Development of an Application on Android Operating System in the Topic of Basic Data Communications and Computer Network for Vocational Diploma Students in Suphan Buri Vocational College

Abstract

                The purposes of this research were to develop an application on the Android Operating System in the topic of data communications and computer network for vocational diploma students in Suphan Buri Vocational College on the pre-determined efficiency criterion, to study the learning progress and the opinions of vocational diploma students who learned from the developed Android application. The research sample consisted of 40 vocational diploma students studying in the business computer program at Suphan Buri Vocational College, obtained by cluster random sampling. Research instruments comprised an application on the Android Operating System in the topic of data communications and computer network, two parallel forms of an achievement test for pre-testing and post-testing, and a questionnaire on student's opinions toward the application on the Android Operating System. Statistics employed for data analysis were the E1/E2 efficiency index, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. Research findings showed that the application on the Android Operating System in the topic of data communications and computer network was efficient at 81.45/79.83 81.45/80.48 and 82.09/79.03, thus meeting the set efficiency criterion of 80/80. The students made significant progress in learning from the developed application at the .05 level. Moreover, the students had opinions that the application was appropriate at the high level.