Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Graduate School Online Research Portal

Abstract

This study primarily aimed to develop an online gateway for research outputs of faculty and student re searchers so as to promote utilization of conducted researches by bringing them to the cloud accessible for use to future researchers. The system design and development was undertaken in order to establish an online research portal for the Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Graduate School. The developed system served as an online repository of research outputs accessible to student and faculty researchers over the web . The researcher made use of the descriptive type of research to evaluate the software quality, level of acceptability and level of readiness in the implementation RMTU Graduate School Online Research Portal. The Rapid Application Development (RAD) approach was employed in the system development. For the test of significant difference, the t-Test: Two-Sample Assuming Equal Variances was used with the aid of Microsoft Excel as statistical tool. The software quality of the Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Graduate School Online Research Portal was perceived by both faculty and student-researchers as “Good” in terms of functional suitability, performance efficiency, compatibility, usability, reliability, security, maintainability, and portability. The level of acceptability on the Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Graduate School Online Research Portal was perceived by both faculty-researchers as “Accepted” in terms of functionality and performance. The level of readiness for implementation of the Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Graduate School Online Research Portal wasperceived by both faculty and student-researchers as “Ready” in terms of information system facility, and technical personnel. There is no significant difference in software quality as to the evaluation of faculty and student-researcher respondents. There is no significant difference in the level of acceptability as to the evaluation of faculty and student-researcher respondents. There is no significant difference in the level of readiness of RMTU for Implementation of the Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Graduate School Online Research Portal as to the evaluation of faculty and student-researcher respondents. The full implementation of the online research portal is recommended in order to conduct re-evaluation of the software after a certain period of actual implementation so as to validate the results of this study, particularly reliability, for this metric is best evaluated after a thorough usage and scrutiny of the system. The university should encourage faculty and student-researchers to utilize the system, not only as an online repository of research outputs but a platform for research publication and dissemination. It is only through using the system that researchers could maximize the benefits of the portal as well as contributes to the enhancement of the system. Based on the results on the level of readiness for implementation, it is apparent that the university lacks in state-of-the-art IT facilities and technical personnel. To sustain the implementation and further improve the system, it is certainly essential that the administration should look into the possibility of having of a long term plan for IT infrastructure development to prepare the University for Future Expansion of information systems.