Feasibility pattern of executing virtual education

In order to meet organizational productivity, high quality and effective training of the employees seems critical. Based on this fact, this study was carried out with the aim of investigating the assessment pattern of virtual education in the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Compan y. This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in 2010. 144 managers and staff of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Compan y were selected by stratified random sampling method. The main data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire designed based on professionals’ research tools. Data were analyzed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and one-sample T-test using SPSS 11 software. Technical and technological, social and cultural, educational, legal and administrative and strategic and economic components were all effective and acceptable factors for the assessment of virtual education. All of the pattern components were in acceptable condition for the implementation of virtual education, except for the strategic component. Implementing virtual education is beneficial in technical and technological, social and cultural, educational, legal and administrative and economic fields in the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Compan y.