Document Type : scientific-research
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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanitise Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran,
2 Assistant Professor, Department of English language , Faculty of Humanitise Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
3 Professor of the Department of Methods, Curriculum and Educational Planning, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
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The issue of culture is very important in the field of e-education. Accordingly, the purpose of present study was to investigate the learners’ cultural characteristics of e-education at PNU. The research method was descriptive and the instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire which was designed based on the four dimensions of Hofstede's cultural theory. These four dimensions investigated were power distance, uncertainty avoidance versus uncertainty acceptance, masculinity versus femininity, and collectivism versus individualism. Its content validity was determined by experts and its reliability was estimated using Cronbach alpha (83%). Participants were the students of PNU in Khuzestan province, who were studying in e-education courses in the academic year 2021-2022, and 897 participants responded to the online questionnaire using the available sampling method. Mean, standard deviation and one sample t-test were used for data analysis. The results compared with the test value of number three revealed: the mean of cultural characteristics of learners in PNU students in power distance are higher than that of the society mean, and the mean of the uncertainty avoidance factors is higher than the society mean and the mean of the factors of Uncertainty acceptance is lower than the society mean, in the dimension of masculinity verses femininity in both factors, the mean is higher than the society mean, in the dimension of collectivism verses individualism, mean of the factors related to collectivism is lower than the society mean and the mean of the factors related to Individualism was higher than the society mean. The research results provide guidelines for the design and implementation of e-learning courses.
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Article Title [Persian]
بررسی ویژگی‌های فرهنگی یادگیرندگان آموزش الکترونیکی مطالعه موردی دانشجویان مجازی دانشگاه پیام نور استان خوزستان
Authors [Persian]
- خدیجه نورانی 1
- محمدرضا مرادی 2
- فرهاد سراجی 3
- بهمن زندی 4
1 استادیار گروه علوم تربیتی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران ، ایران
2 استادیار گروه زبان های خارجی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران ، ایران
3 استاد گروه روش ها، برنامه ریزی درسی و آموزشی، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران
4 استاد، گروه علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه پیام نور، تهران، ایران
Abstract [Persian]
چکیده: موضوع فرهنگ در حوزه آموزش الکترونیکی از اهمیت شایانی برخوردار است. بر همین اساس هدف پژوهش، بررسی ویژگی‌های فرهنگی یادگیرندگان آموزش الکترونیکی دانشگاه پیام نور استان خوزستان بود. روش پژوهش از نوع توصیفی و ابزار پژوهش پرسشنامه محقق ساخته‌ای بود که براساس چهار بعد از نظریه فرهنگی هافستد طراحی شد. این چهار بعد مورد بررسی فاصله قدرت، ابهام گریزی در برابر ابهام پذیری، مردانگی در برابر زنانگی و جمع‌گرایی در برابر فردگرایی بودند. روایی محتوایی پرسشنامه از طریق متخصصان تعیین و پایایی آن با استفاده از آلفای کرونباخ (با مقدار83%) برآورد شد. جامعه آماری دانشجویان دانشگاه پیام نور استان خوزستان بودند که در سال تحصیلی 1401-1400 در دوره‌های آموزش الکترونیکی مشغول به تحصیل بودند که با استفاده از روش نمونه گیری در دسترس 897 نفر از آنها به پرسشنامه آنلاین پاسخ دادند. برای تحلیل داده‌ها از میانگین، انحراف استاندارد و آزمون تی تک گروهی استفاده شد. نتایج آزمون با مقایسه با نمره برش عدد سه نشان داد: میانگین ویژگی‌های فرهنگی دانشجویان پیام نوراستان خوزستان، در بعد فاصله قدرت بالاتر از میانگین جامعه، در بعد ابهام گریزی در برابر ابهام پذیری میانگین عاملهای ابهام گریزی بالاتر از میانگین جامعه و میانگین عاملهای ابهام پذیری پایین‌تر از میانگین جامعه، در بعد مردانگی در برابر زنانگی در هر دو عامل میانگین بالاتر از میانگین جامعه، در بعد جمع‌گرایی در برابر فردگرایی میانگین عاملهای مرتبط با جمع گرایی پایین‌تر از میانگین جامعه و میانگین عاملهای مرتبط با فردگرایی بالاتر از میانگین جامعه بود. نتایج پژوهش رهنمودهای برای طراحی و اجرای دوره های آموزش الکترونیکی ارائه می دهد.
Keywords [Persian]
- فرهنگ
- آموزش الکترونیکی
- یادگیری الکترونیکی
- ویژگی های فرهنگی یادگیرنده
- نظریه هافستد
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