The Role of Interactive Multimedia on Children’s Character Development and Religiosity
497 Interdisciplinary Social Studies, 1(5), Feb 2022
The development of knowledge is also found in Proverbs 1:5 which reads, "Let the wise
hear and increase knowledge and good people who are wise to obtain consideration." This
indicates that humans in developing all the science of mind that they have. Today the impact
of the rapid development of computer science is an undeniable fact of the advancement of
information technology in all fields (Aurora & Effendi, 2019). One of the fields that utilize the
positive impact of the development of information technology in the field of education. The
impact of the development of information technology on the field of education is one of them
is indicated by the increasingly varied learning methods that are currently widely developed
(Wulandari & Mudinillah, 2022). One of the learning methods that are now starting to be widely
developed is the multimedia-based interactive learning method (Novaliendry, 2013).
Interactive multimedia is a phrase that describes a new wave of computer software
primarily related to the information section (Sori, Siregar, & Komaro, 2015). This multimedia
component is characterized by the presence of text, images, sound, animation, and video (Susilo,
Degeng, & Susilaningsih, 2017). Some or all of its components are organized in several coherent
programs. Interactive components refer to the process of empowering users to control the
environment usually with a computer (Istiqlal, 2017). Surjono et al. (2019) Emphasized that
through the principle of interactivity students will be able to learn more optimally this is
because students can set the desired speed of learning display.
Forming a Christian character in a Christian family doesn’t sound unusual because it's
unlikely that Christian parents will form a character that doesn't match the parent's identity.
Character is useful in all aspects of life because it makes people of integrity, influence, and an
effective witness of Christ. But the reality is that so many Christian children have bad character,
many Christians are imprisoned, even pastors’ children are stumbling blocks everywhere
(Hartono, 2018).
The creation of a religious atmosphere means creating an atmosphere or climate of
religious life. In realizing and carrying out the values of the faith, it is necessary to create a
religious atmosphere in schools and outside the school (Muhaimin, 2005). This is because the
values of faith attached to students can sometimes be defeated by temptation, as well as the
negative culture that develops around them. Therefore, it could be that students one day already
competent in carrying out the values of the faith, at that time incompetent anymore. If the
religious soul has thrived in learners, then the next task of educators is to make religious values
the religious attitude of learners. Religious attitude is a situation that exists in a person that
encourages him to behave in accordance with the level of obedience to religion. Thus, the
formation of religious character is the result of efforts in educating and training earnestly
against the various spiritual potentials contained in humans.
Developing character and religiosity is very important in the development of children. This
is because it is important in preparing the younger generation at an early age with good
character ownership and a good level of religiosity that will hopefully prevent children from
juvenile delinquency which until now has been increasing. Kartono (2009) explained that
juvenile delinquency is a symptom of social illness or psychological in children and adolescents
caused by a form of social neglect, so they will develop a form of deviant behavior.
Research conducted by Hartono (2018) with the title "Shaping Christian Character In
Children of Christian Families". The conclusions obtained in this study that forming a child's
Christian character in a Christian family does not automatically occur because we are