The Development of Instructional Design Using Animation in the Elementary Teacher Education Program of Universitas Terbuka

Professional Ability Consolidation (PAC/microteaching), the centerpiece of Elementary Teacher Education at the Universitas Terbuka, is a specific concern for both lecturers and students. In addition to replacing the thesis, PAC involves students making a written report on their action research and participating in action research. A lack of student knowledge regarding implementing procedures has resulted in some students failing to compile quality reports due to the long practice stages. Using the R&D method with the ADDIE model, the study develops a prototype of the PAC course to solve the subsequent problems: (1) creating a course implementation animation video, (2) creating a method for conducting Action Research, (3) creating a method for documenting report writing procedures, and (4) creating a method for an instructional video of student supervisions. Students were informed about the FGD method after reviewing the videos produced by multimedia experts. Using the results of this preliminary research, students taking PAC courses in the current semester are considered suitable to test these videos. Research improvements can be based on expert validation and student focus groups in the previous stage before implementing follow-up trials.