EduReligia : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam
Vol 10, No 2 (2026)

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE ULÛ AL-ʼILM MODEL THROUGH THE SMART RELIGIUS APPLICATION

Nurti Budiyanti (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2026

Abstract

This study designs and develops the Smart Religius application based on the Ulû al-ʼIlm Model as a digital response to the persistent dichotomy between religious and general knowledge in Islamic Religious Education (PAI) and to the rising mental-health burden among Indonesian university students. Using a Research and Development (R&D) approach within the ADDIE framework, combined with a Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Methods design, the study involved 80 PAI students (one-group pretest-posttest, non-randomized, purposive sampling) and 12 key informants (lecturers, an educational-technology expert, and an Islamic-psychology expert) across eight weeks. Paired t-test results indicated statistically significant gains (p < .05) across all six learning-outcome domains of the Ulû al-ʼIlm Model: cognitive (37.50%), affective (40.00%), psychomotor (26.25%), ethical (37.50%), social (31.25%), and spiritual (68.75%, high N-Gain). Participatory observation of riyāḍah ʿamaliyah showed a mean increase from 50.75 to 83.50 (very good category). Expert validation confirmed the application's feasibility on content (91.00%) and media (89.58%) aspects. These findings suggest that the Smart Religius application functions as a holistic digital ecosystem integrating a Learning Management System, psychospiritual support features, and prophetic-character monitoring. Given the single-group design and single-institution sample, findings should be interpreted as preliminary evidence of feasibility rather than causal proof, pending controlled and longitudinal replication.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

edureligia

Publisher

Subject

Education Social Sciences

Description

Edureligia : Jurnal Pendidikan Agama Islam is published by Islamic Faculty of Nurul Jadid University, with its main aim to spread critical and original analysis from researchers and academic practitioners on various contemporary educational issues. This journal encompasses research articles, ...