Educator Personality Toward Edutainment for Preparing Youth to a Digital Society

Abstract

Digital society is a group of people who communicate through electronic devices worked with computer programs and the Internet, such as sending e-mail, texting on online social media. To be a part of a digital society, knowing and understanding the use of technology knowingly is necessary. Nowadays, many people, especially young citizens are in the digital society without appropriate attitude and understanding. Therefore, it is necessary to organize learning activities by selecting learning providers (instructors and teaching assistants) who have the right personalities and characteristics for transferring knowledge to learners. This research examines the characteristics and personalities of learning providers using edutainment-based active learning management. We assigned learning providers to carry out learning activities for 30 high school students to enhance the skills and knowledge needed for the digital society and take the personality questionnaire to indicate differing psychological preferences. The study indicated that personality of instructors who can prepare young citizens to the digital society using edutainment-based learning are extroverted, happy to enjoy a learning environment in which the material is presented in a detailed and sequential manner (Sensing) while teaching assistants emphasize issues and causes that can be personalized while they consider other people's motives (Feeling), and thrived when information is organized and structured (Judgement). The specific characteristic of the instructor is extraordinarily caring, social, and popular people, always eager to help (Consultant) while the teaching assistant is quiet and mystical, yet very inspiring and tireless idealists (Advocate).