the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of blended learning and multimedia software on iranian esp students' vocabulary learning. to this end, 120 iranian esp learners were assigned to two groups: the experimental and control groups. the experimental group received instructions through multimedia software while the control group received traditional instructions. the data were c...

introduction: medical undergraduates usually understand and memorize anatomical course material with difficulty. also, the current text books and atlases of anatomy and histology do not fulfill all the learning needs of the undergraduates. therefore, it is necessary to consider the role of internet websites and computer programs (i.e. the role of electronic learning) in teaching. the present re...

175 Rapid advances in information technology and easy access to the Web have motivated students and educators to use more and more Internet and multimedia technology for educational purposes. Educators and students are challenged by the great potential of the Internet for delivering and sharing a large amount of information among a greater public, and by the possibility of creating alternative ...

This paper aims to study Vygotsky’s (1987) sociocultural theory of learning with respect to how it relates to technology-based second language learning and teaching. The researchers selected their participants from advanced students from Payame Noor University. We divided the participants into two groups- an experimental group and a control group. After teaching the course an experimental group...

the management of agricultural education faces on-going challenges to deliver current and effective materials in an approach that takes advantage of developments in education technology. in this article the use of blended learning was compared with the traditional approach for the instruction of theoretical materials in agricultural education. this study used a pre-test, post-test experimental ...

conclusions meeting the prerequisites to incorporating tbl in the curriculum of medical universities plays a pivotal role in its success. accordingly, in the assessment of the curriculum of medical universities, these requirements should be fully identified and fulfilled so as to be able to devise appropriate plans for the success of teaching methods. context this review study, performed in 201...

Interactive video in an e-learning system allows proactive and random access to video content. Our empirical study examined the influence of interactive video on learning outcome and learner satisfaction in e-learning environments. Four different settings were studied: three were e-learning environments—with interactive video, with non-interactive video, and without video. The fourth was the tr...

more than anything else, education is rooted in the interaction between students and teachers. interaction is a more comprehensive concept than mutual influence which also exists among objects; the former is only possible when a relation among two agents is at stake. in this relation other components exist as well, such as books and educational tools, however, all these components are like sate...