فصلنامه فن آوری اطلاعات و ارتباطات در علوم تربیتی
سال پنجم شماره 2 (پیاپی 18، زمستان 1393)

This research reviewed the relationship between information and communication technology and cultural engineering at Islamic Azad University. The method of the research was descriptive- correlational. The statistical population of the study was managers and employees of Islamic Azad University، Sari Branch in 2013، among which a sample of 22 managers and 120 employees were selected through stratified random method. The data collecting tools were two researcher made questionnaires including information and communication technology questionnaire and cultural engineering questionnaire. Pearson correlation coefficient and regression were used for data analysis. Results showed that there were the highest correlation between information and communication technology and core values of cultural engineering (0. 68)، cultural engineering strategy components (0. 67) and the cultural engineering leadership (0. 64) and there were the lowest correlation between information and communication technology and success standards in cultural engineering (0. 51). In general، Findings revealed a relationship between information and communication technology and cultural engineering at university. It means that information and communication technology can play important role in performing each component of cultural engineering.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of educational computer games on primary school students'' creativity and achievement. It enjoyed applied objectives and quasi- experimental method. The statistical population was 280 female students of the first grade of Shahed primary school in 2012-13 academic year. 50 subjects were selected through simple random sampling method. The experimental group was exposed to Misha and Kosha educational computer games while the conventional teaching method was implemented to the control group. The measuring tools were Torrance tests of visual creativity and school mathematics achievement test. The ANCOVA was used to analyze the data. Results revealed that the experimental group had significantly higher scores for academic achievement and creativity than the control group. Among the components of creativity (flexibility، originality، elaboration، and fluency)، the experimental group had significantly higher scores in the fluency and flexibility components than the control group.

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of using computer games on behavioral aspects of third-grade male primary students in Kashmar City. The method was causative-comparative. Via a multiple-stage cluster sampling، a sample of 250 students was selected، among whom two groups of 30 people were sifted. One group consisted of the first 30 participants who had the most amount of using computer games and the second group، the control group، consisted of 30 participants with the least or no computer games. The Seattle personality questionnaire (SPQ)، that measures the personality aspects of children at school age (at the age of starting to go to school) was used for data gathering. To analyze the data، independent t test was used. The results showed that the students who used computer games had more percentage of depression، psychopathy، physical disorder and loneliness at school. The results indicated a sharp difference between these groups، so that using computer games has significant influences on the increase of depression، psychopathy، physical disorder and loneliness.

Addiction to internet as one of the phenomena of the modern era includes cognitive، excitatory and behavioral aspects. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the attachment styles، fear of negative evaluation and internet addiction in college students. The method of the study was correlational. The population included all the M. A. and Ph. D. students studying at the faculty of human and social sciences، Islamic Azad University، Science and Research Branch، Tehran، Iran in 2013. 161 students were selected as the final sample، who filled the Internet Addiction questionnaire، the Adult Attachment Inventory and the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis tests. The findings indicated that avoidant insecure attachment styles (r=0. 264)، anxiety insecure (r=0. 300) and fear of negative evaluation (r=0. 174) were significantly correlated with internet addiction، whereas the secure attachment style was not significantly correlated with internet addiction. In addition، regression analysis results revealed that avoidant insecure attachment styles and anxiety insecure (R2=0. 130) and fear of negative evaluation (R2=0. 030) had significant contribution in predicting the students'' addiction to internet. Therefore، to prevent internet addiction، it is necessary to consider the role of psychological factors such as insecure attachment styles and fear of negative evaluation.

The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of using blogs as an educational aid in the environmental education of high school students. The method of the study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest، and a control group. The statistical population was all the high school students of Ramhormoz. Using Kerjesy and Morgan''s sample size table، a sample of 88 students was selected. Using stratified random sampling method، the students were placed in 4 groups of girls and boys (2 intervention groups، 2 control groups، each group 22 persons). The data-collecting tool was a researcher made questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results indicated that there was a significant difference in knowledge، attitude and environmental behavior between the control and experimental groups، hence a significant difference between the two groups with respect to environmental knowledge. Also، a significant difference was discovered in males compared to females، which showed effectiveness in males was higher. The findings witnessed the efficacy of blogging as an educational aid for environmental education in the experimental group.

This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of teachers’ in-service virtual training system. The method of the study was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the study included all 2040 teachers who have participated at least once in one of the teachers’ in-service virtual training courses. For sampling، a convenience method was used، through which 325 subjects were selected. For data gathering، a researcher-made questionnaire، namely ''questionnaire for value-satisfaction assessment of virtual training system'' was used. Validity of the questionnaire based on Lawshe’s Content Validity Ratio was 0. 63. Reliability of the questionnaire was estimated using Chronbach''s Alpha test that was 0. 92 and 0. 90 for constructs value and satisfaction، respectively. Results revealed that there was no significant correlation between value and satisfaction constructs، so they were independent constructs. Furthermore، the results out of the data analysis with value-satisfaction grid analysis indicated that teachers'' in-service virtual training system was effective neither at any one of four dimensions (supporting quality، content quality، availability and technology) nor with respect to the overall system. In addition، the results out of data analysis by benchmarking instrument of LeVIS index showed that the effectiveness status of teachers’ virtual system both at any one of four dimensions and with respect to the overall system was moderate.

This research aimed to investigate the effect of conversational teaching style through multimedia in increasing the communicational skills of impaired hearing female students at primary schools in Tehran in academic year 2013-2014. The method of the study was quasi- experimental. The statistical population was all the students with hearing problem in sixth grade of elementary schools in Tehran. 15 students were chosen by accessible sampling method and they were randomly divided into control and experimental groups. The data collecting tool was Attarha communicational skills questionnaire. First، a pretest was performed to both groups. Then the experimental group was trained with researcher-made multimedia software in seven sessions while the control group was kept away from independent variable. In order to measure the changes، both groups were given a posttest. To analyze the data، the statistical methods at two levels of descriptive (central and scattering) and inferential (univariate covariance analysis) were used. Overall، the results of the study revealed the higher improvement of the communication skills of the students who have received materials in conversational style through multimedia.

Studies showed that among a variety of factors effective on learning and learners’ academic achievement، motivation plays a prominent and perhaps more important role. So، a proper identification and analysis of learners’ motivation are highly significant in the effectiveness of teaching-learning activities. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of E-bag software usage on the academic motivation of female second grade high school students in biology course in Pakdasht Town in both intelligent and ordinary schools in 2013-14. It was an applied research and was done in quasi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test. The statistical population was all the female students in second grade high school in experimental sciences field. This research has been done through cluster random sampling with 120 students in two experimental and control groups. A framework was used in which 60 students from the intelligent schools and 60 students from ordinary schools were selected. The tool used in this study was academic motivation questionnaire. The experimental group has used the E-bag software for a period of three months while the control group was trained in a traditional method. The data was analyzed using multivariate variance and covariance analysis. The results of the study showed that after using the E-bag software a significant difference in the academic motivation scores of the students in experimental group was seen compared with the control group. The results indicated the positive role of using the E-bag software in better learning and deepening the impact of teaching biology course in the students.