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This community engagement initiative arose due to the limited digital skills of teachers in 3T areas, particularly at SDN 013 Malinau Utara, who still rely on traditional teaching methods owing to a lack of access to training and infrastructure. Meanwhile, the Merdeka Curriculum requires teachers to be able to create interactive learning materials suited to the characteristics of today’s pupils. The aim of this community service project was to enhance teachers’ knowledge and skills in designing interactive learning materials using the Canva platform. The project was implemented using a descriptive qualitative approach, comprising field observations, delivery of instructional material, hands-on training, and evaluation via pre-test and post-test instruments for the 15 participating teachers. The results of this activity showed a significant increase in understanding, with the average score rising from 60.00 to 98.67 and an N-Gain of 0.90, which falls within the ‘high’ category. These findings indicate that hands-on training has proven effective in enhancing teachers’ digital competences in remote areas and can also serve as a model for digital literacy development that can be applied in other 3T schools.
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