Sulis Sandiwarno, International Journal of Computer Science and Mobile Computing, Vol.7 Issue.8, August- 2018, pg. 113-122 © 2018, IJCSMC All Rights Reserved 113 Available Online at www.ijcsmc.com International Journal of Computer Science and Mobile Computing A Monthly Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology ISSN 2320–088X IMPACT FACTOR: 6.017 IJCSMC, Vol. 7, Issue. 8, August 2018, pg.113 – 122 Developing an E-Forum to Universitas Mercu Buana Alumni’s to Improve Effective Communication and Educative by Technology Multimedia Acceptance Model Sulis Sandiwarno Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Mercu Buana JL. Raya Meruya Selatan, Kembangan, Jakarta, 11650 E-mail: sulis.sandiwarno@mercubuana.ac.id Abstract— The development of Information Technology today is fuelling the use of Information Technology which is very brush and very easy to use. In the development of Information Technology becomes a good tool in connecting giver and receiver of information. The development of Information Technology today is not only used by the company alone, but various universities use Information Technology as an effective means of delivering information to its users. Application of good Information Technology will produce a good information also for the recipient. Application of Information Technology within the scope of Higher Education is the Universitas Mercu Buana. Universitas Mercu Buana has a very good and big role in providing information for the recipient. In this case the Universitas Mercu Buana also rely on Information Technology to run activities within the scope of Higher Education. Information Technology to be developed by the Universitas Mercu Buana is by making the model of e-forum alumni system which is expected to be an effective and efficient communication tool. The method used in this e-forum is by using TMAM method (Technology Multimedia Acceptance Model) where this method combines from 2 methods namely TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) and MDLC (Multimedia Development Life Cycle) and the analysis used is OOAD (Object Oriented Analysis Design). Keywords— TMAM, e forum, OOAD, MDLC, Information System I. INTRODUCTION Information technology progress is very supportive in the dissemination of information, the information can be used by the users as a means of communicating. Supported by internet and WWW (World Wide Web) which has many mafaat in communication. Social networking is a global phenomenon that occurs today, because it is built using web 2.0 and the advantage of using web 2.0 is as a means of building collaborative-based communication [11]. Utilization of information technology used as a social media must support some activities such as e-mail, discussion forum and others. Collaborative learning technology focuses on the purpose and orientation of an interactive communication medium. There are other types or models of communication media used, for example is google application. With google application users can upload multiple files such as documents, forms and others, so with this model the delivery of information becomes better [10]. Web 2.0 supports the delivery of information such as messaging (e-mail), forums, social networks, virtual learning and web conferencing. With the media can be done a learning method called virtual knowledge learning and knowledge sharing [9].