Development of an Activity Learning Model via Online System by Using Supported Instructional Technology for Graduate Students at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

Abstract

      This research and development study with the following objectives: (1) to develop an activity learning model via online system by using supported instructional technology for graduate students at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University; (2) to verify quality of the model; (3) to study the learning achievement of students who learned from the model; and (4) to study opinions of students who learned from the model.  This research comprised four phases.  The first phase was a study of the needs of the students for the model by studying from 286 randomly selected students.  The research tool was a questionnaire on student’s needs.  The second phase was the drafting of the model as a result of the focus group discussion involving seven experts.  The research tools were (1) a draft of the model, and (2) a form containing guidelines for focus group discussion.  The third phase was the verification of quality of the model by three experts.  The research tool was a quality verification form.  The fourth phase was a study of learning achievement and opinions of 38 students obtained from cluster random sampling.  The research tools were (1) two parallel forms of a learning achievement test for pre-testing and post-testing, and (2) a questionnaire on student’s opinions toward the model. Statistics employed for data analysis were the percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The research findings revealed that (1) the students had the overall needs for the model at the high level, with their highest need being that for the support on the instructional media via the online system; (2) the components of the model were the input, process, and output; (3) the experts’ opinions toward the model were at the highest appropriate level; and (4) the students’ post-learning achievement was significantly higher than their pre-learning counterpart achievement at the .05 level, and their overall opinion toward the model was at the highest level.