Studying and Designing the Pedagogical Pattern in Virtual Higher Education

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Ruhollah Bagheri Majd ¹ , Mir Mohammad Seyed Abbaszadeh ² , Yadollah Mehr Alizadeh ³ , Sekineh Shahi ⁴

1 - PhD Student of Higher Education Management, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran
2 - Full Professor of Educational Sciences, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran
3 - Full Professor of Educational Sciences, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor of Educational Sciences, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran

Received: 2014-01-25 Accepted : 2013-11-01 Published : 2014-05-01

Keywords: virtual education, Higher Education, faculty members, pedagogical pattern design,

Abstract :

Designing a pedagogical pattern in virtual higher education, in order to establish more concentration, make necessary prediction, prepare suitable investment, and supply strategic program in learning system is a necessary and urgent step. So the goal of the present study was to design pedagogical pattern (teaching and learning) in electronic higher education. This study has been conducted by mixed method with qualitative and quantitative patterns using researcher-made questionnaire with 29 questions, whose reliability was 0.91. Statistical population of the study included 517 faculty members of Shahid Chamran University, among whom, based on Krejcie and Morgan table, 220 individuals were selected as sample through stratified random sampling method. Based on exploratory factor analysis and descriptive and content analysis, the results revealed significance of factors such as planning and resources management, learner orientation, flexibility and communication instruments, evaluation, student profiling, learning methods and strategies, organizing, design method, aims analysis, medium analysis, learner and content analyses, tenets, technology, evaluation tool, virtual quality, time management, employment management, virtual behavior and thought, education priority, and virtual experiment, which have been presented as descriptive pattern in findings.

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