Abstract :
Information technology (IT) plays a fundamental role in various fields these days. One of the areas which has varied principally with the advent of IT is training. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of IT use on training effectiveness in educational centers specifically high schools in the academic year 89-88. . In order to assess this impact, a use was made of Kirkpatrick’s model. This survey study was both descriptive and inferential. The sampling frame of the study included all high school teachers (N=1400) of Rasht (district 1 & 2). 375 respondents were selected as the sample of the study. Data collection instrument was a questionnaire composed of two parts made up of 24 and 15 Likert-scale items assessing IT and training respectively. The content validity of the instrument was established by a panel of experts and university instructors. Its reliability was also assessed using Cronbach's alpha. In order to analyze data and to test the hypotheses a use was made of ANOVA and Duncan’s test. The results showed that there were significant differences between the aspects of the IT dimensions (including timeliness, relevance, accuracy, sufficiency, being real, transfer speed, learning accuracy, and cost reduction) and learning effectiveness.
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