Payame Noor University and the horizon of future combined education

Distance education is a new education system to organize the learning-memory process, the open education system due to its structural features has the ability to develop rapidly quantitatively and qualitatively at different times and places. Payame Noor University, as the only public university, with its open education system and a combined educational method, started its educational activities in 5 academic disciplines and 28 centers in October of year 1989, and had 512 centers and units until the beginning of 2011. In 2017 in order to reform the management methods and streamlining the enterprise and to create a new organization and structure in a regional manner and in line with the realization of the first paragraph of the 11th Strategic Action Plan of Payame Noor University, the organizing plan of the university centers, units and fields of study The agenda was put. In the first phase of the project, 160 units out of 490 units in the university have been organized, and by converting the scientific departments into colleges, the fields of study have also been organized. During the years 2019 to 2020, the university has tried to direct research towards application, entrepreneurship and creativity. The establishment of several growth centers, innovation and creativity centers in different provinces shows the orientation of the university towards entrepreneurial universities. Strengthening the electronic platform and the optimal use of existing facilities to improve the content production process as well as conducting electronic tests are among the priorities of the university that have always been considered during the last three years. Payam-e-Noor University's strategic plan for the development of e-learning in three areas: technology, education and organization is underway. Development of required infrastructure; Development of required infrastructure; Development of modern educational tools based on new technologies; Creating appropriate organizational structures and trained manpower; Production of up-to-date, dynamic and tailored electronic content; Funding and personalization of education is part of the vision of Payame Noor University e-learning.