The Effects Of E-Learning Model Integrating Inquiry Based Learning And Project Based Learning To Enhance Learning Achievement And Photography Ability For Undergraduate Students

Abstract

                 The purposes of the study were 1) to compare the learning achievement in the photography course using e-Learning model, 2) to examine the photography ability after learning through this e-learning model, and 3) to examine the students’ opinions towards e-learning model. The samples of the study were 45 undergraduate students who studied in the faculty of Education, Silpakorn University. Moreover, there were 38 undergraduate students for an experimental expansion who studied in the school of Communication Arts, Bangkok University and enrolled in the digital photography course. The group of participants was selected by simple random sampling technique. The research instruments of the study consisted of 1) the e-learning model integrating inquiry-based learning and project-based learning, 2) an e-learning evaluation form, 3) an achievement test for the digital photography course, 4) an evaluation form for photographic communicative ability, 5) an evaluation form for photography tasks, 6) a questionnaire for the teaching and learning model and 7) an evaluation form for certifying the model. The study was designed for a 10-week experiment. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to gather the data. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent samples assessing the hypotheses were used.

               The findings of the study revealed that

               1) The average score of after learning with the instructional model was higher than the other, and they were significantly different at the .01 level; 2) the evaluation of students’ photography ability was compounded of 2.1) the overall average score of photography ability was at high level and 2.2) the one of photography tasks was considered at high level; 3) the overall average score of the students’ opinions towards inquiry-based learning and project-based learning to enhance learning achievement and photography ability for undergraduate students was at high level.