Development of an instructional model with augmented reality technology for vocational certificate students

Abstract

The purposes for this research were to design and develop an instructional model using augmented reality technology for vocational certificate students, then evaluate the efficiency of the model, and finally evaluate the samples' satisfaction toward the model. The sample group were thirty third-year students from a vocational college in the northeast region in Thailand, who enrolled in microcontroller foundation course in the second semester of academic year 2019. The sample group were selected by simple random sampling method and then divided into two groups as experiment group and control group, consisted of fifteen students in each group. The research tools comprised of 1) the instructional model with augmented reality technology, and 2) the learning achievement test. The research results found that the instructional model consisted of six steps called ISDEEE; Information, Searching, Discussion, Explanation, Experiment and Evolution. The efficiency of the model was 84.22/83.86, which was higher than the expected standard 80/80. The learning achievements of the students in the experiment group after using the model were significant higher than the control group at.05 level. The students' satisfaction toward the instructional model was also at a high level. Therefore, it could be concluded that the instructional model using augmented reality technology had efficiency and suitable to apply to the microcontroller foundation course for vocational certificate students.