Understanding Learning Media for Effective Training

Learning Media in Training and Development Education is a very important thing that must be owned by everyone. The role of education is something that is a basic reference for a country in carrying out development towards a more advanced direction. If education in a country is running well, then it is certain that the quality of the existing human resources will also run straight along with the progress of education. Where the scope of education covers almost all aspects of human life, both political, cultural, social and religious aspects. Learning media is an important part of implementing education in schools. The use of media should be an important part and must receive more attention from education facilitators in every learning activity. Therefore, facilitators need to learn how to determine learning media in order to effectively achieve learning objectives in the teaching and learning process. A teacher must have the skills required by law. As stated in the Law of the Republic of Indonesia concerning teachers and lecturers no. 14 of 2005 article 8 and Government Regulation on Teachers Number 74 of 2008, article 2 (PP, 2008) that "Teachers are required to have academic qualifications, competence, teacher certificates, be physically and mentally healthy, and have the ability to realize national education goals", it is stated again that "the competence as referred to is a set of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that must be possessed, internalized and actualized by teachers in carrying out professional duties". One of the very important competencies for teachers is professional competence which is the ability of teachers to know and master the fields of science, technology, and/or arts and culture that they teach. Teacher professionalism or professional competence has become a topic of debate and a central issue in print and electronic media when competency test results show low results. The low level of teacher competence is also revealed by the fact that around 4.94% of teachers did not pass the Initial Competency Test (UKA) (Ihsan, 2012). The low initial competency test score cannot be used as a benchmark for measuring the level of teacher professionalism. However, the test results indicate problems in improving pedagogical competence and professional competence. One of the weaknesses in the implementation of education and training is the lack of learning aids or learning media used in training. Therefore, the existence of learning media will be a bridge for improving teacher competence in training. There are various types of learning media that can be used and can be adjusted to the material and field of training. According to Heinich and Molenda (2005) (Dadang, 2009) quoted from a blog, there are six (6) basic types of learning media, namely: 1) Text Is a basic element for conveying information that has various types and forms of writing that try to provide appeal in conveying information 2) Audio Media Helps convey information or explanations more impressively and interestingly. Such as background sound, music, or voice recordings and so on. 3) Visual Media Media that can provide visual stimuli that clearly provide a direct picture of what is being explained. Such as pictures/illustrations, charts, graphs, posters, cartoons and so on 4) Motion Projection Media Similar to visual media, but the difference lies in the motion projection media, the resulting visualization moves and is equipped with text and audio at the same time. For example, documentary films, learning videos and so on 5) Imitation objects or miniatures This media is a real form of visual media. If previously the visual media could only be seen, in miniature media it will be more three-dimensional (3D) or real so that it can be touched and felt by students. This media is usually made to overcome the limitations of both objects and situations so that the learning process continues to run well. 6) Humans Humans are the main actors in delivering learning and training. Humanbased learning media is the oldest media used to send and communicate messages or information. Including teachers, lecturers, students, experts/specialists and so on.