A Study of Problematic Conditions and Demands on Internet for Education in Accordance with Educational Reform of Educational Personnel in Sunft Thani Vocational College.
Abstract:
This research was aimed to study problematic conditions, demands and overall figures of internet using for education in accordance with educational reform of educational personnel in Surat Thani Vocational College. The population in this study consisted of administrators, instructors and administrative service staff totaling 168 persons.
The sampling group was composed of 331 SuratThani Vocational College students chosen through Taro Yamane's stratified random sampling formula from 2,800 students. The tools used for this research were questionnaires. Statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The research results
reveal that the administrators have problems about using internet for administration in the aspect of staff (x= 3.15, S.D.= 0.53), the problems of users (x= 3.02, S.D.= 0.61), the demands of using internet (X = 4.06, S.D.= 0.65) and the demands on staff (X = 3.70, S.D.= 0.53). The instructors have problems about internet for instlUction in the aspect of staff (x = 3.13, S.D.= 0.95), the internet access (x = 3.05, S.D.= 0.91), the demands of using internet (x = 3.35, S.D.= 1.05) and the demands on users (x = 3.32, S.D.= 0.97).
The administrative service staff have problems about internet for work in the aspect of staff (x = 3.07, S.D.= 0.69), the internet access (x = 2.74, S.D.=1.01), the demands of using (X = 4.06, S.D. = 0.65) and the internet access (x = 3.33, S.D.= 0.59). The students have problems about devices (x= 3.31, S.D.= 0.97), the internet access (x= 3.31,
S.D. = 0.96) and the users (x = 3.27, S.D.= 1.01), respectively. Suggestions on problems and demands from this research in overall will be the necessary infonnation for the college to develop an education for educational personnel.