Presenting the Quality Improvement Model of Virtual Education for Human Resource Development: Farhangian University (Qualitative Study)

The purpose of this research was to present the Quality Improvement Model of virtual education for Human Resource Development at Farhangian University. This research has been carried out in the framework of a qualitative approach based on the Grounded theory method. In this regard, semi-structured interviews were conducted using purposeful approach and application of theoretical saturation criterion with 18 experts and professors and students of Farhangian University of North, South and Razavi Khorasan. To evaluate the validity and reliability of data, two methods are implemented; the member's matching methods as well as peer review. Open and axial coding method was used to analyze the data. Finally, the categories are categorized into 14 main categories in the six dimensions of the paradigm model as causal (teaching and learning activities, human actors, management), phenomenon: quality improvement in virtual education of Farhangian University, strategies (micro level, intermediate level, macro level), contextual conditions (nature of virtual education of Farhangian University), intervening conditions (1. internet, 2. hardware facilities, 3.web) and consequences (individual, organizational and transactional outcomes).