Higher Education Transformation through Information Technology and Religious Wisdom
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https://doi.org/10.32832/at-tadib.v10i1.22321Keywords:
Religious Wisdom, Information Technology in Education, Higher Education Development, Soft Systems MethodologyAbstract
This research aims to analyze the actual conditions and formulate a model of university transformation through the integration of religious wisdom and information technology in the implementation of the tridharma of higher education at Ibn Khaldun University, Bogor. The research uses a mixed methods approach with Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). The research respondents totaled 434 people, consisting of 60 lecturers and 374 students, selected using purposive sampling. Data was collected through questionnaires, observations, documentation, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and document review. Data validation was carried out through triangulation of sources and methods, while data analysis used seven stages of SSM and descriptive statistics. The results of the study show that integrating religious values and information technology into teaching has gone well, especially for lecturers, while the research and community service aspects of students still need strengthening, particularly in the use of digital technology and in the internalization of religious values. Based on these findings, a development model was formulated comprising religion-based RPS preparation, interactive digital content development, information technology-based research training, digital-based community service, and periodic evaluation through an integrative system. This model is expected to realize the tridharma of higher education: adaptive, integrated, and grounded in religious values.
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