INTERNET OF THINGS AND RELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF LAMBUNG MANGKURAT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Industry Era 4.0 which is developing now allows someone to learn more than what is obtained in class. The sophisticated smartphones enable someone to obtain various knowledge, and make it easier to understand everything, especially in religion. many students who learn religion from speech by Ustadz through the youtube channel which is posted periodically to several episodes of discussion. The millennial generation seems to learn a lot about religion through the social media. the Changing way in obtaining religious knowledge also has impact on their understanding and practicing in daily life especially in 'ibadah  and mu'amalah. This research was conducted at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru. With quantitative research methods accompanied by data collection techniques through electronic questionnaires in the google forms that are used to reveal the level of Religious understanding and the level of religious practice of students due to the influence of the industrial era 4.0. The results showed that in connection with the Industry Era 4.0, in this case, the internet of things, students who had digital Al-Quran were 83%, listened to the speech or studies via the internet as much as 73% and made it as a source of reference and a place to study in religion as much as 87.8%. In religious understanding it can be concluded that the understanding of students related to aqeedah is very high and good, especially faith in Allah SWT. However, the understanding in the field of Shari'ah especially their knowledge of the pillars of Islam can be classified as low, it can be seen in their knowledge of fasting, zakat and hajj which is under 50%. Whereas in understanding in the field of morals they can be classified as having high understanding and knowledge which is above 80%. Thus in understanding, that students of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru can be classified in the moderate category