DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUM STANDARDS FOR MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN THAILAND

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop curriculum standards for Master’s and doctoral degree programs in educational technology in Thailand. The samples were: 1) six experts in the fields of curriculum quality assurance, educational technology curriculum, and criteria and evaluation; 2) sixty experts, including 18 curriculum committees, 16 instructors, 12 students, six academic support personnel, and eight stakeholders. Research procedures included: 1) the outlining of an educational technology curriculum standards framework; 2) the study of experts’ opinions about educational technology curriculum standards; 3) the development of educational technology curriculum standards; 4) the validating of educational technology curriculum standards; and 5) the examination of educational technology curriculum standards. The statistics used for data analysis were means, standard deviations, and coefficients of variation. The research findings supported 10 curriculum standards for Master’s and doctoral degree programs in educational technology, with 37 indicators. They were: 1) curriculum objectives, 2) course content structure, 3) instructional process, 4) extra curriculum activities, 5) instructional measurement and evaluation, 6) instructors and academic support personnel, 7) instructional resources, 8) quality of graduates, 9) research quality, and 10) curriculum management