ARTSTEP APPLICATION AS AN EFFECTIVE PRACTICAL LEARNING ALTERNATIVE FOR STUDENTS DIPLOMA IV ARCHIVES (A CASE STUDY OF THE USE OF ARTSTEP APPLICATIONS FOR DIPLOMA IV ARCHIVAL SCIENCE STUDENTS IN THE PUBLICATION PRACTICE COURSE AND ARCHIVE EXHIBITION)

Abstract

The Archives Diploma IV Study Program is a study program that produces graduates who are ready to work, especially in the field of archives including manual and electronic archive management. Diploma study programs have a percentage in the curriculum of 60% practical and 40% theory. As a distance education university – the Open University (Universitas Terbuka) archiving science diploma study program must be able to equip its students to apply archival science practices according to the diploma program curriculum standards. The purpose of this study is to equip students to be able to apply publication management and archive exhibitions as subjects that have practical substance by using artstep applications for publications and virtual archive exhibitions. The methodology in this descriptive study is a questionnaire given to users who access the virtual exhibition held. Furthermore, the data collected is classified according to the problems encountered. Regarding the application design at the virtual exhibition, the prototype design for the virtual archive exhibition application using the artstep application. Other data sources in the form of documents related to research objectives. Of the 4 (four) virtual exhibitions held using the artstep application, it shows that the artstep application is very helpful for students in carrying out publication management and archive exhibitions virtually and can also be applied to offline exhibitions.