Development of the Disaster.co Website as a Digital Learning Media to Train 21st Century Students’ Skills Through Geography Learning

Technology in the 21st century is developing rapidly covering all aspects of human life, including education. The impact of technological developments in education can be seen from the increased efficiency and flexibility of the learning process. Technology plays an important role as an intermediary in the learning process. The integration of technology in education is marked by the use of digital media as a learning tool. The existence of digital media can make the learning process more interesting, so that students' interest and motivation in learning can be increased. In addition, students' understanding of the material can be mastered well because of the use of media in learning. Geography as a subject with broad and diverse material requires the use of media, so students will find it easier to understand the concept of the material being taught. This study aims to design and develop technology-based or digital learning media as a medium that can be used as an alternative in geography learning in the classroom. The method used in this study is the research and development method with data collection involving observation method and questionnaire distribution. This study adopts two types of data analysis, namely qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative data is presented as a form of elaboration of media needs analysis and quantitative data is presented as a form of assessment of the feasibility of digital learning media developed in this study. Based on the results of the study, the existence of learning media is clearly needed as a tool/device in geography learning. Students' understanding of disasters and mitigation cannot be achieved well if only presented with theory. Therefore, it is necessary to use media that displays many disaster visualizations both in theory and data, so that students' understanding can be achieved well and trigger students to be more active in class. Based on the development results, the Disaster. Co website received a high score and is worthy as a digital learning media in geography learning for disaster and disaster mitigation materials. Keywords: Technology, digital learning media, 21st century student skills, geography learning.