Information and Communication Technology in Educational Sciences: 4 (1)

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1 - Investigating the ability and knowledge of using information technology and its relationship with research and innovation performance of faculty members (Case study of Babol University of Medical Sciences)
Mousa Yaminfirooz Tahereh Aghamirzaee Mahali Jamileh Aqatabar Roudbari Mostafa Javanian Novin Nik bakhsh

This study was conducted to evaluate the ability and knowledge of using information technology and its relationship with research and innovative performance of faculty‌members of Babol‌University‌of‌Medical Sciences.-The statistical population of the faculty members of More

This study was conducted to evaluate the ability and knowledge of using information technology and its relationship with research and innovative performance of faculty‌members of Babol‌University‌of‌Medical Sciences.-The statistical population of the faculty members of Babol‌University‌of-Medical Sciences was‌347,and 180 people were selected by stratified Cochran's formula using stratified random sampling.‌Data collection was performed by researching letters made by a researcher measuring the ability and knowledge of using technology with‌15 questions,measuring innovative performance with 8 questions and measuring research performance with‌13questions.Formal and content validity was confirmed by experts.Cronbach's alpha for the ability and knowledge of using information technology(0.86),research performance(0.84)‌,innovative‌ performance(0.77). Data analysis was performed by regression analysis tests,YumanWhitney, Croscal Wallis, by Spss24 software.The‌ results showed that there was a significant relationship between the ability and knowledge of using information technology with research performance and innovative performance of faculty members.The ability and knowledge to use the information technology of faculty members and their research performance is in a relatively-desirable situation and innovative performance in an unfavorable situation.Increasing efforts by medical education policymakers and government officials are needed to create more opportunities for education and to persuade faculty members to use information and communication technology in academic activities and to discuss current technological situations. Manuscript profile

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2 - Factors affecting interactions in e-learning environments (study of meta-synthesis)
javad pourkarimi zohreh alimardani

The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting interactions in e-learning environment, which has been identified as the most important vital element in the learning process from the perspective of different theorists' theories. Sandlossi and Barroso (Sandel More

The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting interactions in e-learning environment, which has been identified as the most important vital element in the learning process from the perspective of different theorists' theories. Sandlossi and Barroso (Sandelowski & Barroso, 2007) have been collected. In this study, after designing the research question, systematic search based on keywords related to e-learning and interactions during the years (2010-2020 as well as 2009-2010) in Iranian and foreign databases including civilica, SID, springer, magiran, ‌Proquest, Elsevier, Google.Scholar was reviewed. After performing 7 steps of meta-synthesis method and reviewing 30 articles out of 106 found articles, 5 main components and 35 sub-components can be cited as factors affecting interactions in e-learning environment. Accordingly, the main components of factors affecting interactions in the e-learning environment include: 1. Technological factors (technology in education, quality of digital tools, telecommunication infrastructure) 2. Individual factors (motivation, attitude, commitment and order) 3. Educational factors (feedback) , Number of class members, teaching method, class participation) 4. Scientific factors (content fit, lesson plan, topic and content mastery) 5. Management factors (process and structure leadership, monitoring the performance of e-learning courses). Manuscript profile

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3 - The Impact of Knowledge Infrastructure on Innovative Performance of Information and Communications Technology Organizations
mehdi khakzadian majid fattahi Mohammad Salehi

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of knowledge infrastructures on innovative performance in organizations based on information and communication technology in Mazandaran province. The present research is applied in terms of purpose. The stati More

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of knowledge infrastructures on innovative performance in organizations based on information and communication technology in Mazandaran province. The present research is applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this study is all managers and employees of information and communication technology based organizations in Mazandaran province in year 2020. Morgan table was used to select the sample size and 196 people were selected by stratified random sampling. For data collection, Knowledge Infrastructure Questionnaire(2015), and Innovative Performance Questionnaire(2020) were used. Structural Equation Test was used for data analysis using PLS3 software. The results showed that knowledge infrastructure has a positive and significant effect on innovation performance in organizations based on information and communication technology in Mazandaran province. Also, considering their factor loadings, among the structures of knowledge management infrastructure, organizational structures, organizational structure, technology, financial resources, processes and people are the most important ones. And among the innovative performance structures, sales growth, strategic innovations, increasing the tendency to innovate, surviving and increasing market share, decision making speed and increasing the willingness to take risks are the most important. Manuscript profile

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4 - The Relationship Teachers Attitude toward the Use of Educational Technologies in Teaching Process with Motivation and Academic Achievement
hamidreza teimoury Samaneh Salimi

The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between teachers' attitude towards the use of educational technologies in teaching process with academic motivation and academic achievement of students. This is a descriptive correlational and applied s More

The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between teachers' attitude towards the use of educational technologies in teaching process with academic motivation and academic achievement of students. This is a descriptive correlational and applied study. The statistical population consisted of all teachers of the first high school of Mirjaveh (286). The statistical sample was selected by Cochran formula and 164 individuals were selected through simple random sampling. Three questionnaires of academic achievement (Asadi & Gangi, 2010), academic motivation (Rashid et al, 2012) and educational technology (Satari et al, 2011) were used for data collection. The face validity of the tool has been confirmed by experts and experts. Cronbach's alpha was 0.75, 0.78 and 0.71, respectively. Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between teachers' attitude towards the use of educational technologies in teaching process with academic motivation, academic achievement and between educational attitudes and students' academic achievement, and between teachers' attitude towards the use of educational technologies in teaching process, There is no difference in gender and field of instruction, but there is a significant difference in teaching history. Manuscript profile

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5 - Identification and ranking of effective factors on technological skills of primary school teachers using analytic hierarchy process (AHP), case study: the city of Gorgan
ali badeleh Mohedeseh Khaje Shirin Pourghaz Abdoljal Tomaj

This survey,has,been conducted,with the objective of identifying and ranking the effective factors on the technological skills of primary school teachers in the city of Gorgan in the educational year 2017-2018.The research methodology is descriptive survey type.The stat More

This survey,has,been conducted,with the objective of identifying and ranking the effective factors on the technological skills of primary school teachers in the city of Gorgan in the educational year 2017-2018.The research methodology is descriptive survey type.The statistical population is the experts of IT,teachers of communicational sciences and primary school teachers in the city,of Gorgan.Data,analysis,was,done,by,analytic,hierarchy,process,(AHP).Considering the survey objective, the analytic hierarchy process has been a very useful method for ranking technological skills of teachers.For this purpose,a questionnaire according to Thomas,L. Totten’s design was prepared and filled. The questionnaire reliability was analyzed with the incompatibility rate of 0.04. Therefore,there,is compatibility in the paired comparisons.The data,was analyzed by the use of Expert Choice software.The findings show that out of the main factors,educational and occupational guidance of students with the relative weight of,0.234 is,at the,top, teachers’ interaction with,students and their parents with,0.231 is the second factor, and the electronic lesson design with,0.227 is the third important factor; and out of the minor factors,interaction in,the,system by,the school personnel,with the,relative weight,of 0.101 is,at,the first place, calling the roll by the smart method with,0.082 at the second place, and the compatibility level of the goals of smart schools’ electronic systems with,the,lesson,contents,with,0.073 is,in the third rank of importance. Manuscript profile

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6 - The Effectiveness of Programming Training Using Virtual Environment (Scratch Software) in Improving Programming Skills
Ghazaleh Mohamamdi Keyhan Khamforoosh rafigh hasani

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of programming training using virtual environment (scratch software) in improving the programming skills of students of Azad University, Sanandaj Branch. The research method is semi-experimental with pre-test a More

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of programming training using virtual environment (scratch software) in improving the programming skills of students of Azad University, Sanandaj Branch. The research method is semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population consisted of all students who took programming courses in the academic year of 97-98(Iranian year), 16 of whom were selected by random sampling. At the beginning of the study, a pre-test was administered to 16 students, 8 of whom were male and 8 female. The students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Students in both experimental and control groups had the same level of knowledge and skill in programming. During one semester with the experimental group, scripting graphing software training was used to get to know and understand programming for 10 sessions and each session for 1:30 minutes along with the traditional programming method. Learning programming has been useful and has improved students' skills. Manuscript profile

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7 - The effect of using social networks on empowerment of teachers considering the mediating role of knowledge transfer
kolsum nami Marzieh Nazari

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of teachers' use of social networks on empowering them with the mediating role of knowledge transfer. The purpose of this study is practical and descriptive correlational in nature. The population of the study cons More

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of teachers' use of social networks on empowering them with the mediating role of knowledge transfer. The purpose of this study is practical and descriptive correlational in nature. The population of the study consisted of 428 second-grade teachers in the second district of Bandar Abbas city. The sample size was 9 persons who were selected by stratified random sampling using Krejcie and Morgan table. Data collection tools were Spritzer Empowerment Questionnaires (1995) with 2 items, Halton et al. (1) education questionnaire with 2 items, 2-item social networks (1), face validity and content validated by experts. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to determine their reliability at the values of 0.5, 0.5 and 0.5, respectively. Data were analyzed using SPSS23 and LISREL8.80 software. The results showed that using social network had a direct effect on teachers' knowledge transfer. Using social networking has a direct effect on empowering teachers. Knowledge transfer has a direct effect on empowering teachers. And knowledge transfer plays a mediating role in the impact of using social networking on empowering teachers. Manuscript profile

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8 - Comparing Cooperative with Individual Flipped Learning in Elementary School Social Studies
Faezeh Azizkhani Fatemeh Jafarkhani Mohamad reza nili

The main purpose of this study is to compare learning levels of cooperative flipped learning with individual one of fifth grade primary students in social studies. The research method is quasi-experimental and the research design is pretest-posttest with a control group More

The main purpose of this study is to compare learning levels of cooperative flipped learning with individual one of fifth grade primary students in social studies. The research method is quasi-experimental and the research design is pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population included female students studying in the fifth grade of elementary school in Tehran, district 18 in the academic year 1398-99. The statistical sample consisted of 60 students who were randomly selected from a public primary school and participated in three groups of cooperative , individual flipped classes and the normal class for 12 sessions. The researcher-made test data collection tool (pre-test-post-test) was in accordance with Bloom's cognitive levels by confirming the content validity. Descriptive statistics and analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data. Findings from the results showed that flipped learning approach had a significant effect on students' learning and its effect was higher in cooperative and individual flipped groups than the normal method, respectively. However high levels of learning in Bloom's cognitive domain in cooperative flipped group has been greater than the individual one. Manuscript profile

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