Profile of Educands in the Digital Era

Abstract

This article is aimed to describe the profile of educands in the digital era which obtained through the research of "Pedagogic in the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0". The research method used is the phenomenology research method. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with the Pedagogics Study Program students who work as educators. The results of the study include (1) Education 4.0: Digitalization of Education; (2) Challenges of Education 4.0; and (3) Education which is relevant to The Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0. Based on those findings of the research results, it is understood that the era of industrial revolution 4.0 is closely related to the development of the digital world which provides many opportunities and challenges, among others from the educands factor. The profile of educands in the digital era needs to be understood as the basis for considering the application of educational concepts which is relevant to the digital age. Through analysis of the research findings, the profile of the educands presented in this article, namely, the use of digital technologies and changes of educands’ characters in the digital era. Educands use digitals technologies and internet access to obtain knowledge and information, socialize and for entertaining. However, the development of industrial revolution 4.0 also bringing changes in the educands’ characters, which is the addiction to digital technologies and tend to underestimate something.