Understanding the effective factors of virtual education in “Shad” system (students' educational network) on the performance of students in the Corona era

Subject Areas : Education

Parviz Sobhani ¹ (PhD student in cultural sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran)
Yaghoob Ahmadi ² (Professor of Sociology Department, Payam Noor University of Kurdistan Province, Sanandaj, Iran)
Nahideh Hussein panahi ³ (Education expert, Farhangian University of Kurdistan Province, Sanandaj, Iran)
Fatemeh Felegari ⁴ (Master of Sociology, Payam Noor University, Kurdistan Province, Sanandaj, Iran)

Received: 2023-06-20 Accepted : 2023-09-07 Published : 2023-06-22

Keywords: virtual education, Shad system, Corona era,

Abstract :

Introduction: Faulty virtual education platforms and the use of educational networks such as the "Shad," along with some other factors, played an effective role in reducing the quality of education during the Corona pandemic. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to know the status and evaluate the performance of this system on the students of Qorve city in Kurdistan province. Research methodology: The method of this research is qualitative. Semi-structured interviews with students and teachers who had more than two years of experience using this system were used to collect data. The interviews continued until theoretical saturation was reached, during which 8 teachers and 17 students were interviewed in the target city and villages. The validity of the research was obtained in consultation with the relevant experts and the reliability was obtained using the retest method. Findings: The results of the interviews indicated 41 core categories under 11 key categories as follows: Weakness of the internet infrastructure and lack of smartphones, decrease in team work and social interactions, educational failure of students, change in educational-research attitude, decline of teachers' supervision and lack of accurate assessment of students, decrease in trust and social solidarity, causing physical, mental and behavioral injuries, increasing creativity and skill, lack of appropriate culture in the use of virtual space, strengthening self-reliance and increasing the sense of responsibility and complementary role like the Shad network. Conclusion: Familiarity, awareness and of course enough virtual space interactions have become a vital issue especially for education in the contemporary globalized world. Such interactions will undoubtedly lead to the degradation of the quality of education and will result in training students who graduate degrees with high GPAs but without enough qualitative scientific content, if proper software and hardware platforms are not created and if the development of forecasts and background knowledge in this regard are ignored.

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