Enhancing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills through Teaching and Learning by Inquiry-based Learning Activities Using Social Network and Cloud Computing

摘要

The purposes of this research study were: 1) to design inquiry-based learning activities to enhance students’ critical thinking skills through teaching and learning using social network and cloud computing and 2) to evaluate these learning activities. The research methodology is divided into two steps. The first step involved designing the learning activities and the second step involved evaluation. The study sample was purposively selected and consisted of ten experts in higher education instructional design, inquiry-based learning activity design, social network, cloud computing and enhancing critical thinking skills. This sample either held a doctoral degree or at least three years of experience in relevant fields. This research describes the learning activities and assesses appropriateness using an evaluation form. Data were analyzed using the mean (?) and standard deviation. The research findings were as follows: the learning activities consisted of three main steps: 1) pre-teaching and learning preparation, 2) enhancing students’ critical thinking skills through teaching and learning by inquiry-based learning activities using social network and cloud computing and 3) measurement and evaluation. The sample judged the learning activities as highly appropriate and applicable to real practice.