Showing 3 results for Farajollahi
Nazila Khatib Zanjani, Bahman Zandi, Mehran Farajollahi, Mohammad Reza Sarmadi, Issa Ebrahim Zadeh,
Volume 11, Issue 8 (3-2012)
Abstract
Introduction: The rapid expansion of e-learning elucidates the necessity of paying attention to this phenomenon by all educational centres especially medicals. Considering the importance of this subject and regarding the commencement of new courses in our country as well as the establishment of higher education disciplines, this paper aimed to review the structured analysis of requirements, challenges, problems, and barriers in the application of e-learning in education and thus provide a model and guide for choosing, designing, and implementing an electronic course.
Methods: Theoretically viewing, this is a review study. Researcher selected and studied total 100 articles (literature review and original research articles published from 2003 and afterwards) out of 4700 Articles found from databases of ERIC, ACM, GUIDE Association, Digital Learning, OECDT, and Becta, using search engines of Google and Yahoo. The keywords used in this search were “requirements, challenges and e-learning”. Then the findings were combined with results of an experimental study by the researcher extracted from a satisfaction questionnaire, and finally analyzed.
Results: After discussion and summing up the reports and opinions of experts regarding the requirements and challenges of setting up an e-learning system, main factors and infrastructures were summarized in the following domains: 1) IT, 2) human resources, 3) pedagogical, 4) cultural, social and values, 5) economic, 6) management, and 7) administrative and supportive. Then a fundamental approach for the stages of analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of an electronic course was proposed.
Conclusion: The spectrum of requirements and challenges of e-learning in our country is so extensive, as it includes: changes in traditional perspectives to creation of cultural, communicative, and hardware infrastructures, formal and public policymaking, legislation and creating legal platforms in education systems, creation of an e-learning management system, development of the fields for content production based on international standards, and privatization for the production of local e-content. Presentiation of an executive model considering the above-mentioned findings could help the managers and decision makers for a successful implementation and further efficacy of this approach.
Arezoo Vasili, Mehran Farajollahi,
Volume 15, Issue 0 (4-2015)
Abstract
Introduction: There has been a growing trend in many countries to present medical courses electronically and in the form of learner-based learning. Hence, the present study aimed to compare the effects of two educational methods, Problem-based Learning (PBL) and Electronic Problem-based Learning (E-PBL), on the learning of cardiology ward interns in 2013.
Methods: This pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study was performed on 64 interns in the cardiology ward of Shariati Hospital, Isfahan in 2013-2014 academic years. The participants were divided randomly into two groups (32 in each) and matched in terms of educational progress, age, gender, and mastery of computer skills. Researcher-made questionnaires were completed before and after the intervention in order to measure knowledge, attitude, and practice. Trainings were separately presented for each group in the forms of PBL and E-PBL. Data were analyzed using independent t-test and T-square test.
Results: In PBL method, mean scores of knowledge, attitude, and practice were 12.2±11.38 (out of 40), 3.2±1.8 (out of 10), and 8.1±4.25 (out of 20) respectively before trainings and 4.8±4.4, 6.5±4.31, 16.7±1.4 respectively after the intervention. As for E-PBL, mean scores were 2.21±0.5, 11.78±2.4, and 6.2±1.82 respectively before the intervention and 75.74±1.7, 8.85±0.38, and 19.2±1.2 respectively after the intervention. Findings indicated that there was a significant difference between students’ learning before and after the intervention in both methods and this difference was more significant for E-PBL (P≤0.001) than PBL.
Conclusion: Given the significant difference between the scores of participants trained by means of PBL and E-PBL methods and the advantages of the electronic method, Electronic Problem-based Learning is suggested for this course for medical students.
Seyyed Mohsen Azizi, Mehran Farajollahi Farajollahi, Farhad Seraji, Mohammad Reza Sarmadi,
Volume 17, Issue 0 (4-2017)
Abstract
Introduction: The use of e-learning methods has brought about a great revolution in the field of medical sciences education. In this regard, analytical assessment of the literature can be effective in understanding the effectiveness of e-learning system and its design and implementation requirements. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to conduct a synthesis research on the effectiveness of e-learning in medical sciences education and explore its design and implementation requirements.
Methods: This research employed a qualitative synthesis approach. Data were collected by searching through library sources, dissertations and papers in databases of ERIC, ProQuest, Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, Springer, Magiran and Irandoc. Databases were searched using the keywords effectiveness, e-learning, distance education, virtual medical education, blended learning and e-learning requirements both separately and in combination. A total of 178 research studies (Persian and English), published from 2007 to 2016, were identified, of which 78 were selected for analysis.
Results: Findings showed that e-learning has been effective in different fields of medical sciences for both fully electronic courses and blended learning courses. In addition, pedagogical, organizational and technical requirements should be identified and applied for effective design and implementation of the e-learning system.
Conclusion: Successful and effective implementation of the e-learning system requires adequate infrastructures, preparedness at the levels of knowledge, skill and attitude among students and professors as well as appropriate designing of educational programs based on meticulous needs assessments in the target population.
