Providing a Meta-Synthesis Model of Competencies of E-Learning Courses Instructors

Subject Areas : Educational management

Ensieh Ramezanpour ¹ , javad pourkarimi ² , Seyed Omid Fatemi ³ , Davoud Masoumi ⁴

1 - Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran. Tehran, Iran
2 - ستادیار ،گروه مدیریت و برنامه‌ریزی آموزشی، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه
3 - Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran.Iran
4 - Yule University, Sweden

Received: 2021-03-05 Accepted : 2021-05-31 Published : 2021-06-22

Keywords: Competency, instructors, E-Learning, Meta-synthesis,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to identify the competencies of e-learning courses instructors and provide a model to explain them. In this study, meta-synthesis method of seven stages of "Sandloski and Baruso" used. Based on this, the research community provided the databases (Five English databases including Scopus, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Eric and ProQuest and one Persian database including Elmnet) and formed prestigious domestic and foreign journals in this field, which 328 sources were found. Sampling was performed based on meta-combination steps. During the overcrowding process, 35 samples were selected based on pre-determined criteria related to the main research question. In order to analyze the data, open and central coding was used and in order to determine the reliability of the research data, the strategy of approval of the research colleagues was used. During the process of analysis and composition and according to the concepts emphasized in the selected articles, the competencies model of e-learning courses instructors by extracting 118 concepts, 26 categories and 9 dimensions (technological competency, speciality competency, pedagogy competency, guidance competency, social competency, individual competency, moral competency, managerial competency and self-development competency( were formed.

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