Abstract:
The purposes of the study were 1) to develop virtual classroom with collaborative learning of secondary school students 2) to compare learners achievement before and after studying with virtual classroom with collaborative learning, 3) to compare the achievement of students studying in normal virtual classroom and those studying in virtual classroom with collaborative learning, 4) to evaluate creative products of both groups, and 5) to study their satisfaction towards studing in virtual classroom with collaborative learning.
The samples of this research were 60 secondary school students at Nayaiam Pittakhom School who were studying in the second semester of academic year 2014. They were randomly divided into 2 groups (30 each) by multi stage. The instrument inclnded 1) virtual classroom with collaborative learning, 2) achievement tests 3) creative product evaluation form, and 4) satisfaction questionnaire.
The research results revealed as follows: 1) the efficiency of virtual classroom with collaborative learning of secondary school students was at 83.06/83.17, 2) their achievement after studying in virtual classroom with collaborative learning was significantly higher than that before studying in the virtual classroom with collaborative learning. 01 3) achievement of those studying classroom with collaborative learning was significantly higher than virtual classrooms at .01, and their satisfaction toward studying in virtual classroom with collaborative learning was at high level.