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.
Distance education, virtual learning and e-learning
Afife Qanbari; Soheila Hashemi; Khosro Rashid
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This research was conducted with the aim of predicting the Germane cognitive load resulting from virtual education based on the quality of education and metacognitive knowledge of students. The statistical population of the research included all undergraduate students of the Faculty of Humanities of ...
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This research was conducted with the aim of predicting the Germane cognitive load resulting from virtual education based on the quality of education and metacognitive knowledge of students. The statistical population of the research included all undergraduate students of the Faculty of Humanities of Mazandaran University in the academic year of 1399-1400 with a number of 1911 students, 380 of whom participated in the research through proportional stratified sampling. The tools of this research included: cognitive load questionnaire (Kalpesh, Schmidts and Sofret, 2017), metacognitive state questionnaire (O'Neill and Abedi, 1996) and a questionnaire for evaluating the quality of services of virtual learning systems based on the servqual model (Mohammadzadeh, 1398). The obtained data were analyzed through SPSS version 22 software.Simultaneous multiple regression analysis showed that the quality of virtual education based on SERVQUAL model and metacognitive knowledge are significant predictors for Germane Cognitive Load and were able to explain 12% of the Germane Cognitive Load variance that means by increasing the quality of virtual education based on the indicators of the SERVQUAL model and students' metacognitive knowledge, conditions will be created to increase the desired cognitive production and better and more effective learning.
Bahman Zandi; Marjan Masoumifard
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The purpose of this study is offering a blended learning model of Persian language to foreigners. This research was conducted in terms of applied purpose, in terms of analytical nature and in a documentary way. First, by using library and documentary studies, a systematic review and detailed analysis ...
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The purpose of this study is offering a blended learning model of Persian language to foreigners. This research was conducted in terms of applied purpose, in terms of analytical nature and in a documentary way. First, by using library and documentary studies, a systematic review and detailed analysis of existing models of blended learning regarding teaching-learning activities, characteristics of learners, teachers, content, educational media and evaluation was performed. In this level, the statistical population included all the different models of blended learning in the scientific databases of Science Direct, Scopus, Springer, the Emerald and Google Scholar databases, the Internet platform of the French network called (TV5) and the language teaching content of the BBC site. Data collection tools also included receipts, tables and cards. Then, the proposed model of blended learning of Persian language teaching to foreigners was developed and the validity of the model was examined using the opinions of experts in the two fields of linguistics and distance education. The statistical population in the second level included all experts in the fields of linguistics and distance education, among them 15 distance education specialists and 15 linguistics specialists were purposefully selected and commented on the validity of the proposed model. The research tool also included a researcher-made questionnaire with ten items and a four-point Likert scale (very high, high, low, very low) whose validity was confirmed by education and linguistics experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was also 0.89 using Cronbach's alpha method. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistical methods (one-sample t-test) were used to validate the model. The results obtained from the one-sample t-test that was used to examine the internal validity of the Persian language blended learning model for foreigners, indicate that the proposed model is based on blended learning from the perspective of specialists in both distance education and linguistics. It also pays attention to the motivation of learning in language learners, also emphasizes the interactions of teacher, learner and content and is in accordance with the psychological principles of language learning. In addition, it has sufficiently blended various teaching-learning activities (face-to-face and electronic). It also pays enough attention to the characteristics of the teacher, content, media and evaluation, therefore the proposed model has sufficient validity for teaching Persian to foreigners.The purpose of this study is offering a blended learning model for Persian language to foreigners. First, the existing models of bleanded learning were studied and teaching-learning activities in blended learning language were studied, then the characteristics of learners, teachers, content, educational media and evaluation were considered. Then the challenges of bleande learning education were introduced and finally the proposed model of bleanded learning Persian language was introduced to foreigners and the validity of the model was confirmed by using the opinions of experts in the fields of linguistics and distance education.
Farah Alikhani; Mohammadreza Sarmadi; Bahman Saeidipor; Marjan Masomifard; Mandana Goodarzi
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The present study aimed to identify the components of professional ethics in the context of e-learning and distance education and design a model of professional ethics. To achieve this goal, the exploratory mixed method was used with a focus on the qualitative-quantitative method. In the qualitative ...
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The present study aimed to identify the components of professional ethics in the context of e-learning and distance education and design a model of professional ethics. To achieve this goal, the exploratory mixed method was used with a focus on the qualitative-quantitative method. In the qualitative section, in order to collect data, the semi-structured exploratory interview method and the focus group were used, and then in the second stage, the descriptive-analytical method was used quantitatively and a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data. In order to assess the current situation of professional ethics in Alborz Higher Education Institute, the identified components were surveyed as a researcher-made questionnaire from the viewpoint of students. A one-sample t-test with a test value of 3.5 was used to analyze the questionnaire. The results showed that the factors and components of professional ethics with t visible in the table were significantly higher than the expected average.In terms of desirability, behavioral and process components were at the desired level and only the component of ethics-oriented interaction in the e-learning environment related to educational assistants was at a relatively desirable level from the viewpoint of students. By erpresenting the initial model of professional ethics based on the literature review and interviews with e-learning experts, and qualitative and quantitative results, the conceptual model of professional ethics was obtained.
Javad Pourkarimi; zohreh alimardani
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The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting the interaction in the teaching-learning process among postgraduate students in e-learning at the University of Tehran. This research has been done qualitatively and phenomenologically with purposive sampling method. The statistical population ...
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The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting the interaction in the teaching-learning process among postgraduate students in e-learning at the University of Tehran. This research has been done qualitatively and phenomenologically with purposive sampling method. The statistical population of this study was all students of electronic courses at the University of Tehran, of which 40 who were studying in the second semester of 2018-2019 were studied as a sample. The data collection tool was in-depth semi-structured interviews, the text of the interviews was reviewed and analyzed by qualitative content analysis and content analysis, and the interviews continued until the data were saturated. The results show that 360 basic conceptual propositions with 40 sub-categories and 4 main category propositions affecting the quality of learning can be identified in the form of educational, technological, scientific and personal factors. Findings indicate that interaction in the e-learning environment is directly related to the educational and scientific skills of professors and individual and technological factors of both professors and students.
Mohammad Sharifi; Jalil Fathabadi; Omid Shokri; Shahla Pakdaman
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of e-learning in comparison to face-to-face education in in different educational systems of Iran. The method of this research is meta-analysis and the statistical society includes articles with a scientific-research rank published in the ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of e-learning in comparison to face-to-face education in in different educational systems of Iran. The method of this research is meta-analysis and the statistical society includes articles with a scientific-research rank published in the national databases. In order to collect information, after a systematic review of the studies conducted on the basis of the criteria for entry, 45 studies were selected and the data were collected in a meta-analysis checklist. In order to analyze the data, sensitivity analysis, funnel, fixed and random models and heterogeneity analysis were used using CMA2 software.The results of data analysis showed that e-learning has a higher effectiveness than face-to-face training, so that after the removal of outlier data, and the combined effect size of 45 studies is equal to .483 According to Cohen's criterion, this amount represents an average effect size. Also, the results showed that in researches that the subjects of the research were students, the dependent variable was of skill type, and sampling method was randomized, the effectiveness of e-learning was greater. Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that e-learning can be a suitable alternative for face-to-face education.
Abbas Taghizadeh; Javad Hatami; Maryam Ghasemi
Volume 6, Issue 1 , September 2018, , Pages 43-62
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One of the important issues in all educational systems is assessing and evaluating learner's learning in order to ensure the learning and achievement of the desired goals. One of the effective strategies related to constructivism paradigm is the formative assessment. Given the specific conditions of ...
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One of the important issues in all educational systems is assessing and evaluating learner's learning in order to ensure the learning and achievement of the desired goals. One of the effective strategies related to constructivism paradigm is the formative assessment. Given the specific conditions of virtual learning, it is necessary to rethink on the fundamental issues associated with formative assessment. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to identify the capabilities of formative assessment in virtual learning environments. The research method in this study was the qualitative content analysis (inductive type). 24 papers were analyzed and 22 specialists were interviewed. Finally, the basic issues related to formative assessment, including validity, reliability and cheat as well as its capabilities, including providing immediate and constructive feedback, engaging learners with essential learning processes, promoting educational justice, online self-assessment, peer-to-peer assessment, and group work was identified, discussed and reviewed.
Mojtaba Rafiei; Hadi Ghaffari; Meysam Khorami
Volume 4, Issue 16 , May 2017, , Pages 71-84
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of e-learning methods from the perspective of students in the Markazi Province PNU. The used research method is descriptive survey. The study population is 400 postgraduate students those used e-learning methods which provided byPNU of Markazi ...
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of e-learning methods from the perspective of students in the Markazi Province PNU. The used research method is descriptive survey. The study population is 400 postgraduate students those used e-learning methods which provided byPNU of Markazi Province. The sample size was estimated, by using Morgan table, 196 individuals who have been randomly selected.To collect data, multiple-choice questionnaire with 38 questions was used including eight variables. Reliability, based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.92, and its validity was confirmed by experts. In this study, based on the normal distribution of variables, univariate t-test is used for each item and interpreted. The results showed that users of e-learning system have desirable access, appropriate support as well as appropriate offering lessons. Also, we came to the conclusion that from the view points of test and evaluations, exercises and assignments, information resources, electronic contents and user interface, users of e-learning system have not a good and desirable situation.
Fatemeh Hemmati
Volume 3, Issue 11 , February 2016, , Pages 49-58
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This study aimed at investigating the performance of face-to-face and e-learning Master's students of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at Payame Noor University, the biggest distance education institute and public university in Iran and the Middle East. To achieve this, the performance of ...
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This study aimed at investigating the performance of face-to-face and e-learning Master's students of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at Payame Noor University, the biggest distance education institute and public university in Iran and the Middle East. To achieve this, the performance of 1254 MA (678 face-to-face and 576 e-learning) students in the final exams of five courses were compared. In another comparison, the final scores of male (n=158) and female (n=418) e-learning students were compared to find any significant differences in their performances. The results revealed no significant difference between the achievements of male and female students. Furthermore, the face-to-face and electronic students performed similarly in three courses and differed significantly in two other ones. That is, the former group outperformed the latter in two courses. The reasons might be due to some factors such as differences in the two modes of learning, the quality of hardware and software, and the number of students in e-learning courses which highlight the necessity of paying more attention to this mode of learning. Some theoretical and pedagogical implications emerged from the study.
mehangiz alinejad
Volume 1, Issue 3 , January 2014, , Pages 19-28
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The present study was aimed at the investigation of the process of e-learning studies in Iran, adopting a meta-analytic approach. The recent decade observed a significant growth in studies on e-learning. In addition to the studies applied to national and international conferences held in Iran, numerous ...
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The present study was aimed at the investigation of the process of e-learning studies in Iran, adopting a meta-analytic approach. The recent decade observed a significant growth in studies on e-learning. In addition to the studies applied to national and international conferences held in Iran, numerous papers on this discipline are being annually published in credible journals. Now, the question to be answered is what is the process of these studies undergo in terms of subject, method, the year published, scientific area, and the studied university? Do these features alter depending on the researcher’s field of study (humanities, engineering, and medical sciences)? Considering the objective, meta-analysis was adopted for this study. The population included all the papers published in journals or indexed on the websites ‘magiran’, ‘sid’, and ‘noormags’ (237 items). Papers presented at conferences were not investigated in this study. The papers were categorized and coded by title, method, statistical population, sampling method, the researcher’s university, the researcher’s field of study, publication, and the year published. The codes were then entered into SPSS to be analyzed in terms of the research questions. Consequently, with regard to the findings, some suggestions were proposed.