The Development of Training Courses to Enhance the Ability to Use Digital Technology Competency on Testing and Evaluating for Vocational Teachers

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) develop training courses to enhance the ability to use digital technology competency on testing and evaluating for vocational teachers and 2) evaluate the training course based on the actual performance of the vocational teachers. The data were collected from 113 teachers from 100 vocational institutes derived by simple random technique. The study was one group pretest posttest design in the academic year 2562 BE. The research instrument consisted of the evaluation form to measure the actual performance, the evaluation form to measure the actual ability on digital technology, the evaluation form to find the satisfaction of the trainees and the evaluation form to supervise the trainees in applying the knowledge to their actual situation. The data were analyzed to find percentage, SD, relative gain scores, and dependent T-test.

The results showed that: 1) the training courses to enhance the ability to use digital technology competency on testing and evaluating for vocational teachers consisted of 6 main components, i.e. background and rationale of the course, course objectives, course content, course activities, teaching media, and course evaluation. The course objectives and the materials were congruent with very high possibility in applying in the real situation. 2) The results of the actual performance of the trainees was significant at 0.05 level. The ability to use digital technology on testing and evaluating was at 85%. Moreover, the trainee reported overall satisfaction at very high level. Finally, the follow-up supervising revealed high quality in applying the knowledge in real situation.