INTEGRASI MOBILE LEARNING DAN PROJECT BASED LEARNING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KOMPETENSI SISWA SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN

This research is based on the need to improve the quality of learning in improving student's competencies through the development of learning models by utilizing smartphones as learning media. The purpose of this research is to develop an instructional model of integration of mobile learning and project-based learning to improve the competency of Vocational High School students on computer assembly and basic network subject. This research uses the Research and Development method and the experimental method at the stage of realizing the design. The subjects of this study were students majoring in Computer and Network Engineering expertise packages at a public vocational high schools in West Java. The research instrument consisted of a questionnaire to determine the need for model development, a competency test and a questionnaire to determine student responses to the developed model. This model was developed and validated by experts and tested on a limited scale and wide scale. Has successfully developed a learning model of integration of mobile learning and project-based learning with the characteristics of the implementation of project-based learning syntax using mobile learning applications to be accessed online through smartphone devices in learning. The result of the assessment by comparing the competence of learning outcomes with N-gain in the high category, as well as the results of the test of the effect size on the increase competence in the cognitive realm of 77%, 94% psychomotor and 84% more effective compared with the results of limited trials. Significant improvement in psychomotor competence, caused there are the level of active participation of students, the direct participation of students, students who have high curiosity and the achieved progress by learning steps in the phases particular to use mobile media applications (smartphones) as learning resources. Learning uses the integration model of mobile learning and project-based learning shows an increase in student competence caused by effective learning, indicated by positive responses from students

A DECISION SUPPORT MODEL FOR MOBILE TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED TEACHING

Acquiring new knowledge and key skills in an educational setting is important to develop and improve education quality by integrating technology with teaching and learning in the curriculum. The choice of technology will be the principal focus of innovative Mobile Learning Technology (MLT). Developing countries have difficulty in adopting technology enhanced-teaching approaches due to a lack of technological resources, lack of appropriate guidance and training for teachers and school managers. It is necessary to assist teachers in determining appropriate mechanisms for delivering curriculum and utilising technology for teaching activities. The aim of this research is the development of a decision support model of mobile learning technology used for teaching to guide and assist teachers in determining appropriate mobile technology usage mechanisms for teaching and assist school managers in developing and designing the curriculum to be undertaken in the primary school environment. This research collected and analysed data for the requirements of mobile technology-enhanced teaching and developed a novel decision support model of mobile technology-enhanced teaching to guide in planning and delivering curriculum using mobile learning technologies. This study employs a mixed methods approach (quantitative via questionnaire and qualitative via semi-structured interviews) administered in urban and rural areas, in order to identify and analyse data from the teachers’ and school managers’ perspectives on the requirements, and attitudes of mobile technology enhanced-teaching. The results highlight that guidance and training in using mobile technology are necessary for teacher training and for school managers delivering the curriculum. Therefore, teachers and school managers need an appropriate decision support model of MLT to guide and decide when they have to use MLT in order to maximise the use of MLT effectively. Soft System Methodology is used for investigating an unstructured problem and developing a decision support model for this research. Additionally, the testing and evaluation of the effectiveness, efficacy, and efficiency of the experimental model in a real-world environment were collected. Finally, this research develops a novel decision support model for mobile technology-enhanced teaching, which can significantly increase the performance of teachers and school managers in planning and delivering educational systems suitable for teaching with mobile learning technology in primary education in Thailand