Information System for Managing the Curriculum Self-assessment Report
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Information System for Managing, Curriculum Self-assessment ReportAbstract
Purpose of the study: This exploration focuses on developing the information system for managing the preparation of self-assessment report at a study program level.
Methodology: This research is based on the Agile work process concept consisting of 6 steps: 1) examining data from concerned individuals 2) planning 3) analyzing 4) developing 5) system testing and 6) system evaluating. Apart from this, self-assessments of 21 programs of studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Khon Kaen University were undertaken as case studies in 2018. Seventy-four informants who were responsible for the preparation of SAR-TQF7 participated in each step of the information system development. In addition, data collection was gathered through interviews, group discussions, and questionnaires. Also tools for the information system development included workflows, data flow diagram, entity relation diagram, and Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
Main findings: The information system developed for the management of self-assessment report is composed of 4 sub-systems:1) SAR-TQF7 data management 2) quality auditor data management 3) quality auditing data management and 4) staff/user data management. In addition, the analysis of the evaluation of the information system effectiveness and user satisfaction reveals that the system quality is rated at a good level and the benefits of the system at a very good level.
Applications of this study: This CSAR system makes a good contribution to the preparation of self-assessment report of any study programs of a university by modifying its data compatible with existing databases of the institution.
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