The Eastasouth Journal of Learning and Educations
Vol. 4 No. 02 (2026): The Eastasouth Journal of Learning and Educations (ESLE)

Enhancing Civic Knowledge Through an Immersive Virtual Reality Museum: Development and Effectiveness of Bumantara.edu in Indonesian Civic Education

Ahmad Amru Asy Syafiq (Magister Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia)
Didik Sukriono (Magister Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia)
Nuruddin Hady (Magister Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jul 2026

Abstract

Indonesian schools have adopted one-to-one tablet programmes rapidly, but the devices meant to support learning now compete with it for attention. This study developed and evaluated Bumantara.edu, a tablet-deployed Virtual Reality (VR) museum with an integrated AI chatbot tutor, built to strengthen Civic Knowledge in the national-movement history strand of Pancasila and Civic Education (PPKn). Using an ADDIE-based Research and Development design, the product was assessed by a content expert, a media expert and the class teacher, then tested with 25 eighth-grade students at SMP Thursina IIBS Malang through a one-group pretest–posttest design with a 20-item higher-order thinking instrument (Cronbach's α = .812). Validation reached 89% for content and 97% for media, and practicality 91% from the teacher and 88.20% from students. Civic Knowledge rose from M = 53.40 (SD = 21.59) to M = 88.60 (SD = 3.69), a mean normalised gain of 0.70, and after Shapiro–Wilk indicated non-normality a Wilcoxon signed-rank test confirmed the improvement (Z = −4.299, p < .001). Gains were uneven: where students had already answered most items correctly, movement was negligible; where they did not, correct responses rose sharply. Immersive media appear to work as targeted compensation for conceptual difficulty rather than general enrichment.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

esle

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Subject

Education

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ESLE - The Eastasouth Journal of Learning and Educations is a peer-reviewed journal and open access three times a year (March, July and November) published by Eastasouth Institute. ESLE aims to publish articles in the field of Education policy, Curriculum and learning, Educational technology, ...