Identifying the Effective Indicators in Designing the MobileMooc System for Virtual Teaching of Employees: A Qualitative Study

Subject Areas : Education

nasrin farzan ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت آموزشی)
gholamreza shams mourkani ² (Shahid Beheshti University)
morteza rezaeizade ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Higher Education, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran)
mohammad ghahrami ⁴ (Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Development, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran)

Received: 2019-01-12 Accepted : 2020-10-20 Published : 2020-09-22

Keywords: Keywords: Virtual teaching, Professional developmental, Mooc, MobileMooc, Mobile learning,

Abstract :

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the impact indicators in designing MobileMooc system for virtual teaching of employees. Twenty-six papers were selected from ProQuest, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, Emerald, Scopus and Springer's databases were analyzed using constant comparative and qualitative content analysis to extract the findings of previous studies. As a result, 27 concepts and 4 main categories (indicators) were extracted through content, open coding, axial coding and selective coding. The findings showed that in MobileMooc design, we should focus on the categories of mobile interactions, educational support system, technology acceptance and technical support system. According to research findings, mooc format combination and mobile learning have potential for informal and lifelong learning, and it is recommended that employees through interaction or being as researchers take a step in fulfilling professional competence through MobileMooc technology. Understanding the important indicators in the design of MobileMooc Technology is important in increasing the professional competence and organizational innovation since we can use it through synergy of experts for the benefit of promoting employee performance and organizational innovation.

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