Khadijeh Noorani; Bahman Zandi; MohammadReza Sarmadi; Farhad Seraji
Volume 5, Issue 1 , September 2017, , Pages 85-98
Abstract
This article aims at discovering the cultural features of Iranian learners in the e-learning System. Conducting by using the thematic analysis, semi - structured interview, purposive snowball - sampling, the viewpoint of 20 expertises on Iranian cultural dimensions such as attitude toward Study in elearning ...
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This article aims at discovering the cultural features of Iranian learners in the e-learning System. Conducting by using the thematic analysis, semi - structured interview, purposive snowball - sampling, the viewpoint of 20 expertises on Iranian cultural dimensions such as attitude toward Study in elearning Systems, teacher authority, and learning - Teaching methods - preferred Iranian learner and Evaluation assessing preferred methods Iranian learner were investigated. According to the cultural studies of Hoftstede, Morse learning dimension of high and low context, Parish et al, Trompeniaar (The results) indicated that: in case of Iranian attitude toward Study in e-learning System they were Ascription Culture assigned and highly uncertainty avoidance, collectivism, highly power distance, for teacher''s authority it showed the empowering of culture in education and collectivism, in case of learning - (Teaching) method preferred learner learning - (Teaching) method they were in line with high uncertainty avoidance and Cultural collectivism and for Evaluation assessing the preferred method, method preferred correlated with high cultural context.