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Ranking Competencies For Software Developers In Thailand, Nantaporn Booneka, Paiboon Kiattikomol Jan 2008

Ranking Competencies For Software Developers In Thailand, Nantaporn Booneka, Paiboon Kiattikomol

EDU-COM International Conference

The purpose of this study was to prioritize/rank 12 existing software developer competencies and to find the pattern correlation among these competencies. A survey was designed to elicit responses from a target group (N=350) of software developers, system analysts, lecturers in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), ICT managers and others related to software industry (e.g. information technologist, software architect, computer technicians) in 14 organizations in Thailand. The return rate was 80.57% or 282 out of 350. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Factor analysis was used to identify correlations among the 12 competencies. The 12 competencies were previously identified in …


A Systematic Review Of The Roles And Competencies Of Medical Information Professionals(Mips) In Evidence-Based Medicine In Thailand, Somrux Sahapong, Lampang Manmart, Dusadee Ayuvat, Somkiet Potisat Jan 2006

A Systematic Review Of The Roles And Competencies Of Medical Information Professionals(Mips) In Evidence-Based Medicine In Thailand, Somrux Sahapong, Lampang Manmart, Dusadee Ayuvat, Somkiet Potisat

EDU-COM International Conference

The aim of this study was to systematically review the roles and competencies of Medical Information Professionals (MIPs: non-medical personnel who are information technology and medical library literacy) in supporting clinicians in the practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM) as reported in the published literature. It analysed and synthesized information from textbooks on EBM and research and review articles drawn from MEDLINE using the following keywords: ―evidence-based medicine‖, ―information seeking and physician‖, ―information need and physician‖, ―EBM librarian‖, ―clinical librarian‖, ―library service‖, ―informationist‖, and ―knowledge management‖. Information from research articles published in local journals and conference proceedings was also included evidence-based …


A Real-Time Virtual Classroom System With Two-Way Communication For Distance Learning At King Mongkut’S University Of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, Surachai Suksakulchai, Chalathip Chunkul Jan 2006

A Real-Time Virtual Classroom System With Two-Way Communication For Distance Learning At King Mongkut’S University Of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, Surachai Suksakulchai, Chalathip Chunkul

EDU-COM International Conference

Because of high demands for higher education in the provinces of Thailand, the school of Industrial Education and Technology at KMUTT has started off-campus courses since 2002. However, the major problem of operation is distance. To cope with the problem, a real-time virtual classroom system with two-way communication has been developed. The system has to overcome the bandwidth problem, which is the major struggle of web-based learning in Thailand, and to maintain the two-way communication between instructors and students. To cope with those problems, video streaming and live chat systems are used. The technique is the trade-off between two-way and …