Development of digital identification keys as an e-practicum media for plant diversity course in industry 4.0

Technological advances in industry 4.0 allow automation in almost all fields. Digital-based learning materials also offer a new platform for developing multiaccess identification tools and techniques that can help address some of the challenges in the field of botany. The Plant Diversity course as one of the subjects in the field of botany, is currently not much in demand by students because it is considered very difficult and uninteresting to learn. The plant identification practicum carried out is also still using conventional identification keys, not many digital identification keys have been developed. This study aims to develop digital identification keys as an e-practicum media for the Plant Diversity course too keep up with the development technology. Conservation of species and ecosystems is an urgent global problem, and biodiversity remains a fundamental concept in biology teaching. The research method used is the Lee & Owens development model which consists of five stages of research, namely (1) analysis; (2) design; (3) development; (4) implementation; and (5) evaluation. The development model of Lee & Owns was dapted and developed for the Digital Identification Key for Plant Diversity of university students. The results of the validation by material experts obtained a score of 90% (very qualified category), while by material experts obtained a score of 83.33% (very qualified). The results of the validation by the subject lecturers obtained a score of 90.27% (very qualified), and the trial limited to 30 students obtained a score of 89.17% (very qualified). To obtain an average score of 88.19% (very qualified category), it can be concluded that the digital identification key of plants is very qualified to be used as an e-practicum medium for the Plant Diversity course.