Definition of Learning Media

Definition of Learning Media

Media education in general, is a teaching and learning tool. Everything that can be used to stimulate thoughts, feelings, concerns and abilities or skills of learners so as to facilitate the process of learning. This limitation is quite broad and includes in-depth understanding of the source, the environment, human beings and the method used for the purpose of learning / training.

Meanwhile, according to Briggs (1977) is a physical means of learning media to deliver content / learning materials such as books, movies, videos and so on. Then, according to the National Education Associaton (1969) revealed that learning is a means of communication media in print and point of view heard, including technology hardware.

The position of instructional media. Therefore, the learning process is a communication process and takes place in a system, the learning media occupies an important position as one of the components of the learning system. Without the media, communications will not occur and the process of learning as a process of communication will not be able to take place optimally. Instructional media is an integral component of the learning system

From the above opinion concluded that the instructional media is anything that can be channeled messages, can stimulate the mind, feelings, and the willingness of the students so as to encourage the creation of learning process in self-learners.

According to Edgar Dale, in education, the use of instructional media often uses the principle of Cone Experience, which requires media such as text books, learning materials created by teachers and "audio-visual".

There are several types of learning media, including:

Visual Media: graphs, diagrams, charts, charts, posters, cartoons, comics

Audial media: radio, tape recorders, language labs, and the like

Projected still media: slides; over head projector (OHP), in focus and the like

Projected motion media: movies, television, video (VCD, DVD, VTR), computers and the like.

In essence, instead of learning media itself that determines the learning outcomes. Turns success using instructional media in the process of learning to improve learning outcomes depends on (1) the contents of the message, (2) how to explain the message, and (3) the characteristics of the message recipient. Thus in choosing and using the media, to consider three factors. When all three factors are able to be delivered in the medium of learning course will provide maximum results.

The purpose of using instructional media:

There are several goals using instructional media, such as:

- Facilitate the teaching-learning process

- Improve the efficiency of the teaching-learning

- Maintaining relevance to the learning objectives

- Help students concentrate

- According to Gagne: Components of learning resources that can stimulate students to learn

- According to Briggs: physical spacecraft containing instructional material

- According to Schramm: carriers of information technology or instructional message

- According to Y. Miarso: Everything that can stimulate students' learning process

No doubt that all the media is necessary for learning. If up to this day there are teachers who do not use the media, it's just one thing that needs to change attitude. In selecting instructional media, need to be tailored to the needs, circumstances and conditions of each. In other words, the best media is media. It is up to the teacher how he could develop it appropriately viewed from the content, the message explanation and student characteristics to determine the instructional media.