DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE-BASED FORMATIVE FACULTY PERFORMANCE

EVALUATION OF OCCIDENTAL MINDORO STATE COLLEGE

RONNIE N. DEL ROSARIO

Instructor I

KARESA FAYE D. ZABALA, MS

IT Program Head

NIEPRAY R. MENDOZA
Part-time/Full-time Instructor

ROLAND RAY A. CAMUS

Instructor I

Rationale

Academic institutions value the quality of the teaching. It is very important to

encourage the faculty members to understand the concept of effective teaching, to use those
approaches, to develop new approaches of teaching, to use innovative learning methodology
and to implement leading edge technology in the classroom. Every faculty member’s
performance is important to the achievement of the institution’s mission of instruction,
research, extension and production. An evaluation is the primary mechanism by which faculty
receive feedback on their professional activities and accomplishments (UNR, 2007). It has been
defined (Miller, 1987) as either, a process designed to improve faculty performance, or a
procedure in making personnel decisions. Seldin further asserts that faculty evaluation aimed
at faculty development which provides feedback that motivates them to improve. Academic
institutions conduct faculty evaluation once or twice a year. But the number of evaluators affect
the length of time before the result will be finalize and be disseminate to the faculty.

Formative assessment often use by the faculty to conduct in-process evaluations on the
learning of their students. On the study conducted by Susono & Shimomura (2006), teachers
and students both gain advantage when formative assessment is used in evaluating the
performance of the teachers. With formative assessment, faculty can view the result of their
performance before the class ends. Chances for faculty improvement increase when immediate
feedback is given (Neal, 1988).

Mobile-based application is one of the most revolutionary productivity tools of all

times. Data input or captured into phones may be transmitted or shared in many ways
(including SMS, MMS, USSD, Bluetooth, wireless networks, or the exchange of physical
memory cards). Where mobile connectivity is not available, data can be stored on the phone
and transmitted later once a phone is within sufficient range of network (Trucano, 2014).

Objectives of the Study

This general objective of this study is to develop a mobile based formative faculty
performance evaluation of Occidental Mindoro State College.

Specifically, this aims to:

 1. To design a mobile application with the following features:
a. User registration
b. Wireless-LAN based
c. Evaluation and feedback form
d. Evaluation and feedback result
e. Data analytics
2. To create a mobile application with the use of the following software:
a. Android Studio 3.0
b. Adobe Photoshop
3. To evaluate the application performance using the criteria based on ISO 9126:
content; organization; mechanics; comprehensibility; reliability; functionality; and
maintainability.
4. To produce user’s guide.

Conceptual Framework of the Study

Input Process Output

I – Knowledge Requirements Planning Mobile-based
a. Faculty Evaluation formative faculty
b. Evaluation Criteria Requirement analysis
performance
c. Mobile application Designing evaluation of
d. User experience Occidental
e. User interface Execution
Mindoro State
f. ISO 9126
Testing and Evaluation College
II – Software requirements
a. Android Studio 3.0 Finalizing
b. Adobe Photoshop
III – Hardware requirements
a. Personal laptop
- Windows OS
b. Mobile phone
- Android OS

Fig. 1. Research paradigm.

Project Design

The application provides an interface for faculty and students. The faculty can access
the evaluation result and criteria after they login. The students can evaluate the faculty also
after they successfully login.
 Splash Screen

Home

Faculty Student

Login Login

Evaluation Evaluation
Evaluation
Result Criteria

Fig. 2. Hierarchical diagram.

Project Development

The study used Agile model for its project development. It consists of subsequent steps
namely: Planning, Requirement analysis, Designing, Execution, Testing and Evaluation,
Finalizing. These are the steps needed to undergone for the success of the project.

Execution

Testing &
Evaluation Designing

Requirement
Analysis

Planning Finalizing

Fig. 3. System development life cycle: Agile model

Planning. The study will gather necessary data, through interview, from the guidance
office, faculty and students to know the appropriate content of the mobile application.
Requirement analysis. The gathered data will be recorded and analyze to come up
with a better project design.
Designing. This study will use the Adobe Photoshop for designing the graphical user
interface of the mobile application.
Execution. This study will use the Android Studio for structuring and building the
program of mobile application.
 Testing and Evaluation. The mobile application will undergo two (2) sets of testing:
Alpha and Beta testing. It will be tested in different components of mobile device to know its
capabilities and limitations. The mobile application will be evaluated using ISO 9126
evaluation instrument for assessing the performance and characteristics of a good software.
The results of the evaluation will be tabulated and interpreted using the five-point Likert scale.
Finalizing. After conducting series of testing and evaluation procedures, and
modifications, the output will be translated into an Android Package Kit (APK) file for is
deployment.

Evaluation Procedures

1. Preliminary evaluation
a. The mobile application will undergo alpha-testing to ensure its quality and
to resolve the early encountered errors.
2. Project demonstration
a. The mobile application will be presented to the respondents of the study.
The proponents will invite the animal specialists from the Provincial
Veterinarian Office.
b. Demonstrate and allow them to operate the mobile application.
3. Final Evaluation
a. Evaluation instrument will be distributed among the selected respondents.
b. Ask the respondents to rate the mobile application based on the set of criteria
presented and to recommend suggestions or comments for further
enhancement of the system.
4. Statistical Treatment
a. Collect the graded evaluation instruments.
b. Tabulate, calculate and interpret the results using the five-point Likert scale.

Table 1. Likert-scale, descriptive rating and range distribution.

Scale Descriptive Rating Range Distribution
5 Excellent 4.51 – 5.50
4 Very Good 3.51 – 4.50
3 Good 2.51 – 3.50
2 Fair 1.51 – 2.50
1 Poor 0.50 – 1.50
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