Distance education, virtual learning and e-learning
Hasan Karamalian; tayebeh dastanpoor; Mohammadreza Sarmadi; mehran farajollahi
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This study aimed to examine the curriculum of the eLearning system at Payame-Noor University from a constructivist perspective and provide an appropriate model to enhance the quality of the university curriculum. The research design employed a mixed-method approach, incorporating both qualitative and ...
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This study aimed to examine the curriculum of the eLearning system at Payame-Noor University from a constructivist perspective and provide an appropriate model to enhance the quality of the university curriculum. The research design employed a mixed-method approach, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative elements. The study encompassed experts, professors, and students from electronic learning centers at Payame-Noor University, with participants selected randomly from three centers in Tehran, Isfahan, and Arak. A total of 863 individuals were chosen using quota sampling. The research tool was a custom-designed questionnaire. The analysis of research hypotheses involved One-Sample T-Test and One-Way ANOVA tests using SPSS software (Version 22), and the structural equation modeling was conducted using AMOS software (Version 22). The results indicated that, from the perspective of the research participants, the components of the curriculum in the eLearning system at Payame-Noor University do not align with the principles of the constructivist approach. However, when analyzed separately, each component showed different results across participant groups. According to experts, the curriculum's goals, teaching and learning strategies, the roles of students and lecturers; as perceived by professors, teaching and learning strategies, and the role of lecturers; and as reported by students, the goals and teaching and learning strategies in the current curriculum were in line with the constructivist approach. All participant groups concurred that the content and evaluation methods of the university's eLearning system did not conform to the constructivist approach. According to the results, the research model adequately fits the data and can effectively enhance the quality of the curriculum in the university's eLearning system.
Mahmoud Amanpour Gharaee; Nazila Khatib zanjani; Marjan Masoumifard; Mohakad Sarmadi; Mahdi Mahmoudi
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The purpose of this study is to design and validate a mobile learning (ML) school student education service model. The research method is integrated and qualitative and quantitative. The statistical population in the qualitative section included university professors, experts in the field of transportation, ...
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The purpose of this study is to design and validate a mobile learning (ML) school student education service model. The research method is integrated and qualitative and quantitative. The statistical population in the qualitative section included university professors, experts in the field of transportation, and traffic police, including 30 people. Purposeful sampling was done through the interview process and the data collection tool, in addition to the interview, was a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 57 questions according to Khan e-learning model, which after confirming the validity (judgment of experts and professors) and reliability (alpha Cronbach: 0.92). Then, the study entered the quantitative section in which 389 subjects (out of 560 participants) were selected as the sample size by simple random sampling through Morgan (1972) table. The collection tool in the quantitative section was a 29-item researcher-made questionnaire based on Khan model for taxi and school service drivers, which was distributed among school and taxi drivers after verifying its validity. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to analyze the data. In descriptive statistics, the central index and dispersion such as mean, standard deviation and in the inferential part of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis at 95% confidence level with SPSS software. S18 and PLS version 3 were used. Based on the analysis of qualitative data obtained from in-depth and exploratory interviews and coding and analysis of the content of the interview text and in the meanwhile, their compliance with theoretical founda-tions, the results showed, that, the organizational di-mension with the factor of 0.589 for effective identi-fied factors in taxi driver and school service training are most important and technology with a factor load of 0.511 is the least important and other dimensions are in the next levels.
Maryam Darvishi; mohammad hassan Seif; Mohammad Reza Sarmadi; mehran farajollahi
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The main purpose of this study was presenting the casual model of cognitive absorption, need for cognition and perceived enjoyment of learning via Augmented Reality (AR) (mediating role of mobile self-efficacy and academic engagement) with a descriptive and correlation method. For this purpose 3 western ...
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The main purpose of this study was presenting the casual model of cognitive absorption, need for cognition and perceived enjoyment of learning via Augmented Reality (AR) (mediating role of mobile self-efficacy and academic engagement) with a descriptive and correlation method. For this purpose 3 western provinces (Hamedan, Kermanshah and Chaharmahal-o Bakhtiari) were randomly selected and 600 undergraduate students were selected through randomized multistage cluster sampling on the basis of Cochran's formula and after using AR application , the students completed a 52 item questionnaire that was an integration of following questionnaires: perceived usefulness (Davis, 1989), need for cognition (Cacioppo & Petty, 1982) cognitive engagement (Aloka & Odongo, 2018), mobile self- efficacy (Mahat, Mohd Ayub & Wong, 2012) and cognitive absorption (Agarwal, R., & Karahanna, 2000). After completing the questionnaire, 556 questionnaires were returned to the researcher and data were analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha coefficients and path analysis using Amos 22, Lisrel 8.50 and Spss 22. The findings showed that cognitive absorption and need for cognition had a direct and indirect effect on perceived usefulness with mediating role of mobile self- efficacy and cognitive engagement. Also, the obtained results for the fit indices of the proposed model showed that it had a good fit with the data collected from the respondents. Therefore, this model can provide educators and education leaders with critical information for improving learning outcomes.
Mohammadreza sarmadi
Volume 4, Issue 16 , May 2017, , Pages 49-60
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The purpose of this study is investigating the factors affecting intention to online teaching among faculty members of payame Noor University. For this purpose, 630 members of Payame Noor University were selected by stratified random method. Eight measurement instruments that include: teaching philosophy, ...
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The purpose of this study is investigating the factors affecting intention to online teaching among faculty members of payame Noor University. For this purpose, 630 members of Payame Noor University were selected by stratified random method. Eight measurement instruments that include: teaching philosophy, required time, computer experience, environmental support, computer self-efficacy, relative advantage, classroom innovation and intention to use online teaching, has been used. The results indicate that the initial model of study that was organized by using the available research record has suitable and acceptable fitness with obtained data (GFI=0.99, AGFI=0.97, CFI=0.99, NFI=0.95 and RMSEA= 0.021). Other results show that in investigating direct effects of variables on tendency of using technology and online training, the teaching philosophy has stronger predicting power as compared with other studied variables such as time and computer experience. The teaching philosophy of faculty member with intermediary role of all mentioned intermediary variables, is predicting tendency of faculty members to use online training. Faculty members computer self – efficacy is stronger predictor tendency of faculty members to use online training among all intermediary variables those effect directly on intention of using online training and compared with other variables. After than, in sequence, relative advantage of using online training and class innovation in using online training has most direct effect on tendency of using online training by faculty members.
MohammadReza Sarmadi; Marjan Masomifard
Volume 3, Issue 10 , December 2015, , Pages 65-72
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Educational justice has constantly been the focus of teaching and training experts. Growth of new philosophical and educational theories has provided the possibility of its realization. Thus; the aim of this article is to investigate the position of educational justice in evolution of teaching and training ...
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Educational justice has constantly been the focus of teaching and training experts. Growth of new philosophical and educational theories has provided the possibility of its realization. Thus; the aim of this article is to investigate the position of educational justice in evolution of teaching and training system based on constructivism. In this study, the researcher has used descriptive-analytical method to investigate educational justice in positivism paradigm of modern world and constructivism paradigm of post-modern world. Results of this study showed that although educational justice in modern society has been realized by utilization of positivism paradigm through universal and generalizable rules and availability of education for all mankind, its deficiency has caused that in postmodern society, utilization of construction paradigm and using the lodgments of criticism theory and giving a special attention to mankind originality and its individual differences as a newborn paradigm in teaching and training, societal pressures and injustices originate from inattention to individual differences decrease. Thus, it seems that evolution of teaching and training system based constructivism, has made educational justice to be realized more than before.
