Inhibitors of e-learning (non-face-to-face) from the viewpoint of the Faculty Agriculture of Bu AliSina University

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 ssistant of Research Group for Entrepreneurship Development and Sustainable Rural Employment Studies, Jihad University, Hamedan, Iran

2 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economic Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan

3 Member of Research Group for Entrepreneurship Development and Sus tainable Rural Employment S tudies, Jihad University, Hamedan, Iran

10.22092/jaear.2022.128997

Abstract

The main purpose of this s tudy was to inves tigate the Inhibitors of e-learning (non-face-to-face) fromthe viewpoint of the Faculty of Agriculture of Bu Ali Sina University. The scope of this s tudy of the FacultyAgriculture of Bu Ali Sina University. The required data for the research has been collected using a survey andques tionnaire method. In order to determine the reliability of the ques tionnaire, the ordinal theta coefficientwas used, 82% for 46 ques tions. The sample population of the Faculty Agriculture of Bu Ali Sina Universityincludes 81, that were selected by random sampling in several s tages (n=63). Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify the barriers to e-learning. The results of the exploratory factor analysis show thatimplementation obs tacles such as low facilities for evaluating learning progress in courses, low facilities of eelectronic education sys tem for the continuation of learning activities by faculty members, low facilities, in the electronic education sys tem in terms of providing the possibility of feedback by the members of the academics taff, the low level of permission to the learner or the teacher to change the way the lesson is presented,the low level of encouragement of the electronic education sys tem in the communication between learnerand teacher have the mos t significant effect in obs tacles, as a result, removing these obs tacles leads to the development of education It will be electronic.

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