determine the significance of the components constituting the e-Learning of the Work and Technology course from Experts’ Perception

Arab Poshtkohi, M.; Zamani Moghadam, A.; Rajabzadeh Qatri, A.

doi:10.22061/jte.2018.3982.1967

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of Information Technology Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch , Tehran, Iran

² Department of Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch Tehran, Iran

³ Department of Industrial Management, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22061/jte.2018.3982.1967

Abstract

The aim of the present investigation is to determine the significance of the components constituting the e-Learning of the Work and Technology course from Experts’ Point of view. The approach of the investigation is quantitative and a hierarchy analysis method is used. The community of the investigation is experts of the training domain, the modern technologies planning domain, and Work and Technology course domain which 18 people of them were selected purposefully as samples. In order to analyze the data, the technique of index paired comparison was used. Based on the obtained results, the most important components which constitute the e-learning of the Work and Technology course include content, page design, organization, motivation, flexibility, evaluation, feedback, balanced workload, helping, and training-learning activity. It is evident that the findings of the present investigation help the decision-makers to adopt effective strategies for training courses as the most important components constituting the e-learning are specified and thereby the decision-makers may control the levels of resource assignments.

Keywords

20.1001.1.20080441.1398.14.1.3.7

Main Subjects

Electronic learning- virtual

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