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zahra jambozorg; Hamid Maghami; mohammad karimi
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This study investigates the effect of education infographic on the level of Learning and visual literacy. In terms of practical purpose and in terms of hybrid method; including qualitative parts of Descriptive-analytical and quasi-experimental ( pre-test and post-test ) method was used with control group ...
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This study investigates the effect of education infographic on the level of Learning and visual literacy. In terms of practical purpose and in terms of hybrid method; including qualitative parts of Descriptive-analytical and quasi-experimental ( pre-test and post-test ) method was used with control group and without random selection. The community of this study is the ninth-grade students of the city of Hamidieh. Using random and selective method, 20 subjects were selected as the experimental group and 20 subjects were selected as control group. The measuring tool in this study was a researcher made test for learning level and also a researcher-made questionnair measurig visual literacy. Content validity of the test learning by course specialists as wall as content validity of the visual literacy questionnairs by supervisor received. The reliability of the questionnaires was also calculated using Cronbach's alpha method in the questionnaire of 0.84 visual literacy and 0.74 in the test of learning level. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of research of components of research show that Infographic education affects atudents level laerning( Knowledge, understanding, analysis and application ) and visual literacy.
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Azam jahangiri; Samira Ebrahimpour Koumleh
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The presentstudy aimed to determine the mediating role of learning styles in the relationship between media literacy and students' academic satisfaction. This study was of applied type and the method was descriptive-correlation based on structural equation modeling. The population of this study included ...
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The presentstudy aimed to determine the mediating role of learning styles in the relationship between media literacy and students' academic satisfaction. This study was of applied type and the method was descriptive-correlation based on structural equation modeling. The population of this study included all students of educational sciences in the electronic branch of Islamic Azad University during the academic year 2020-2021.A number of 204 students were selected as the sampleusing simple random sampling. The research tool included three standard questionnaires of learning styles by Felder and Solomon(1985), philosophical media literacy (1393) and academic satisfaction by Lent et al.(2005). The face and content validity of the questionnaires were confirmed according to the experts and their reliability wasconfirmed with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients0.76, 0.81, and 0.79, respectively.Hypothesis analysis was conducted in Smart PLS3 software based on structural equation modeling. The findings indicated that learning style is directly related to academic satisfaction, media literacy is directly related to academic satisfaction,media literacy is directly related to learning style,and learning style in relationto media literacy has a mediating effect on academic satisfaction. In other words, 45.3% of the total effect of media literacy on academic satisfaction is indirectly explained by the mediating variable of learning style.
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Elham Nikpour; Mahdi Homayounfar; Amir Daneshvar
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The aim of this study is an analytical investigation of course management systems in electronic education system. The present study has a positivist paradigm in terms of philosophical foundations, based on the type of research is applied, based on the main research approach is inductive and based on ...
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The aim of this study is an analytical investigation of course management systems in electronic education system. The present study has a positivist paradigm in terms of philosophical foundations, based on the type of research is applied, based on the main research approach is inductive and based on method is a mix (qualitative – quantitative research). The statistical population includes IT professionals who are familiar with course management systems in learning management system and their field of study is related to information technology. In the present study, purposive sampling has been used to select the sample elements. The sampling method used is snowball type (introduction of other experts by primary experts) which will continue until saturation is achieved. The number of experts studied in this study includes 15 people. After identifying the evaluation indicators of course management systems in the field of learning, by conducting the Delphi fuzzy method, 10 indicators of scalability, adaptability, accessibility, execution, flexibility, efficiency, user interaction, privacy/ security, accuracy and learning processes were selected as the final indicators of evaluation, which in the next step, their importance was determined based on the SWARA method. Then, these indicators were used as a basis for evaluating 5 appropriate content management systems for large-scale application in future. Based on the results, Moodle, OpenEdx and Blackboard were selected as the most suitable systems, respectively.
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pejman salehi; meharan khalaj
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This study examines the competencies needed by teachers to effectively implement game-based teaching methods (game-oriented) in schools. In the conceptual concepts of this research, game-based (game-centered) school education has several important approaches. First, the use of educational games is fun ...
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This study examines the competencies needed by teachers to effectively implement game-based teaching methods (game-oriented) in schools. In the conceptual concepts of this research, game-based (game-centered) school education has several important approaches. First, the use of educational games is fun for learners;. Learning by creating the games needed for each educational topic, the use of gamification approaches in providing educational content. The research included documents related to teachers' professional qualifications based on upstream documents of the Ministry of Education, in-depth and thematic interviews with experts, and the preparation and distribution of a questionnaire among the target community.Based on the results of this study, the four main areas of teacher competence identified in this study are: educational competencies, technological competencies, participatory competencies and competencies related to creative education. The results of this study can be used to develop teachers' educational skills and improve their professional competencies in implementing the use of gamification.
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Reza Morad Sahraee; Mina Hamedi
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Evaluating educational materials is a process that includes evaluating the value of a set of educational materials and judging its impact on users. One of the important topics in evaluation of materials in second language learning is the impact of visual elements. The "Mina" book series has been designed ...
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Evaluating educational materials is a process that includes evaluating the value of a set of educational materials and judging its impact on users. One of the important topics in evaluation of materials in second language learning is the impact of visual elements. The "Mina" book series has been designed in four volumes for teaching Persian language to non-Persian speakers. This research has examined the visual elements of this books in the framework of kress and Van Leeuwen (2006) model. The status, importance, interpretation and suitability of the images with the educational goals of the Persian teaching were considered in the present research. Statistical calculations showed that 2.28 images are used on each page of the books, which is higher compared to similar researches and indicates the greater visual richness of the "Mina" book series. The ratio of the number of images to the number of pages goes from 3.61 in the first book to 0.44 in the fourth book, which shows that the authors emphasized the important role of images in language teaching at lower language profieciency levels. Also, the number of informational images and its comparison with illustrated and decorative images shows that 61.12% of the book's images are informational images and the book's images seek to attract the audience and engage them more effectively with the linguistic parts of the book. The pictures in the book are realistic to attract the audience's attention so the images have a suitable function related to the educational goals of the book.
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Zabihollah Allahi; Majid Kahrazahi
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The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying the factors motivating teachers to participate in the teacher-researcher program and providing practical solutions and prioritizing solutions. The research method was mixed (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population of the study ...
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The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying the factors motivating teachers to participate in the teacher-researcher program and providing practical solutions and prioritizing solutions. The research method was mixed (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population of the study consisted of all male and female primary school teachers in Sistan and Baluchestan province. The research sample consisted of 43 people for the qualitative section and 379 people for the quantitative section who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. Data collection tools for the qualitative part included structured interviews and focus groups and for the quantitative part a researcher-made questionnaire. Data were analyzed using one-sample t-test and Friedman test. The results of data analysis showed that first educational strategies and then organizational strategies are the most important practical strategies to encourage teachers to participate in the teacher-researcher program. Strategies related to school support also have the lowest priority among teachers in this field. (Chi-Square = 952/748, Sig = 0/000). In other words, organizational and educational factors can be higher motivators than motivational-financial factors and school support for teachers' participation in the teacher-researcher program.
