THE STUDY OF COHERENCE BETWEEN KAMPHAENGPHET RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY WEBSITE AND GOVERNMENT WEBSITE STANDARD

Abstract

This study aimed at 1) to develop a government web standard checklist form and 2) to study the coherence between structures and contents of Kamphaengphet Rajabhat University websites and government web standard. The checklist, consisting of 121 items within five categories, was compared to each websites of 18 university divisions. The statistical tools used in this study were counting, average and percentage. The results revealed that 13 items were completely accomplished by every division; however, 39 items were left untouched. The overall coherence between the websites and the standard was only at 31.22%. In addition, the items in a people participation category was found concordance most at 44.18% where as those in a website security category showed the least level of concordance at 6.25%. In terms of e-government development levels, it was found that most websites performed at the level of emerging information services and enhanced information services. Moreover, the average time between the oldest and the latest news posted was 764.12 days. For web accessibility compliance, all websites achieved at least AA level. Additionally, nine division websites linked to their social network account such as Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and Line between one to five forms.