In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Electronic Learning Association

Document Type : scientific-research

Authors

1 Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 1. Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Information Technology and Computer Engineering, Faculty of engineering, Payame Noor

Abstract

Virtual education will be an effective educational system in the effective learning of students during the outbreak of Covid-19 and after its eradication. This study aims to identify the challenges of distance education from the view point of Islamic Azad University students under Covid-19 pandemic So the research method is qualitative(grounded theory). In total, 40 MSc students of Electronic Management in the second semester of 2019-2020 were selected by purposive sampling in order to participate in structured interviews. Thematic analysis of the data obtained from the interviews was performed, and the approaches of member check and peer debriefing were used to approve the results’ credibility. Notably, the results were modified in several steps. In addition, the reliability coefficient between the encoders (75%) was applied to evaluate reliability. Data analysis was performed in Maxqda 12. According to the results, challenges of distance education for students included two individual and organizational dimensions, seven educational (11 items), communication (9 items), managerial (11 items), structural (6 items), technological (9 items), cultural (8 items), and personality component (6 items), and 60 indexes for distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic.

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Article Title [Persian]

کووید و چالشهای آموزش از راه دور از دیدگاه دانشجویان

Authors [Persian]

  • سید علی قریشی 1
  • منیژه احمدی 2
  • سیده فاطمه نورانی 3

1 استادیار گروه علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایران

2 استادیار گروه علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایران

3 گروه مهندسی کامپیوتر و فناوری اطلاعات، دانشکده فنی و مهندسی دانشگاه پیام نور. تهران. ایران.

Abstract [Persian]

آموزش مجازی یک سیستم آموزشی موثر در یادگیری موثر دانش آموزان در زمان شیوع کووید-19 و پس از ریشه کنی آن خواهد بود. این پژوهش با هدف شناسایی چالش های آموزش از راه دور از دیدگاه دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی در شرایط همه گیر کووید-19 انجام شده است، بنابراین روش تحقیق کیفی (تئوری زمینه ای) است. در مجموع 40 نفر از دانشجویان کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت الکترونیک در نیمسال دوم 98-98 به روش نمونه گیری هدفمند جهت شرکت در مصاحبه ساختاریافته انتخاب شدند. تحلیل موضوعی داده‌های به‌دست‌آمده از مصاحبه‌ها انجام شد و برای تأیید اعتبار نتایج از رویکرد بررسی اعضا و بازنگری همتا استفاده شد. قابل ذکر است که نتایج در چند مرحله اصلاح شد. علاوه بر این، ضریب پایایی بین رمزگذارها (75٪) برای ارزیابی قابلیت اطمینان اعمال شد. تجزیه و تحلیل داده ها در Maxqda 12 انجام شد. بر اساس نتایج، چالش های آموزش از راه دور برای دانش آموزان شامل دو بعد فردی و سازمانی، هفت بعد آموزشی (11 گویه)، ارتباطی (9 گویه)، مدیریتی (11 مورد)، ساختاری (6 گویه) بود. ، فناوری (9 مورد)، فرهنگی (8 مورد) و مؤلفه شخصیت (6 مورد) و 60 شاخص برای یادگیری از راه دور در طول همه گیری COVID-19.

Keywords [Persian]

  • کووید 19
  • چالشهای آموزش از راه دور
  • آموزش الکترونیکی
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