Evaluation of Learning Management System of e-Learning Center of Tehran University

Subject Areas : Educational management

Sajad Jamshidikia ¹ , Pourandokht Fazelian ² , Zohre Khoshneshin ³

1 - M.A. Student of Educational Technology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Educational Technology Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Educational Technology Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2014-10-12 Accepted : 2015-09-28 Published : 2015-11-01

Keywords: Virtual University, e-learning, distance learning, Learning management systems,

Abstract :

Learning Management System are highly complex and under the web programs which in recent year's most educational centers have paid special attention to it. This study investigated one aspect of this system with regards to evaluation of the quality of these systems, in the Tehran Electronic Universities. The descriptive- survey method was used. The statistical population was all students in Tehran Electronic University in 2014. 143 student of Electronic University of Tehran and 10 specialists in instructional technology at the master level, in the university were selected as sample by stratified random sampling method. The researcher made questionnaire was used for gathering the data. The validity of it was approved by specialists. The reliability was calculated by using Cronbach Alpha and was 0.93. The results showed that the highest and lowest sub-components from experts point of view was the technical quality (59.60) and accountability (47.70) and from student’s point of view was evaluating technical quality components (62.92) and evaluating accountability (52.21). In general, the results indicated that the quality of learning administrative systems in Electronic University of Tehran, based on the evaluations, is significantly higher than the mean (50%) and lower than optimal level (75%).

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