The Guidelines for Using Information Technology for Academic Affairs Administration of Rajaprajanugroh 15 School (Wiangkaosaenpuwittayaprasat)

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: 1) to examine the state in academic affairs administration of Rajaprajanugroh 15 School(Wiangkaosaenpuwittayaprasat) where by the questionnaire respondents were school administrators and teachers; 2) to investigate factors affecting the use of technology for academic affairs administration; and 3) to develop the guidelines in using technology for better effectiveness of the school’s academic affairs administration. The participants involved in the focus group discussion were school administrators, staff in charge of information, andteachers in academic affairs administration, school principal with experience in school administration. The results showed that: 1. In overall, the state in using information technology for academic affairs administration based on 4 aspects of the administration that included academic affairs administration planning indicated high level of implementation; instructional provision indicated high level of implementation; instructional management indicated high level of implementation; assessment and evaluation indicated high level. 2.Thefactors affecting the use of information technology for academic affairs administration based on 4-factor resources management that involved 1) Man: The personnel paid attention to the use of information technology in academic affairs administration that allowed teachers and personnel consistently performed self-development by using information technology. 2) Money: The school performed effective budget management that yielded benefits to academic affairs administration and information technology departments. 3) Material: The school consistently upgraded materials and equipment and the use of materials followed the purposes and necessity. 4) Management: The school designed clear action plan calendar that resulted in coherent direction of operation as directed in the plan. 3. The guidelines in using information technology for better effectiveness of academic affairs administration following 4 steps of PDCA quality cycle for 4 aspects of the administration that involved: 1) Academic affairs administration planning: The school should arrange the workshop developing skills in using technology for classroom research by setting up information technology system support team, then arranging the supervising and monitoring process on the implementation creatively with the focus on giving recommendations regarding defection or problems. 2) Instructional provision: The school should make a plan on inviting external scholars, communicating and coordinating with the scholars on the use of technology for instructional provision, making an agreement with the scholars to use technology in facilitating the training. 3) Instructional management: The school should design the training workshop on developing skills in using technology for searching information in the library for teachers and staff. The school should also allocate sufficient information-technology-based learning media, and record the statistics on information search using information technology of teachers, staff, and students. 4) Assessment and evaluation: The school should design operational plan that draws on involvement of stakeholders, survey readiness-for-use status of the system, then develop theprogram based on ease for use, not complicated, and enable to use the database. Then, the school should perform AAR process (After Action Research) in order to review problems after implementation for examining strengths and weaknesses in the operation to improve future operation