Developing an Online Teaching Scheduling System with Google Calendar

Abstract

           In this research project, the researchers developed an online teaching scheduling system at Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University by using the Google Calendar application, alongside the PDCA quality management cycle of four steps, planning (Plan: P), implementing the plan (Do: D), checking (Check: C), and improving operations (Act: A) as well as four principles for reducing waste in operations: elimination (E), combination (C), rearrangement (R), and simplification (S).  The research objectives were 1) developing an online teaching scheduling system using the Google Calendar application, 2) investigating the efficiency of the online teaching scheduling system by evaluating user satisfaction and 3) analyzing operating procedures using ECRS principles to reduce operational waste.

           The results showed that the development of the online teaching scheduling system with the Google Calendar application and the operation according to the principles of the quality management cycle (PDCA) made the online teaching scheduling system effective. Users were found to be satisfied with the system as the analysis of the online evaluations showed that their overall satisfaction with the system was at a high level
( = 4.25, SD = 0.15). When analyzing the operating procedures using the ECRS principles to reduce operational waste, it was found that the operating steps were reduced from the original 9 steps to 6 steps, a reduction of 3 steps, accounting for 33.33 percent. Working time decreased from the original 4,200 minutes to 2,940 minutes, a reduction of 1,260 minutes, accounting for 30.00 percent. The research results reflect that the online teaching scheduling system using the Google Calendar application makes operations more efficient than the previous system.