Digital Instructional Media as Pedagogical Considerations in Islamic Religious Education
Keywords:
Digital Instructional Media, Visual Resources, Audiovisual Resources, Instructional Design, Islamic EducationAbstract
This article examines the role of digital instructional media in Islamic Religious Education (IRE) by focusing on visual, audiovisual, printed, graphic, three-dimensional, video, film, and animation resources. The article is based primarily on the attached digital learning media document and organizes its discussion around definitions, classifications, functions, applications, strengths, limitations, and principles of selection. A descriptive literature review is used to synthesize the concepts presented in the source document and to relate them to established instructional media literature. The analysis shows that media selection in IRE needs to correspond with learning objectives, subject characteristics, learner needs, available facilities, accessibility, source accuracy, and assessment activities. Visual resources are particularly useful for representing concepts, structures, spatial relations, sequences, and concise messages, while audiovisual resources can present movement, sound, demonstration, dialogue, and contextual situations. The article proposes practical integration patterns for Aqidah, Fiqh, Akhlaq, Qur’an and Hadith, and Islamic Cultural History through observation, listening, discussion, practice, analysis, and reflection. The discussion emphasizes that instructional media should function as part of an active learning design rather than as an isolated technological component. The article concludes with recommendations for simple, accurate, accessible, context-sensitive, and pedagogically integrated media development in IRE.
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