Background: E- Learning gives students an ability to learn through Internet and modify their learning in this process. The purpose of the present study is to assess the effect of e-learning on the academic development of Esfahan University of Medical Sciences’ students. Materials and Methods: Methodology used in the study was descriptive. The statistical population included all students...

Abstract Background & Aim: Nowadays the use of digital technology in dental education hasdramatically increased. The growth and development of educational models shows that it is important to change the approach of education from traditional methods to electronic methods and virtual education. We conducted the present study in aims of investigating the effective factors on the quality of vir...

this study was conducted to investigate the impact of podcasts as a learning and teaching tool on iranian efl learners’ motivation for listening as well as on their listening comprehension ability. the study also investigated the learners’ perception towards listening to podcasts and examined whether the learners were likely to accept podcasts. out of fifty-five intermediate learners studying e...

Introduction & Objective: Paying attention to the process and approaches to the problem solving from the view of the e-learning courses designers, will improve the aspects of development. The problem-based learning provides the discovery structure and helps the students to internalize their learning. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that lead to more utili...

Introduction: E-learning is one of the usual educational methods all over the world. Rapid technological advances and easy access to Internet have had an effective role in the development of this method. The only factor needing more investigation is students' performance towards e-learning. This study was designed to compare the effect of two methods of e-learning and lecture on students' learn...

Introduction: Increasing development of technology and information has created changes in the field of teaching and learning. For effective learning, e-learning design should be based on educational principles. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of e-learning content based on two educational approaches (constructivism and cognitivism) on the level of learning and learner...

Introduction: As there are different e-CME content formats, we need documented evidence for comparing them. In this study, we determined the proper e-content format for CME activities in Iran. Methods: We devised a questionnaire to gather the opinion of the faculty members who had the experience of e-CME content development about the proper e-CME content format for Iranian medical society. Ba...

Purpose: The goal of this study is to examine the process of quality improvement in e-learning institutions. Methodology: This study has been conducted through the Higher Education and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The questionnaire has been administered to collect data from 153 instructors, professionals and e-learning subject experts. Findings: Results showed that the teaching-learnin...

Introduction: E-learning is being replaced with traditional methods. The e-learning also has its own limitations and cannot be replaced by traditional education, completely. The educational experts try to mix e-learning and traditional learning in different ways, despite the advantages and disadvantages of the both methods. This article aims to introduce and evaluate blended learning approac...

Introduction: The rapid development of science and technology has endowed a fresh significance to continuing education as its necessity has become undeniable. Considering the significance of keeping physicians’ knowledge up-to-date and their limited free time to participate in their classes on the other hand, e-learning could be a useful option to train these people. The main objective of this ...