Feasibility Assessment of Offering B.A. Levels of Humanities through Virtual Education in Iran (Case of Study: Payam-e Noor University)
الموضوعات : مجله بین المللی علوم اجتماعیHadi Sharif Moghaddam 1 , Ensiyeh Malekian Fard 2
1 - Department of Art and Media, Payam-e Noor University, Mashahd, Iran
2 - Department of Art and Media, Payam-e Noor University, Mashahd, Iran
الکلمات المفتاحية: Feasibility, Virtual Education, Mashad Payam-e Noor University,
ملخص المقالة :
Since virtual education has been considered as an alternative for conventional education and it is inprogress in M. A. levels in Payam-e Noor University (PNU) the feasibility assessment of B.A. levels has beenstudied for the present study. In this study, the facilities and equipment needed for virtual education and theshortcomings of it in PNU is studied. The research is of practical ones and imperative survey is used as theresearch method. Statistical society contains of 928 university teachers and all the 8954 students studying atB.A. levels in 2014. For the study of facilities and equipment, systematic observation method was used. Due tosome restrictions of motivation etc., and for the increase of validity and reliability a questionnaire was also usedto collect the data. According to the observations, the basic equipment and facilities as: computers, internet,skilled personnel needed, economical budgets, and digital textbooks have already been provided in MashadPayam-e Noor University. On the other hand, possibility of offering virtual education from the view points ofteachers was 3.09 out of 5 and from the student's point of view was 2.87. Therefore, it is possible to offer virtualeducation to B.A. students in PNU. Hence lack of a unique educational standard, very skillful personnel, smalleducational space, educational classes for teachers, are of the shortcomings of offering virtual education toPNU students.
