PENGEMBANGAN KOMIK INSTAGRAM SEBAGAI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN

Based on the results of the author's interviews with students XII TKRO F SMK Ma'arif NU 1 Ajibarang and teachers who teach, during the covid-19 pandemic, students' interest in reading and learning decreased because during the learning process both online and offline at this time it was arguably less interesting and monotonous, especially in the subjects of Pancasila and Citizenship Education. Therefore, this study aims to make learning media interesting by using digital comic media on Instagram. Because at this time social media such as Instagram is easy to access while learning is done at home. This learning media using digital comics was created and applied in the learning process to increase students' interest in learning and reading during the covid-19 pandemic, which must be by the material to be studied. The method used is the waterfall according to M Suyanto, which consists of three stages of system development, namely the pre-production stage, the production stage, and the post-production stage. The results of testing the Instagram digital comics learning media concluded that as many as 82.1% were included in the appropriate category and strongly agreed to the application of Instagram digital comics as learning media.