Utilizing Mobile Applications for 21st-Century Learning and Digital Preservation of Balinese Script Gede Indrawan
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha
Abstract
Balinese Script and other inheritance local languages are facing extinction signalment since the use has already been replaced by the national language which is simpler and more practical. Bali province has already had governor regulations to preserve this local wisdom through many efforts in Bali, including regulating the local mandatory subject Balinese Language (covering Balinese Script) from basic to high school, requiring institution^s nameplates to be written in Balinese Script among other languages, etc. This collaborative study, between language and computer science, exposed the technological-side support to the preservation efforts. Through the mobile application from a smartphone, this study revealed the advantage of using this proposed Information Technology application for 21st-century learning of Balinese Script, including paperless material to conduct green-and-sustainable-oriented learning, and efficiency to grab knowledge in real-time related to the transliteration and translation aspects from Latin text input. This is considered the main contribution of this research.
Keywords: Mobile application, 21st-century learning, Digital preservation, Balinese script
