Development of technology-embedded solar energy STEM (SESTEM) module among Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) diploma science students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to design and develop a Solar Energy STEM module (SESTEM) among a class of 80 diploma science students in the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). This module was developed to create an enjoyable technology-embedded learning process for solar energy education. The students’ perceptions evaluations of the complete SESTEM module were based on questionnaires and open-ended questions. The module implements fully hands-on activities using smartphones, QR codes, images, and videos. This work was based on the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) instructional model. The findings showed that students gave positive feedback regarding the contents and the activities implemented in the module. In conclusion, SESTEM can be considered a modern teaching tool, enhancing more value-added skills and being accustomed in the future

The Evaluation of a Technology-Embedded Solar Energy STEM (SESTEM) Module: A Pilot Implementation of Modern Teaching Tool for Diploma Science Students

“…The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient for each construct of the questionnaire survey is ranged 0.769 to 0.841. The components of the SES-TEM module was illustrated in Figure 1 As reported in our previous work, the AD-DIE model (Figure 2) and TAM were adapted and applied to develop the SESTEM module (Abidin & Tho, 2018;Tho et al 2019;Hosman et al, 2022). All of the innovative activities given in the SESTEM module used modern technology with QR codes made available to students.…”

“…The development of the SESTEM module was considered very successful based on the feedback of the respondent as mentioned in our previous work. The perception of students towards the SESTEM module was collected for the evaluation part based on the TAM (Hosman et al, 2022).…”

“…However, current teaching practice on a solar issue in higher education focuses primarily on traditional lectures that fail to connect the theories to their environment. Thus, the development of a teaching tool for the topic of solar energy is a significant step in making the learning process more engaging and fostering student creativity (Hosman et al, 2022).…”

“…This module incorporates STEM concepts and applies them to the study of solar energy by students. The evaluation of the students' perceptions of this module was focused on this work since the SESTEM module was effectively built based on our prior report (Hosman et al, 2022).…”