بررسی میزان تعامل دانشجویان در محیط یادگیری الکترونیکی (مورد مطالعه؛ مؤسسه آموزش عالی مهر البرز)

The existence of interaction is essential in order to create learning communities but with the rapid and increasing growth of information and communication technologies and e-learning introduction as a new learning method, the notion of interaction has undergone wide developments. The most effective e-learning course is created when the learners interact with the educational elements. In other words the success of on-line training courses largely depends on the quality of interaction between the educational elements. This study examines the types and amount of students' interaction (learners –educational content- trainer) in Mehr e Alborz e-learning educational center. The research method was descriptive survey type. The target population was all 777 students at the Mehr e Alborz higher education center that have enrolled in the academic year 2014-2015 that 256 samples were selected based on the stratified sampling. In order to collect data the researcher made questionnaire with the alpha coefficient of 0.90 was used. To analyze the data the descriptive statistics as well as the Kolmogorov–Smirnov, Mann Whitney and Friedman tests were used. The results of analyzing the questions indicated that the interaction between the students on all components is relatively in favorable condition