The Development of the Nature Study Path Application for the Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community Forest

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to study and survey the natural resources along the nature study path of Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community 2) to design and develop an application for the nature study path of Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community 3) to evaluate the efficiency of the application for the nature study path of Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community Forest and 4) to study the satisfaction towards the use of the application for the nature study path of Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community. The target group was chosen using the Purposive Sampling method, which consists of six experts and 30 users. The tools used for this research were 1) the application for the nature study path of Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community Forest 2) the evaluation form for the application for the nature study path of Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community Forest, and 3) the satisfactory evaluation for the nature study path of Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community Forest.

The research results were as follows: 1) the study and the survey showed 30 types of natural resources along the nature study path of Kok Tha Si Community Forest and 28 types of resources along the nature study path of Nong MeK Community Forest. 2) the design and development of the application showed the nature study path with identified the geographical location of the natural resources and the detailed information along the path that was designed and developed on an Android Operation System. Google Map API was used to identify the geographical location and the latitudes and longitudes of the world map, or what is known as the Global Positioning System (GPS) 3) the results from the evaluation of the efficiency of application for the nature study path of Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community by experts showed high efficiency. When considering each individual aspect, it was found that the content aspect received the highest mean (x̄ = 4.50, S.D. = 0.47), and 4) the result of the satisfaction towards the use of the application for the nature study path of Kok Tha Si and Nong MeK Community by the users received a high mean. As for the individual aspect, it was found that the application met the need of the users well and received a high mean of x̄ = 4.63, S.D. = 0.49)