mohammad shahalizadeh

Much attention has not been paid to educational design in the studies conducted on MOOC, and the research results regarding the weakness of instructional design require special attention to be paid to the issue of the principles of instruction in MOOC. Therefore, the aim of this research was to determine the Effectiveness of Massive open online course (MOOC) based on the First principles of instruction on learning and teaching self-efficacy. In this research, a quasi-experiment with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group was used. All the registrants in the MOOC were the statistical population of this research, and using the available sampling method, the number of 200 participants in the course (100 in each course) were the sample of this research. The implementation process was as follows. First, the pre-test of learning (created by the researcher) and teaching self-efficacy (Schanen et al., 2001) was conducted; Then, a test titled "teaching skills" based on the basic principles of instruction was implemented for the experimental group and in the usual way for the control group, and finally, the post-test of learning and teaching self-efficacy of the course was implemented; The results of the covariance showed that the use of the first principles of instruction in MOOC has a positive and significant effect on the learning rate (p<0.001) and teaching self-efficacy (p<0.001). Therefore, it is suggested to pay attention to the First principles of instruction in the instructional design of MOOCs, which will improve the learning and teaching self-efficacy in MOOCs.

The university, as an idea and an institution in the world, is considered the pinnacle of cultural, economic, political and social development. One of the most important issues related to universities is quality promotion and continuous quality assurance with regard to changes in different fields. One of the world-wide programs related to quality promotion of universities and higher education is faculty development programs. One of the most important aspects of faculty development programs alongside research and social services is instruction and teaching.

This research has been carried out using a systematic review of external researches as well as the analysis of various models with a clear and transparent implementation protocol. In this research, the PRISMA search flow diagram as well as the items of the PRISMA checklist with a few modifications have been used and were used as the basis of action in this research is in the systematic review section.

In the findings section of this study, 31 important and key elements related to the faculty instructional development were extracted, analyzed, and combined under two general and main categories, namely structure and practice.

Faculty instructional development is a multifaceted issue that, for example, includes structuring such as creating an instructional development center as well as practices such as creating a community of practice and learning and mentoring, and higher education practitioners should pay attention to these elements. Other elements and implications are discussed in the article.

The purpose of this paper was to comparing the effectiveness of four component and Gagne instructional design models with each other and conventional method in science learning. To achieve this purpose, the experimental method with pre-test and post-test and control groups was used. The entire male students of Karaj city were the population of this research. Sample was selected through cluster sampling that include 60 mentioned population that divided in three groups (experimental1, exprimental2 and control group). Intended subject matter presented for Experimental 1 through four component instructional design model, experimental 2 through Gagne instructional design model and for control group through conventional method. For all three groups, pretest, posttest test was executed. For descriptive data analysis, mean and standard deviation scores, has been used and for inferential statistic, covariance analysis was used to examine the hypothesis. The results showed that there is significant difference between conventional training and four component a Gagne instructional design models and between four component and Gagne instructional design models was significant difference. Four component (IDM) is better than Gagne (IDM) four learning complex learning.

E-learning is a new emerging phenomenon that has attracted the attention of higher education authorities and researchers in this field. The aim of this study is to identify the challenges of implementing e-learning curriculum of Shahid Beheshti University from the perspective of faculty members and students.
The descriptive-survey method was employed in this study. Two researcher-made questionnaires were used for data collection. The study population comprised 48 faculty members and 635 students of virtual education. Statistical samples according to Morgan table were 42 and 237, respectively indicating that sampling was done by proportional stratified random sampling. The validity of research questionnaires was approved by professors and domain experts and by using Cronbach’s alpha; the reliability coefficient was calculated to be 89% and 85%, respectively. For data analysis, SPSS version 21, descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (one-sample t-test and t-test) were used (p The findings indicated that from the perspective of faculty members, the implementation of e-learning curriculum is being faced with cultural (P The implementation of e-learning curriculum of Sahid Beheshti University faces challenges in which the problems and obstacles can be solved through the adoption of decisions that are consistent with the research results.

Educational system has an important role in educating future community makers. One of the most important components of educational system which should be considered in the twenty-first century among future community makers is deep learning and creative thinking.
This paper aimed to design and implement a blending of problem solving instructional model with constructivist principles and the study of its effect on learning and creative thinking.
In this research, a quasi-experimental method (pretest and posttest design with control group) was used. Sample of this research was 30 students that were selected by using cluster sampling method. Data collection tools were included researcher-made learning test and Abedi creativity questionnaire, were used as a pretest and posttest. Experimental group was taught in 11 sessions, during 6 weeks by using combined problem solving instructional model with Constructivist principles and control group was taught by using traditional method. In order to analyze obtained data, descriptive statistics, consisting of mean and standard deviation, was used. Furthermore, inferential statistics, multivariable covariance plan and LSD follow up test was used.
The results showed that blending of problem solving instructional model with constructivist principles has a significant effect on learning (F=286.5, P=0.0001), fluency aspect of creative thinking (F=143.91, P=0.0001 ), flexibility aspect (F=15.59, P=0.001) and elaboration aspect of creative thinking (F=35.64, P=0.0001), but there was no meaningful effect on originality aspect of creative thinking.
According to the results, it could be said that by blending problem solving instructional model with constructivist principles, one can take advantage of both these approaches. Founding of this research was showed that this blending has a meaningful effect on learning and aspects of creative thinking (fluency, flexibility and elaboration) and there was no effect on originality aspect. Thus, this method can be used in classroom and school as an effective method.

Instruction and learning play an important role in the twenty-first century which has been named the knowledge society and knowledge economy. The present research seeks to design and implement a blended instructional model based on the theories of Reigeluth, Merrill, and Keller and investigate its effect on students’ learning in a biology course. In this research, the pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental method with control was used. The population consisted of all second year high school students studying at Imam Khomeini High School in the 2013-2014 academic year. Using the random sampling method, the sample was selected and consisted of two classes, one of them as the control group and the other as the experimental group. Reliability of the research was calculated as 0.82 using the split-half method. Abundance, mean and standard deviation from descriptive statistics, and covariance methods were selected from inferential statistics, and SPSS version 20 was used to analyze data. The results revealed a meaningful and significant difference between the learning levels of the experimental group and the control group in a biology course (F1,37=23.808; P<0.01). The group which taught using the blended instructional design model based on the models of Reigeluth, Merrill, and Keller achieved a higher level of learning than the control group. Based on the results, it can be said that the research model has a good fit with real world data. Use of the blended instructional design model based on Reigeluth, Merrill, and Keller’s models in a biology course was more effective than conventional methods. The findings indicate that the blended instructional design model is an effective and efficient method for teaching a biology course.

The aim of this research was to qualitatively analyze the teaching and learning components of the connectivism theory and introduce a conceptual model for designing of the connectivist learning. The method of this study was the Mayring qualitative content analysis. Initially, several questions were raised about educational design patterns including a) what are the components of education in connectivism theory? B) What is the sequence of education elements in connectivism theory? C) What are the methods of education presentation and the evaluation in connectivism theory? Then, using the theoretical framework of the mentioned theory, categories and sub-categories of the questions were identified. Finally, the main components were coded and the conceptual model for designing the learning ecologies was developed based on research findings. The statistical population of this research was credible connectivism documents, articles, posts, and reviews written during 2004-2012 (540 sources). The content of these resources were selected and analyzed using the purposive sampling method. Results of the analysis led to the identification of the components of connectivism theory that introduced a learning ecology design model by combining the main components. The model consisted of eight components that include accreditation and analysis, network and ecology design, purposing- the creation of common interest, facilitating the flow of knowledge, network empowerment, remixing-recreation, feedback-evaluation, and repurposing. The ecology learning design model was considered in terms of micro and macro instructional design. It may be used in face-to-face, online and combined environments.