIP Undiksha’s achievements in various competitions,” he concluded. (PR Dewa Nida)
