Designing of Application for Learning Sundanese Cultures

Abstract

Sundanese culture is one of the cultures that is come form West Java region. Along with its development, not many students around West Java areas understand the Sundanese culture, if allowed to continue, Sundanese culture will lose its identity. As the development of information technology, a mobile application can be used as an application as learning media to help students and make students more interested in learning Sundanese culture as what they learn at school. This research aims to help to attract and motivate students to learn the Sundanese culture and provide entertainment aspects for students. The research method used was structured approach method and prototype development. The research design used was descriptive methods and actions. The method of data collection used was observation techniques, documentation, and interviews. System design tools used to describe the system model include use case diagrams and use case scenarios while for designing data dictionaries use were Use case diagrams, Activity diagrams, Sequence diagrams, and data dictionaries. The information system developed was using adobe flash CS6. The expectation is this application can stimulate students to learn Sundanese regional culture and can facilitate teachers in providing interactive lessons to stimulate students creativity.