The Information and Communication Technology Application For Teacher Professional Experience Training Supervision of Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to examine the state of problems in the teacher professional experience training supervision of supervising teachers, mentors, and student teachers, to investigate the needs of supervising teachers, mentors, and student teachers, and to develop the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Application for teacher professional experience training supervision of Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University.

            The results of this research were as follows: 1. The problems in using ICT application and communication during the teacher professional experience training supervision of supervising teachers, mentors, school administrators, and student teachers of Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University in descending order of priority were: (1) receiving informal or irrelevant to the supervision and professional experience training, and missing important news or notifications because old messages were disappeared from the screen due to arrival of news messages; (2) documents, images, videos and texts were moved from the screen when new messages arrived and thus difficult for searching; (3) files, documents, images, and videos sent in LINE application were expired and impossible for redownloading; (4) large files, documents, images and videos were not allowed and thus required file size reduction, editing or conversion making it difficult to manage by smartphone or tablet; (5) information, documents, and assignments were handled by different applications resulting in missing, scattering, and difficult for assembly, and (6) internet signal was unstable in certain area causing sending-receiving information difficulty, data loss and unable to retrieve information for use or editing. The needs in ICT application for the teacher professional experience training supervision comprised tools or systems that offer effective alert, monitoring, send-receive news update for supervising teachers, mentors, school administrators, and student teachers of Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University. The systems must be able to store data systematically by showing the progress and success of the students’ assignments, assessment results, important documents in the teacher professional experience training online and offline. The teacher professional experience training model (PDE-IT) was developed to enhance the quality of the teacher professional experience training of Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University and to encourage the use of ICT application in supervision and communication of supervising teachers, mentors, school administrators, and student teachers. The operation process of PDE-IT consisted of 4 important components: P (Planning); D (Doing); E (Evaluation); and IT (Information Technology). The steps in using the application were also designed.And The suitability of PDE-IT for the teacher professional experience training supervision of Faculty of Education, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, in overall, was rated at the high level.