G Rahimidoost; S.A Razavi
Volume 19, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 145-166
Abstract
E-learning as new educational technology is rapidly developing, expanding and changing. This rapid expanding has prompted administrators to follow scientific and rational methods in implementing, managing and evaluating e-learning projects. Need assessment as a scientific and rational method is a way ...
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E-learning as new educational technology is rapidly developing, expanding and changing. This rapid expanding has prompted administrators to follow scientific and rational methods in implementing, managing and evaluating e-learning projects. Need assessment as a scientific and rational method is a way to follow prior to adopting e-learning projects. The goal of present research was to measure ShahidChamranUniversity’s readiness for adopting e-learning. The Population of the research consisted of all students and faculty members in the second semester of the academic year 1385-1386. The Samples comprised 351 students and 129 faculty members selected by stratified random sampling method. Two standard tests were administered; one to students and the other to faculty members. In order to analyze data, both descriptive and inferential statistics (ANOVA) were used. Findings revealed that the students and faculty members of ShahidChamranUniversity are relatively ready for e-learning. In addition, inferential analysis of data showed that there is a significant difference between humanities and basic sciences students in readiness for e-learning, but the no significant difference between academic achievement of students and readiness for e-learning was discovered. According to another finding there is no significant difference between rank of faculty members and their attitudes towards university readiness for e-learning.
S Khadivi
Abstract
Library anxiety is an obstacle in educational success in the universities around the world which several studies have been conducted focusing on this issue. The present article reports a study done at the Medical University of Isfahan. The sample included 280 students, both male and female who were randomly ...
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Library anxiety is an obstacle in educational success in the universities around the world which several studies have been conducted focusing on this issue. The present article reports a study done at the Medical University of Isfahan. The sample included 280 students, both male and female who were randomly selected from seven different faculties. A researcher-made questionnaire based on Bostick’s Library Anxiety Scale (1992), and modified to fit the supplemented cultural milieu of the Iranian universities was prepared along with a number of questions on anxiety level of the participants. The analysis of the data on the SPSS showed that the participants’ level of familiarity with electronic resources and computer was below the expected level. The anxiety level, however, was normal among the participants. Factors such as library system, demographic status, and extent of familiarity with computer have been discussed in the present article.
