Investigating the Pedagogic Barriers to the Development of Electronic Education: A Case Study of Ahvaz Jundi Shapour University of Medical Sciences Abdolmehdi Moarefzadeh

In this study an attempt has been made to investigate the pedagogic barriers to the development of electronic education (via the Internet) at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS) during 2010-2011. This is descriptive-sectional study whose population involved the whole faculty members of AJUMS. The researchers prepared a questionnaire with a reliability of 96 % which was obtained through Cronbach's α, and its validity was confirmed by specialists in this field. As for the calculation of the results and ranking the barriers, Chi square test and Friedman test were euseded respectively. The findings of this research suggested that all the studied items (evaluation, learner-based, communication tools, flexibility, and the management of programs and resources) are among the barriers to the development of electronic education at AJUMS.