Digital Skill Development through Community Service Program to Increase Independence in the Digital Economy Era for Islamic Boarding School Students in Palu City, Central Sulawesi

Abstract

The aims of this community service program are to provide knowledge about the importance of mastering digital skills for educators, education personnel, and students of Islamic boarding schools and to provide digital skills to students, teachers and other education personnel in Islamic boarding schools in the city of Palu to be able to create independent jobs. The community service program was implemented through lecturing, training, and practice of digital skill involving teachers and students from five Islamic boarding schools in Palu city. The results of this community service conclude several important points that are important references for academics and practitioners in the field of information technology and also for Islamic boarding school caregivers, iinclude such as the students really need to master digital skills in facing the development of the digital economy in the era of industry 4.1. They are very enthusiastic about mastering the various digital skills provided during the training. Then, the students consider mastering digital skills not difficult, the problem for them is the lack of information technology facilities in Islamic boarding schools that can facilitate them to master various digital skills. Finally, the results of the survey after the research showed that most of the students admitted that digital skills were very useful and they would continue to utilize the digital skills they had acquired in their lives to improve their quality of life from an economic aspect.