Communication channel what students want, LMS or Facebook

1. Communication channel what
students want, LMS or Facebook
Yuwanuch Gulatee1 and Prachyanun Nilsook 2
1 Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
Nakhonphanom University, Nakhonphanom, Thailand
(y.gulatee@ecu.edu.au1)
2 King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, (KMUTNB)
Bangkok, Thailand
(prachyanunn@kmutnb.ac.th)

2. Contents
1. Introduction
2. Objective
3. Data Analysis
4. Result
5. Conclusion

3. Introduction
universities have consider on
developing an online distance
education programs for higher
educations.
Lecturers, the traditional classroom
/new style of teaching in an online
environment.
PowerPoint slides and .pdf upload to
LMS
understanding of their students’
preferences in their communication
between colleagues and teachers.
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4. Objective
The objectives in this
research are:
2.1) To find out how often the
students use the LMS and
Facebook.
2.2) To verify which
communication channels that
students prefer.
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5. e-Learning Nakhon Phanom University
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6. Scope of the Research
The population are : the
students at NaKhon Phanom
University(NPU)
 595 , 343 females , 252 Males
The variable are:
 Independent variables : NPU E-
Learning System, Facebook for
classroom communication
 Dependent variables : The satisfactions
of using LMS and Facebook
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7. Research Methodology
research questions a survey
was developed using
Qualtrics software
 online research survey tool
 whole range of data gathering
purpose applicable to HDR
research.
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8. DATA ANALYSIS
The usage of Classroom Communication,
using Percentage
The satisfactions of using communication
channel, using mean and standard
deviation.
The statistics used in determining the
quality of tools are mean and standard
deviation.
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9. Result
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More than third
Only Half

10. Result
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No. Question
Communication Channel Meaning
facebook
NPU-
ELearning
Face
book
NPU-
ELearn
ing
Total 3.91 0.71 3.48 1.0 Good Medium
Very easy to use
Communication : announcement, assignment

11. Result
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Facebook : Security
issues
 Facebook privacy setting
 Control access : read, posts, profiles
Facebook can help the
relationship between
teacher and students.
 Informal channel , feel relax.

12. Conclusion
e-learning needs to include all
aspects of electronic delivery
which suits for learning
environment. Lecture needs to put
in more effort to build and involve.
Facebook is a popular but the
functionality is not e-learning
system. Lecture need to familiar
with both system
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13. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
 Faculty of Management, Nakhonpanom University
 Vocational Education Technology Research
Center(KMUTNB)
 Innovation and Technology Research Center (KMUTNB)
 King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok
(KMUTNB)
 School of Computer and Security Science
Edith Cowan University, Australia
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14. Q/A

15. Researchers

Yuwanuch Gulatee, Ph.D
Visiting Researcher at Edith Cowan University,
Perth, Australia
Lecturer , Faculty of Management
Nakhonphanom University
Nakhonphanom, Thailand
y.gulatee@ecu.edu.au
 Prachyanun Nilsook, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Faculty of Technical Education
King Mongkut's University of Technology
North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Bangkok, Thailand
prachyanunn@kmutnb.ac.th ;
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