THE PROCESS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ON DRAMATIC ARTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY ON INSTRUCTIONAL WEBSITE THROUGH BLENDED LEARNING SYSTEM

Abstract

While dramatic arts in Thai universities has been developed as a department since 1970, dramatic arts in the high school level has not yet appeared in the curriculum as a compulsory subject, and there is no official textbook. Even though there have been many school plays around Bangkok, there are only a few schools with supportive policies regarding dramatic arts in the form of a drama club. Interviewing the drama club students from Vajiravudh College, Assumption College, Samsenwittayalai School, and Satriwithaya School, the researcher has found that they struggle withknowledge resources through very few accessible and reliable online websites together with advisors with no dramatic arts background. From an in-depth interview of drama club students and observation of their club hours, the knowledge of dramatic arts has been identified, codified and created specially for the high school students concerning their knowledge culture and background. The development of an instructional website through a blended learning system aims to be a student-friendly resource that serves the students’ need for school production enhancing their skills in various aspects. As a result, the synthesized knowledge has been presented in text and video form. While the evaluation has shown that the students enjoy learning by watching the video rather than reading by themselves, the blended learning method plays a very important role to make sure that they can understand what they need to know. However, the website should be continually active with the development of its design, language use of the text, and functions. Furthermore, the drama club network should be developed along with the website while creating the knowledge network through knowledge management.