Guideline of Student Development as Standard Competency Framework of Information Technology Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi

Abstract

              The objectives of this research are, 1. to study the Information Technology competency result from the students in Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi, 2. to study student development guideline using standard competency framework in Information Technology from the students in Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi.

            This paper is a qualitative research by using the in-depth interview from 12 experts. The experts are categorized into 4 groups. The first group is from the lecturers teaching Integrated Information Technology subject. The second group is from the executives or the faculty members of the department. The third group is from the executives from the Office of Academic Resources and Information Technology. The last group is from the experts from the external organizations. The procedures in this research started by studying the Information Technology competency results from the students using primary data from the students in the year 2016 and studying the student development guideline using standard competency framework in Information Technology by interviewing from the experts. The results after interviewing from the experts are discovered as follows. First, improve the content of the subject and create the worksheets that comply with the content according to the study unit and competency examination. Second, improve the students’ competency using in-class activities by supporting the Information Technology skills through e-learning system. Third, the educational support and improve the network system to cover throughout the university including the intranet that allows the students to search for information efficiently. Finally, improve the students’ competency in Information Technology to comply with technology 4.0 with the co-operation from every related department and have training courses on the use of information technology in various fields.