An Evaluation of the Doctor of Philosophy Program in Educational Technology, Revised A.D. 2016

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to evaluate the doctoral of philosophy program in educational technology, 2016 revised edition by applying CIPP model for evaluation. 2) to study the opinions for the requirements of the doctoral of philosophy program in educational technology and applying information to graduate’s work. 3) to study desirable graduate characteristics. 4) to provide recommendations and guidelines for improving the doctoral of philosophy program in educational technology. The population of this research were 28 persons; consisted of experts in educational technology, committees and instructors of the doctoral of philosophy program in educational technology, students of the doctoral of philosophy program in educational technology and employers of agencies or establishments. The instruments of this research were the 5 levels rating scale questionnaire and the structured interview type. The collect data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation and content analysis.

The result found that:

The results of evaluation on the doctoral of philosophy program in educational technology, 2016 revised edition were 1) the opinions of the doctoral of philosophy program in educational technology in all of aspects (the context, the import factor, the process and the outcomes) were average at the high level. 2) the opinions of committees and instructors for the requirements of the doctoral of philosophy program in educational technology were average at the highest level (x̄ = 4.60 / S.D. = 0.10) and the opinions of students were average at the highest level (x̄ = 4.50 / S.D. = 0.17) 3) the opinions of committees and instructors for applying knowledge to work were average at the highest level (x̄ = 4.61 / S.D. = 0.11) and the opinions of students were average at the highest level (x̄ = 4.61 / S.D. = 0.08) 4) the opinions to desirable graduate characteristics were at the high level (x̄ = 4.67 / S.D. = 0.11)