Document Type : scientific-research
Authors
1 Professor of Information Technology, Engineering School of Tarbiat Modares University
2 Assistant Professor*, Policy Evaluation & STI Monitoring Research Group, National Research Institute of Science Policy
Abstract
The concept of distance learning has changed from a choice to a requirement and even a compulsion in educational systems around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Despite the challenges faced by this sudden change, in all countries, including Iran, learning institutions, whether general education or higher education, and even skill training institutions, had to turn to e-learning by using the existing educational platforms to keep their education flowing. In this paper, we tried to assess the readiness and capability levels of e-learning systems of the most experienced Iranian Open University, Payam-e-Noor University, during the COVID-19 epidemic. For this purpose, a questionnaire for evaluating the readiness level based on nine criteria and 45 measures and a questionnaire for examining their capability level based on eight criteria and 47 indices have been compiled and distributed among the educational centers of Payam-e-Noor University. Findings indicate that at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the e-learning readiness level of 31 participating centers was weak. In addition, after the crisis period, the e-learning capability level of 15 associated centers is above average. In conclusion, despite the growth of the university's status (from "weak" to "above average" during the two years of the disease epidemic), the educational system, the support system, and the research infrastructure criteria with the weak level score should be urgently paid attention by the planners and policymakers of higher education; As the same way, below average level criteria such as regulatory system, the supervisory system, and learning infrastructure should be on the agenda of rapid improvement and the quality of the administrative system criteria with above average level score should be on the agenda of gradual improvement.
Keywords
- E-learning readiness
- E-learning capability
- COVID-19 crisis
- Distance education
- Evaluation
- Payam-e-Noor University
Main Subjects
Article Title [Persian]
ارزیابی سطح آمادگی و توانمندی مراکز دانشگاهی پیام نور در دوران بحران کووید 19
Authors [Persian]
- غلامعلی منتظر 1
- مهدیه فرازکیش 2
1 استاد فناوری اطلاعات دانشکده فنی دانشگاه تربیت مدرس
2 استادیار گروه پژوهشی ارزیابی سیاست ها و پایش علم، فناوری و نوآوری موسسه تحقیقات سیاست علمی کشور
Abstract [Persian]
مفهوم آموزش از راه دور از یک انتخاب به یک الزام و حتی یک اجبار در نظام های آموزشی در سراسر جهان در طول بحران همه گیری کووید 19 تغییر کرده است. علیرغم چالش های پیش روی این تغییر ناگهانی، در همه کشورها، از جمله ایران، مؤسسات آموزشی اعم از آموزش عمومی یا آموزش عالی و حتی مؤسسات مهارت آموزی مجبور شدند با استفاده از بسترهای آموزشی موجود، به آموزش الکترونیکی روی بیاورند تا جریان آموزش خود را حفظ کنند. . در این مقاله سعی شده است سطح آمادگی و توانایی سیستم‌های آموزش الکترونیکی با تجربه‌ترین دانشگاه آزاد ایران، دانشگاه پیام نور، در دوران همه گیری کووید-19 مورد ارزیابی قرار گیرد. بدین منظور پرسشنامه ارزیابی میزان آمادگی بر اساس 9 معیار و 45 معیار و پرسشنامه بررسی میزان توانمندی آنان بر اساس هشت معیار و 47 شاخص تدوین و در بین مراکز آموزشی دانشگاه پیام نور توزیع شده است. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که در ابتدای همه‌گیری کووید 19، سطح آمادگی آموزش الکترونیکی 31 مرکز شرکت‌کننده ضعیف بود. همچنین پس از دوره بحران، سطح قابلیت آموزش الکترونیکی 15 مرکز مرتبط بالاتر از حد متوسط است. در خاتمه آن، علیرغم رشد وضعیت دانشگاه (از «ضعیف» به «بالاتر از میانگین» طی دو سال بحران)، در معیارهای نظام آموزشی، نظام پشتیبانی و زیرساخت های پژوهشی امتیاز سطح ضعیف برآورد شده است که نیازمند توجه فوری برنامه ریزان و سیاست گذاران آموزش عالی است. به همین ترتیب، معیارهای پایین تر از سطح متوسط مانند نظام نظارتی، نظام نظارتی و زیرساخت های یادگیری باید در دستور کار بهبود سریع و معیار کیفیت نظام اداری با امتیاز بالاتر از متوسط می باید در دستور کار بهبود تدریجی قرار گیرد.
Keywords [Persian]
- آمادگی آموزش الکترونیکی
- قابلیت آموزش الکترونیکی
- بحران کووید-19
- آموزش از دور
- ارزیابی
- دانشگاه پیام نور
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