Comparison of acceptance of midwives lecturers in urban and Sub-urban regions to android-based try-out Competence test applications

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in the acceptance of midwifery lecturers in urban and sub-urban areas to the Android-based try-out competency test application and conduct a feasibility validation test for this application. The method used in this study was a combination of Research and Development (R&D) and Intervention research. Sampling was done by purposive sampling technique with a total sample of 24 namely 13 samples at Megarezky University (urban) and 11 samples at Stikes Husada Mandiri Poso (sub-urban). The data were analyzed using statistical analysis, the Shapiro Wilk and Mann-Whitney test. The results showed that media experts' average validation test results were 84.44%, and the material expert validation results averaged 84.52%, indicating that the Android-based try-out competency test application was feasible to use. User validity of media experts and material experts using the TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) questionnaire. The result shows that from the Megarezky Makassar University in the urban area, which involved 13 samples, the very good category was 10 people (76.9%) and in the good category was 3 people (23.1%); the Stikes Husada Mandiri Poso Institution in the sub-urban area, which involved 11 people, the very good category was 6 people (54.5%) and the good category was 5 people (45.5%) (p=0.181). The conclusion of this study is no significant difference in the acceptance of midwifery lecturers in urban and sub-urban areas to use the Android-based try-out application with the average acceptance result in the very good category.