EXISTENCE AND ROLE OF CHARACTER EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE OF DIGITALIZATION OF EDUCATION 4.0.EXISTENCE AND ROLE OF CHARACTER EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE OF DIGITALIZATION OF EDUCATION 4.0.

Abstract

Character Education Strengthening is one of 5 (five) programs initiated by education in Indonesia. KDP is one of the goals of learning so that it is one of the thinking skills needed by students in the 21st century. 4 (four) other programs are 4C (collaborative, communicative, critical thinking, creative), literacy, HOTS (High Order Thinking Skills), and digitalization of learning. Digitizing education, especially online learning, is considered by many to be unable to transfer capabilities in the affective domain. This study conducted a study and analysis of how character education synergizes with digital-based online learning. This study is expected to be an answer to the concerns of academics and practitioners in other fields of education. The method of data collection in this study was carried out through literature review, interviews and observations, and analyzed qualitatively. The results of the study show that online learning based on digitalization implicitly and exponentially synergizes with character education, especially on character values ​​of responsibility, independence, honesty, discipline, hard work, creative, independent, and curiosity.