AU eJIR : Vol. 2, No. 2 (July-December 2017)
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ItemDeterminants of quality in higher education: faculty perspective(Digital Production Press, Assumption University, 2017) Brahmakasikara, Laura ; Naree Achwarin ; Satha PhongsathaThere has been a debate amongst academicians as to what quality means in higher education. Quality means differently in each country depending on the context, political context, rules and regulations as what constitute quality since quality assurance practices vary from country to country as well as quality assurance requirements. Due to these discrepancies, this paper mainly focuses on key players the authors perceive as determinants of quality in higher education and their roles in pursuing continuous quality in the provision of education. They are the institution leaders which include the deans of each school, program directors and team leaders; faculty members, who are active players in the delivery of quality education, have the necessary academic qualifications and commitment and are constantly developing themselves through professional development initiatives; support staff, who provide the technical assistance and support to students and faculty members and the quality of students undertaking programs of study in an educational institution. These people are pivotal in ensuring that each member of the institution takes part in the provision of quality education. The authors believe that quality in education does not exist in paper only but quality means an interplay between the key players mentioned in this paper. This paper also discusses the roles and responsibilities of these important players to ensure quality in higher education.
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ItemELEARNING TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARD LIVE-VIDEO CONFERENCE IN AN ELEARNING ENVIRONMENTIn an online learning environment, the majority of teaching and learning are conducted asynchronous communication methods. The tools such as the learning management system, web forum, social media, e-mail, and others are example of such tools. In order to ensure that students can access to the instructors as well as classmates as in traditional learning method, a synchronous communication means should be included as part of teaching and learning. In modern digital technology, examples of services and softwares that allow people to communicate synchronously are FaceTime, Skype, LINE, Google Hangout, and others. Not only that people can communicate via voice but they can also see each other as well. Thus, the utilization of video conference software can be a part of teaching and learning in online education. In Thailand, the online education degrees is in developing stages and the utilization of the live video conference along with the standard communication mode is getting more well utilized. Thus, it is necessary to investigate the behavior of past usages and the way that the live video conference mode is utilized into the online learning in Thailand. This research aims to investigate the nature of usages of the Live Video conference features in order to provide a bigger picture of how the system is being utilized by the students and the teachers so that the method of usages can be further study to ensure the effectiveness of the usages as well as implementation of the system in an online learning environment.