Developing Digital Competency of Vocational Students through Problem-based Learning: A Case Study on Creating Products with Community Enterprises
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This research aimed to 1) study the digital competence of vocational students in digital product design and development through problem-based learning in the context of collaborative product creation with community enterprises; and 2) evaluate the digital competence of vocational students by measuring their digital technology skills. The sample group used in the research was 24 students in the Higher Vocational Certificate Program in Digital Business Technology, Sri Songkhram Industrial Technology College, Nakhon Phanom University, who had registered for the Digital Business Creative Media course in the second semester of 2024. The research instruments were 1) Learning Management Plan, and 2) Digital Competence Assessment Form for Learners through Community Product Creation, consisting of 7 dimensions: 1) Basic Digital Technology Use; 2) Basic Technology Communication; 3) Community Digital Content Creation; 4) Privacy Balancing; 5) Application; 6) Digital Media and Information Literacy; and 7) Digital Problem Solving. The statistics used in data analysis were mean, standard deviation, t-test, and P-value. The results of the research indicate on comparing the digital competence of learners before and after using the problem-based learning model with a community enterprise context, that privacy balancing was improved the most (x̄=4.55, S.D.=0.63, t=12.43) at a statistical significance level better than .001.
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