Conditions, Needs, and Guidelines for Developing Online Learning Management of the Teachers in the Schools Under Nakhon Phanom Secondary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

The objectives of the research were 1) to study current and desired conditions, 2) to evaluate the needs, and 3) to develop guidelines for developing online learning management of the teachers in the schools under Nakhon Phanom Secondary Educational Service Area Office. The samples were 69 school administrators and 250 teachers. They were randomized by stratified sampling. The sample size was determined by using the percentage criteria of Bunchom Srisa-Art. The research instruments were 1) a questionnaire asking the samples for the current conditions of the online learning management of the teachers with the item discrimination between .27 - .76 and the reliability of the whole questionnaire at .92, 2) a questionnaire asking the samples for the desired conditions of the online learning management of the teachers with the item discrimination between .33 - .82 and the reliability of the whole questionnaire at .95, 3) a structured interview form, and 4) an evaluation form used to evaluate the appropriateness and the possibility of the guidelines for developing online learning management of the teachers. Four sets of the research instruments had the index of item objective congruence (IOC) at 1.00 in all items and in all four instruments. The statistics used in the research were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the modified priority needs index (PNI modified).

The research findings were as follows.

1. The current conditions of the online learning management of the teachers in the overall were at a high level. The desired conditions of the online learning management of the teachers in the overall were at the highest level.
2. The findings of the evaluation of the needs of the online learning management of the teachers showed that the top 3 highest mean scores were the teachers, the measurement and the evaluation, and the learning technology media.
3. The finding of the evaluation of the guidelines for developing the online learning management of the teachers in the overall showed that the guidelines were appropriate and possible to be used at the highest level.