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.
reza ebdam; Abbas Gholtash; fayeze Nateqi
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The purpose of this study was to design and validate a curriculum based on general competency for Secondary Theoretical School. The research method is exploratory mixed whose data were collected in a field method using a questionnaire. The statistical population included curriculum planning specialists ...
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The purpose of this study was to design and validate a curriculum based on general competency for Secondary Theoretical School. The research method is exploratory mixed whose data were collected in a field method using a questionnaire. The statistical population included curriculum planning specialists and all teachers and experts of theoretical high school in Fars province. The statistical sample was selected in a quantitative section in two stages. At first, 10 curriculum planning specialists were purposefully selected and then from all teachers and experts of theoretical high school in Fars province who were experts in the field of curriculum planning, 80 persons as Statistical sample were selected by simple random sampling. The measurement tool for data collection was a qualitative questionnaire including a deductive content analysis in the qualitative stage and a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative stage. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis with deductive categorization system and quantitative methods including factor analysis using SPSS software. The qualitative findings of the designed model confirmed the characteristics related to the main elements of purpose, content, method and evaluation, and the quantitative findings indicated the validity of the designed model. Therefore, it can be concluded that the curriculum based on general competence for the secondary theoretical high school in this study can be used in the new educational system.
Hamid Dafeei; Mohamad Reza Emamjomeh; Alireza Assareh; Sadegh Nasri
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The aim of the present research was the designing and validating a Pattern of Curriculum for Developing the Student Teachers Specialized Content Knowledge in Division of Fractions. This research was the mixed Research with Exploratory Design and Taxonomy Devlopment Model. In the qualitative part, the ...
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The aim of the present research was the designing and validating a Pattern of Curriculum for Developing the Student Teachers Specialized Content Knowledge in Division of Fractions. This research was the mixed Research with Exploratory Design and Taxonomy Devlopment Model. In the qualitative part, the Curriculum Pattern was designed with case study method , and in the quantitative part, the Pattern validation was done with Descriptive-survey method. Participants in the qualitative Part included 19 experts and 61 sources. The statistical population in quantitative part included the specialists in math education and primary school teachers. Through purposive sampling, 22 specialists and 85 teachers were selected. For collecting qualitative data, documentary study, semi-structured interviews and for collecting quantitative data, researcher-made questionnaire with 13 items were used. For analyzing the qualitative data, the content analysis was used and in the quantitative part, confirmatory factor analysis was used. Results of analysis of elements showed that the items of content and learning activities, skill goals, cognitive goals at the level of analysis and composition level and evaluation methods have the most explanatory power. Also other elements such as teaching-learning methods, attitudinal goals and Clarity and comprehensiveness were in next priorities.
Naser Ajdarifam; Mehran Farajollahi; Mohammadreza Sarmadi; Taher Mahboobi
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The research has been done with the aim of synthesis of Mobile-based learning curriculum with an emphasis on the Acker pattern in higher education. Accordingly, the research was of the synthesis type. For this purpose, in order to study the research background and collect data appropriate ...
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The research has been done with the aim of synthesis of Mobile-based learning curriculum with an emphasis on the Acker pattern in higher education. Accordingly, the research was of the synthesis type. For this purpose, in order to study the research background and collect data appropriate to the research purpose, the resources available in dissertations, libraries, research projects and articles available in domestic and foreign databases were used. The keywords used for the search included curriculum, mobile learning, mobile-based curriculum, distance learning, virtual learning, web-based learning, online learning, and Acker pattern in higher education. The total studies related to keywords were 48 cases, that after reviewing the titles, 9 irrelavant cases were excluded; so in this study 39 cases were examined. After collecting the data, the findings and results of the research were extracted and analyzed separately. The results indicate that the learning-based curriculum with emphasis on the Acker model has 10 components and 82 indicators, that for the logic and cause component 25 indicators, Objectives 7 indicators, Learning activities 9 indicators, Teacher role 3 indicators, Materials and resources 13 indicators, Grouping 3 indicators, Location 3 indicators, Time 2 indicators and measurement and evaluation of 8 indicators have been respectively extracted. Based on the results, the logic and cause component has the highest index and the time component has the lowest index.
Younes Gholami; Hassan Maleki; Alireza Sadeghi; Mahdi Mohammadi
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The aim of present research has been designing and Validation of appropriate pattern of curriculum of SAMPAD junior schools.This research is combinational design of sequential exploratory in type of toolmaking (instrument- making), which in the quality part was used of multiple case study and histological ...
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The aim of present research has been designing and Validation of appropriate pattern of curriculum of SAMPAD junior schools.This research is combinational design of sequential exploratory in type of toolmaking (instrument- making), which in the quality part was used of multiple case study and histological analytical approach , and in the quantity part was used of descriptive method of scrolling. in the quality part, authorities and specialists were interviewed deeply and half structurally, by guided sampeling approach and benchmark sampling method, and for tool validation and present patern, in the quality part, 106 preforming and educational agents of SAMPAd junior schools of fars were chosen by stratified random sampeling and the assured questionnaire consists of 127 items wascompleted. For analyzing the quality data, the thematic analysis was usedand in the quantity part, confirmatory factor analysis was used. the results of analysis of elements showed that the items of materials and educational sources, teaching and learning strategies, learner activity and grouping of learner are the most .
Hosein Jafari Sani; seyed Kazem Alavi Langrodi; Hamideh Pakmehr
Volume 3, Issue 12 , May 2016, , Pages 37-46
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Because of importance of critical thinking attitudes in humanities, the research aimed at investigating the portion of curriculum approaches prediction on students' critical thinking attitudes in them. Research population in the descriptive-correlation study included all students' humanities in Ferdowsi ...
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Because of importance of critical thinking attitudes in humanities, the research aimed at investigating the portion of curriculum approaches prediction on students' critical thinking attitudes in them. Research population in the descriptive-correlation study included all students' humanities in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran in during academic year of 2013-2014. 366 students were selected by using stratified sampling method via Morgan and Kerjcie's table and complete questionnaires. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistic and regression analysis. Findings showed that among of six curriculum approaches, approaches’ systems, managerial, behavioral and academic not able to predict the students' critical thinking attitudes (p>0.05). But other two approaches including humanities and reconceptualist approach can predict critical thinking Disposition (F(1,364)=14/54 , P=0/000). To consideration of humanities role and reconceptualist approach in developing of students' critical thinking attitudes, suggests that human science going into nontechnical approach thus happen changes in humanities curricula.
Seid Mohammad shobeiri; S.Z Shamsi
Volume 3, Issue 9 , August 2015, , Pages 83-94
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This study aimed to evaluate the internal quality of educational science curriculum for graduate curricula in view of Payame Noor University Professors, Students and experts, based on curriculum content, grouping and evaluation to improve the quality of education. This research is applicable in purpose ...
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This study aimed to evaluate the internal quality of educational science curriculum for graduate curricula in view of Payame Noor University Professors, Students and experts, based on curriculum content, grouping and evaluation to improve the quality of education. This research is applicable in purpose and its method is descriptive with survey approach. Population consists of three sub-categories:1- Graduate students of curriculum area of educational science in Payame Noor University 2- Professors and faculty members of educational science in Payame Noor University 3- Education Experts of Educational Science major in Payame Noor University. For sampling, relative random method and Morgan table was used. The sample is 170 students, 49 professors and 20 educational experts. The tools for gathering data was researcher-made questionnaire in Likert scale and independent t-test was used. The results show that there is meaningful difference between views of professors, students and educational experts in master's degree of curriculum area of educational science in Payame Noor University.
