Management Strategies for Online Teaching and Learning to Develop Students’ Competencies according to the National Vocational Qualification Framework of Students at Langsuan Industrial and Community Education College

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the components of management strategies, 2) create the management strategies, 3) examine the management strategies, and 4) implement the management strategies and to find the effectiveness of the online instructional management strategies. The population and the sample group consisted of the School Administration Committee of Langsuan Industrial and Community Education College, specialists in vocational school administration and online teaching and learning management experts in vocational education management. The research tools were questionnaires and group discussions analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and content analysis.

The results of the research were as follows: 1) online instructional management strategies of Langsuan Industrial and Community Education College consisted of interrelated processes to connect each component from the first to the last aspect. The process consisted of 6 major components and 39 minor components. 2) The board of directors of the educational institutes reported their opinions about the proposed management strategies that it was consistent, appropriate, and feasible for implementation with the IOC of 0.94. The experts in school administration and the experts in online teaching and learning management reported their opinions that the management strategies were consistent, appropriate, and feasible for implementation with the IOC of 0.93. 3) The Director,  the Deputy Director of Academic Affairs and teachers of the online courses in the Southern Vocational Education Institute reported the reliability of the overall management strategies at high level. The experts in vocational education management validated the consistency, suitability, feasibility, and usefulness of the management strategies with the index value of 0.98. Finally, 4) the implementation of an online instructional management handbook based on the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework of students, students of the Langsuan Industrial and Community Education College  in the academic year 2020 consisted of 7 key points of students’ achievements. According to the self-assessment report (SAR) of the Langsuan Industrial and Community Education College, Academic Year 2020, it was found that the highest competency of the graduates from the vocational college was Standard 1which is the desirable characteristics of vocational graduates. The overall educational quality improvement result was 97.24%.