Original Research Paper
Electronic learning- virtual
M. Khoshnoodifar; K. Fathi Vajargah
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The purpose of this study with a descriptive-survey method is to investigate the trends and dimensions of curricula internationalization process with a distance education approach in higher education in Iran. It examines the necessity of internationalization of curriculum as well identifying the factors, ...
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The purpose of this study with a descriptive-survey method is to investigate the trends and dimensions of curricula internationalization process with a distance education approach in higher education in Iran. It examines the necessity of internationalization of curriculum as well identifying the factors, conditions, resources, equipment, limitations, opportunities and appropriate strategies to do so. Using cluster-stratified sampling and Cochran formula, 543 university professors and Iranian and foreign students at five universities in Tehran were selected to fill out the questionnaire which consisted of 8 areas and 96 questions. The data analysis was carried out using one sample t-test, Friedman test and standard deviation. Based on the findings, to accompany globalization and to introduce Iranian culture and civilization to the world, curricula internationalization in higher education is a necessary issue; Distance education can be an effective strategy to achieve the above due to its high degree of flexibility and its ability to overcome geographical, political, economic and cultural borders. The most influential factor in succeeding in internationalizing curriculum with a distance education approach in higher education of Iran are: increasing international cooperation of universities, expanding use of the international language in teaching, revising the current rules and regulations and clarifying them, increasing financial and human resources, developing technological infrastructure, exploiting cultural similarities and a large number of applicants who want to study aboard in the middle east, selecting appropriate subjects and considering transformative approach in curriculum components or change in thought paradigms of teachers and learners for the sake of change in materials and how to teach them.
Original Research Paper
Educational Technology Psychology
A.A. Rastgar; M. Malekdar; M. Tajaldin
Abstract
Nowadays, many researchers examine the causes of the gap of between university and industry. They want to find the effective factors on economic growth that they reach to entrepreneurship for economic growth. So entrepreneurship has a special position in industrious societies. It is introduces as one ...
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Nowadays, many researchers examine the causes of the gap of between university and industry. They want to find the effective factors on economic growth that they reach to entrepreneurship for economic growth. So entrepreneurship has a special position in industrious societies. It is introduces as one of the life quality factors in programs of Europe educational commission. This article reply to these questions: Does the difference exist between entrepreneurship management students with other management students? How is brain dominance between students of Tehran university in entrepreneurship management field with Semnan university students in management field with using of Ned Herrmann ' s four brain quarter model. ? How amount does the teaching system of two universities effect on brain dominance? How is the potential of entrepreneurship in two universities? This research is using of Ned Herrmann ' s four brain quarter model .the results shows the wonderful influence of teaching on brain dominance an good potential on entrepreneurship in both universities. Moreover, Semnan university students use from the two halves of the brain equally more than Teharn university students.
Original Research Paper
Education technology - Evaluation and testing
F. Ahmadi; T. Safari Hemmat Abadi; A.S. Shekarbaghani; R. kord Noghabi
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To improve the learning process and consolide learning, paying attention to individual differences among learners is necessary. Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) is an educational method that clearly takes individual differences into account. In this research, learning physics through PSI, in ...
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To improve the learning process and consolide learning, paying attention to individual differences among learners is necessary. Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) is an educational method that clearly takes individual differences into account. In this research, learning physics through PSI, in a physics course for secondary school students, is compared with learning physics through a traditional method the lesson plan for this course has been designed based on PSI and two groups of high school students were randomly selected. One of the groups was taught through Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) and the other group through traditional method. This study is a semi-experimental research and the results show that Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) is much more effective than traditional method.
Original Research Paper
Educational Technology - Teacher Education
M. Ayati; M. Rostami
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The aim of this paper is to study how guidance and secondary teachers of Birjand take advantage of information and communication technology according to UNESCO’s classification (emerging, applying, infusing, transforming levels). The methodology used is descriptive – survey research. The ...
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The aim of this paper is to study how guidance and secondary teachers of Birjand take advantage of information and communication technology according to UNESCO’s classification (emerging, applying, infusing, transforming levels). The methodology used is descriptive – survey research. The research population was 217 science teachers in the fields of (biology, chemistry, physics, and geology), and the sample group included 175 teachers. The instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire based on UNESCO’s classification. The questionnaire’s validity was confirmed by 8 educational science professors who are specialized and engaged in field of information and communication technology, and the instrument’s reliability was obtained as 0.80. The data were analyzed using KH2 method. The results of using information and communication technology by teachers show that the maximum redundancy was related to applying level and the minimum redundancy to the transforming level. The results also show that most substitute teachers (53.5%) claimed that they rarely use the instruments (once in a week), and 10.5% of the teachers claimed that they use the instruments in most cases which indicates that such instruments are rarely used by the teachers.
Original Research Paper
Electronic learning- virtual
S. Khazaie; H. Vahid Dastjerdi; M.R. Talebinezhad
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The present study was intended to investigate the effectiveness of using Short Message Service (SMS) in blended way of teaching English vocabulary items to Iranian high school students. Moreover, it aimed to understand whether or not using verbal annotation with new vocabulary items affect on students' ...
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The present study was intended to investigate the effectiveness of using Short Message Service (SMS) in blended way of teaching English vocabulary items to Iranian high school students. Moreover, it aimed to understand whether or not using verbal annotation with new vocabulary items affect on students' learning process. To those ends, 60 Iranian high school juniors were divided to two groups to learn 100 vocabulary items in an educational year. To prevent the inclusion of word items that students already knew English vocabulary level test was conducted. Then, they were taught English vocabulary items in 10 sessions in the two modes of presentation. That is, the first group (hereafter G1) was taught the vocabulary items traditionally and the other group (hereafter G2) was taught vocabulary items, with and without annotation, using the blended way of teaching. At the end of each session, they took part in English Vocabulary Recognition and Recall (EVRR) tests under the same conditions. Based on their scores on EVRR tests and statistical analysis of the results it was revealed that compared with traditional method of language teaching there is a significant relationship between using mobile technology and Students' vocabulary learning abilities especially with incorporation of verbal annotation.
Original Research Paper
Electronic learning- virtual
S. Morasaei
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Nowadays, the vehicle of education is changing from the traditional form into mobile learning. The present study is performed with the general objective of determining the role of mobile learning in the educational communications between agricultural cooperatives. This study is a quantitative research, ...
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Nowadays, the vehicle of education is changing from the traditional form into mobile learning. The present study is performed with the general objective of determining the role of mobile learning in the educational communications between agricultural cooperatives. This study is a quantitative research, non experimental and in terms of the objective is an applied research. The participants of this descriptive-survey include managers and board of directors of agricultural cooperatives of Zanjan province. Among a population of 900, 176 participants were selected based on Cochran formula and through stratified random sampling. The main instrument of the research for collecting data was a questionnaire. The results showed that among the problems of the current learning system in agricultural cooperatives the lack of technical education, educational participation and motivating factors have a high priority. In this research the most important capability of mobile learning system is the modification of some of the problems such as low quality and quantity of education, the lack of motivating factors and participation in education. Regarding the results of the research, sending questionnaires and receiving information and news through SMS, sending questionnaires and receiving information through MMS and sending questionnaires and receiving information and news through SMS, Bluetooth and Communicative phone respectively have more capability for education of the members of agricultural cooperatives, members of broad members and employee of cooperation office.
Original Research Paper
Educational Technology - Teacher Education
A. Zakeri; S. Rashid Haji Khajehloo; H. Afraee; Sh. Zangoee
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The use of modern educational technology has become increasingly common during the recent years. In this study we try to investigate the teachers’ attitudes toward the use of modern educational technology in the classroom. The participants were 330 teachers randomly selected from a population of ...
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The use of modern educational technology has become increasingly common during the recent years. In this study we try to investigate the teachers’ attitudes toward the use of modern educational technology in the classroom. The participants were 330 teachers randomly selected from a population of 775 teachers in Sabzevar. A questionnaire was prepared by the researchers and distributed among female and male participants. The data were analyzed using x2 test. The results of this research show that a significant difference exists between male and female attitudes. We also observed a significant difference the duration of teaching and the place of teaching.
