The Design of Prototyping Model Virtual Laboratory-Based Computer Numerical Control Course

Abstract

With the advent of the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka policy, universities are obligated to implement technologybased learning to guide students to have 21st-century skills, one of which is digital media innovation, as a result of the growth of information technology in the form of building opportunities. The use of Virtual Laboratory, a technology that enables users to carry out real learning with user models in the form of avatars that can interact through the virtual world in real-time, is one solution to the issue of the implementation of practicum learning, especially in lectures at universities as an alternative to learning in designing learning media. The goal of the computer numerical control course offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Universitas Negeri Padang is to provide students with hands-on experience operating CNC machines in a simulated but realistic learning environment. This research aims to design Virtual Reality-based learning media as a Computer Numerical Control course used in virtual laboratory simulations. Virtual Laboratory media is designed using a research method with a prototyping model approach: 1) listening to customers, 2) building/revising mock-ups, and 3) customer test driver mock-ups that are reviewed as needed in fulfilling all the criteria of a comprehensive learning media system. The results of black box testing and verification of the Virtual Laboratory CNC application design show that the CNC programming practicum learning process can run as expected, reduce the cost of cutting tools, and increase student motivation in the Virtual Laboratory design learning process.