e-learning

The aim of this study was to identify the instructional challenges in the e-learning management system during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of professors in University of Tabriz.

The method of this research is descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the research included of all professors of University of Tabriz in the second semester of the academic year 2020- 2021, of which 211 professors were selected as a sample size based on Krejcie and Morgan Table and using the cluster random sampling method from four groups of technical-engineering, humanities, basic sciences, and agriculture. Data collection tool is researcher-made questionnaire that assess the views of professors on the challenges of instruction in the e-learning management system. The face validity of questionnaire was confirmed by professors and experts in the field of educational sciences, and its construct validity was also determined through confirmatory factor analysis. Cronbach's alpha was used to determine the reliability of the research tool, and its coefficient was calculated as 0.907. The data were analyzed using one-sample T-test and Friedman's test.

The results showed that dimensions of infrastructure, support, attitude, and access are the most important instructional challenges in the e-learning management system of University of Tabriz from the perspective of professors.

It is recommended that University of Tabriz maximize the professors’ desirable use of the electronic learning management system by providing the necessary infrastructure. Furthermore, the University of Tabriz to overcome barriers and challenges in learning management systems, with actions such as establishing technical, instructional, and human support groups to provide necessary assistance to professors in urgent situations, preparing programs to change professors’ attitudes towards electronic learning, and facilitating professors’ access to the electronic learning management system.

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the impact of integrative e-learning design model on the academic performance of farhangiyan university students in Hamedan province. The current research was of applied type in the category of semi-experimental design with unequal control group. The stoical population of the study included all male undergraduate students in the field of Persian language and literature education, 30 of whom were selected through available sampling and randomly assigned to two control and experimental groups. At first, the academic performance pre-test was taken from both groups. Then the experimental group was trained based on the integrative e-learning design model for 10 sessions 90 minutes. The training for the control group was without intervention and using the usual electronic method and the same number of sessions and hours. Then, the post-test of academic performance was performed on both groups. The instrument used included the researcher made pre and posttest of objective academic performance with expert validation and reliability calculated at 0/79(pretest) and 0/81(posttest) through Cronbach,s alpha. Then the collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and covariance test. The finding showed that the application of integrative e-learning design model had a favorable effect on ...

The current research seeks to present the model of electronic learning in exceptional schools of the country. This research was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative-quantitative in terms of methodology. The statistical population included managers of the special education organization and experts of the virtual education base of the special education organization of Tehran province, numbering 1700 people. Data collection was done through a researcher-made questionnaire from among 313 people who were selected by random sampling method. Data collection was done through semi-structured interviews with 15 community members who were selected by purposive sampling. The research data were analyzed based on the qualitative analysis process during open, central and selective triple coding. Data analysis was done through SPSS 16 and Smart PLS software. The results showed that among the 74 identified open codes, ten dimensions of exceptional school preparation, levels of interactions with disabled or handicapped students, teachers' competencies, students' characteristics, e-learning infrastructures, special educational platform for exceptional students, parents' characteristics, The characteristics of school principals, the support of exceptional education and the factors of providing special educational content for disabled and disabled students were categorized. Based on the results of quantitative analysis, the highest priority was related to the dimension of the factors of providing special educational content for disabled and disabled students, and the lowest priority was related to the dimension of e-learning infrastructures, and based on the validation of the model, all dimensions of the model were valid and the model fit well. had.

Digital equality between the group of students, the group of teachers, and both groups together is a requirement for the successful implementation of E-learning in any instructional system. Therefore, the current research answers this basic question: Is there digital equality among the first secondary students of the five instructional districts of Tabriz City in the conditions of COVID-19 virus? The research method was descriptive. The study population included all the first secondary students in Tabriz City in the first semester of the academic year 2020-2021, which research sample were selected through stratified random sampling. The necessary data were gathered from the five educational districts of Tabriz City. The questionnaire of Hosseini et al. (2013) and the Gregg’s Questionnaire (2016) were used. And the data were analyzed through the analysis of variance test as well as Benferroni's post hoc test. The results showed that there is inequality in all dimensions of the digital divide between students in first secondary schools in the five districts of Tabriz city. Therefore, it is recommended that instructional workshops should be held to increase students' skills in the field of ICT tools in instruction; A regular program should be used to equip schools with computers, and content-rich and content-free software; By setting up ICT centers in different areas of Tabriz city, it will be possible for underprivileged students for access to ICT in outside of school.

Professional ethics is a significant category in the field of e-learning, which is very important and has attracted the attention of many experts in educational sciences. Based on this, the purpose of this research was to investigate the level of familiarity of teachers with the principles of professional ethics in e-learning.

This research was descriptive-survey type. The statistical population of the research was made up of all the teachers of the first secondary level of Chabahar city, Teachers were 189 people, and 123 participants were selected from among the teachers by simple random method and using Morgan's table. The research tool was a questionnaire familiarizing professional ethics in e-learning with a reliability of 0.85 and the method of data analysis was using a sample t-test.

The results showed that the level of teachers' familiarity with the dimension of intellectual property, the dimension of destruction and the dimension of privacy of professional ethics in e-learning was medium to high.

It can be concluded that teachers are familiar with the principles of professional ethics in e-learning and this capacity can be used to improve the teaching and learning process

The purpose of this research is to analyze the indexed scientific productions of Iranian researchers related to e-learning based on Web.of.Science. This research is applied and carried out with a scientometric approach. The statistical population of this research is all indexed scientific productions of Iranian researchers during the years 1981 to the end of October 2023. The findings showed that Iran has 517 information records in the subject area of e-learning in the Web.of.Science database. Among Iranian universities, Islamic Azad University ranks first with 119 records, Tehran University with 72 records, and Tarbiat Madras University with 37 records are in the next ranks. The results showed that among the authors, Ahmed Aghakardan ranks first with 17 records, and Fattaneh Taghiyareh and Hamed Fazlollahtabar rank next with 16 and 10 records, respectively. The most scientific productions are related to 2022, which includes 62 records. In recent years, the progress of scientific works has been upward. More than 57% of the productions were articles, 36% were trend articles, and 4% included review articles. E-learning graph drawing is a dynamic and complex field that can be used to study the relationships between different subjects. The keywords that make up the scientific records are classified into 7 general clusters, and the e-learning cluster has a higher degree of centrality; the density map also shows this. Therefore; the illustration of the keyword “e-learning” is a dense and highly interconnected network.

Studying the experience of students in their participation in electronic education can lead to better understanding and making optimal educational decisions in education. The purpose of this research was to explain the mediating role of the ease of use and the usefulness of technology in relation to the perception of challenges and the readiness of educational institutions with the intention of participating in the electronic education of students.

The present study was a descriptive correlational type in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of this study was the students of the Faculty of Management and Accounting of the Islamic Azad University of Karaj, 384 of whom were selected using available sampling. "Cronbach's alpha, composite reliability and factor loading" were used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. Also, to determine validity, logical validity (form-content) and construct validity (convergent and divergent) were used. In order to check the appropriateness of the structure of the conceptual model of the research, the criteria of "determination coefficient, predictive correlation index and model fit index" were used. Structural equation model was used to analyze the data.

The results of the research showed that the perception of challenges has a negative relationship with the intention to participate in education, the perception of the usefulness of technology, and the perception of the ease of using technology. Also, the results showed that the perception of the readiness of educational institutions has a positive and significant relationship with the intention to participate and the perception of the usefulness of technology and the perception of the ease of using technology.

the results of this research can be considered as a suitable perceptual model to explain the factors affecting the intention to participate in electronic education.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the readiness of Fars Farhangian University in implementing e-learning. The method used was descriptive-survey. statistical population consisted of students and professors of Shahid Bahonar and Rajaei Campus in the academic year 1399-1400. The number of samples of students and professors based on Morgan table was 378 and 102, respectively, and was selected using stratified random sampling. To measure students' and professors' readiness, standard questionnaire Watkins (2004) and Afyuni (2013) ,respectively, was used. The face and content validity were confirmed by experts. Their reliability was calculated and confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Findings showed: The level of readiness of professors in general and in dimensions: is at an acceptable level but significantly lower than the desired level is; The level of readiness of students in general and in the dimensions at a higher level It is acceptable, although it is significantly lower than the desired level; There is no significant difference between readiness of professors and students of both Campus. There is no significant difference between readiness of humanities and basic sciences students. Considering to results is necessary to take the necessary measures to improve this level of readiness to the desired level.

Through online learning is a suitable solution to meet educational standards using information technology. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating online learning during quarantine, related challenges and opportunities due to COVID-19. In this study utilized relevant articles from the field of online learning and education that closely align with its objective. These articles were searched in scientific data bases of Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Science and Google Scholar. The findings of this study indicate that the global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in the utilization of electronic education. This has brought about a range of challenges and opportunities. Although the pandemic faced criticism due to the weakness in student evaluation and its negative impact on interpersonal communication, it had a positive impact on the world of education. It is recommended to modify and upgrade the educational structure, provide educational opportunities to become familiar with e-learning systems, increase knowledge in the field of creating content and presenting them digitally, and prepare for any educational program in emergency situations in the future.

The purpose of this study was to determine students' perception of the effect of teamwork in the hybrid environment of Adobe Connect and WhatsApp.

This study was carried out in a quantitative phase as a one-stage pre-experimental design. Seventeen master students as the experimental group of the questionnaire "What is happening in this class?" completed. Their academic achievement was measured by the summative evaluation.

The results showed that teamwork has a positive effect on the classroom attitude and students' academic achievement. To follow up quantitative data and also to identify how teamwork is effective, 17 students voluntarily participated in semi-structured interviews. Using Atlas/ti qualitative analysis software, two main categories including classroom environment and learning quality were identified.

The results of this study can increase teachers' motivation to implement teamwork in online hybrid environments and encourage administrators to provide a suitable platform for implementation.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare two academic textbooks, "E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning" and "Multimedia Projects in Education: Designing, Producing, and Assessing," from the perspective of education science students. The study population consisted of education science students at the University of Tehran, from whom 18 students were purposefully selected as a sample. Using a descriptive-survey method and employing evaluation and critique indices for academic textbooks, five indices—content, method, language, structure, and appearance—were evaluated and compared in both books. The results of the paired t-test showed that, from the students' point of view, there was a significant difference in the content and method indices (P < 0.05) between the two books, but no significant difference was observed in the three indices of language, structure, and appearance. The book "E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning," which addressed the cognitive psychological foundations of multimedia learning and evidence-based methods in its content and method, was rated better by the students. Given that the use of student feedback has increased as a criterion for selecting textbooks, it is suggested that, in the selection of multimedia academic textbooks, those that effectively present complex concepts with an emphasis on underlying cognitive psychological principles, provide clear evidence-based explanations, and actively engage students should be taken into consideration.

This study aims to provide a model to improve the quality of teacher-student interaction in universities’ virtual education systems.

  This research is applied in terms of purpose and follows the qualitative and content analysis approaches. The study population consisted of teachers of the non-governmental University of Science and Culture (including faculty members and invited teachers) from whom the required sample was selected purposefully. Theoretical saturation was obtained through seventeen semi-structured interviews Non-interference of the interviewers' prior knowledge, accuracy in analyzing and coding the information, and re-coding and verification of the transcripts of the interviews by the interviewees were observed to ensure the reliability and validity of the research.

The effective factors for improving teacher-student interaction quality were identified in the form of 54 initial themes, 10 basic pre-organized themes, and five secondary pre-organized themes. The components related to the selected themes were educational and technical skills, communication quality, quality of facilities, and improving the attitude and supervision of the educational system. 

According to the prioritization of the selected themes, the factor of "educational and technical skills” with 32% repetition is the most important priority in terms of improving the interaction between teacher and student. The "attitude improvement" factor was of secondary importance. "Communication quality", "facilities quality", and "education system monitoring" were also in the next ranks, respectively..

The current research was conducted with the aim of developing and validating a framework for designing and producing e-textbooks. To achieve this goal, a mixed method in a type of the exploratory was used.by using qualitative content analysis in a type of inductive method, the components and indicators of e-textbooks was extracted .The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part was Persian and English researches conducted on e-textbooks . Using the purposeful sampling method, 41 research results selected and analyzed by thematic analysis method to extract components and indicators. After the making some necessary corrections, the proposed framework under the title “A Framework for designing and producing academic e-textbooks" was developed. Then, in the quantitative part, for the internal validation of the proposed framework, the Framework schematic and related explanations were given to a 30 number of educational technology and e-learning experts, academic textbooks experts, and electronic publishing experts. Based on qualitative results, for designing and producing e-textbook, a framework consisting of four main components under the headings of content, educational, technological, and electronic publishing components, and 38 micro components were obtained. The results of the internal validation of the framework based on the opinions of experts that done by using one-sample T-tests, content validity index, and content ratio, and carried out by SPSS version 22 software, showed that the proposed framework has high validity. Therefore, the proposed framework resulting from this research can be used as a practical guide for the design and production of academic e-textbooks.