Analysis of prerequisites  of applying blended learning system from perspective of Khuzestan province natural resources and agriculture faculty’s members

Hasheminejad, Azar; Hoseini, Mahmoud; Hejazi, Yosef

doi:10.22047/ijee.2013.2961

Analysis of prerequisites of applying blended learning system from perspective of Khuzestan province natural resources and agriculture faculty’s members

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

Azar Hasheminejad ¹

Mahmoud Hoseini ²

Yosef Hejazi ³

¹ MBA Student, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

³ Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2013.2961

Abstract

The purpose of this research was the analysis of prerequisites of applying blended learning system from perspective of Khuzestan province natural resources and agriculture faculty members. The statistical society of the study consists of 159 faculty members of the mentioned university, out of which 72 faculty members were selected as sample using simple random sampling and Cochran formula. A planned questionnaire was used as the main instrument to collect data. The content validity of the questionnaire was approved through getting opinions of specialists and experts in the field of Agricultural Extension and Education in the University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran. The reliability of the questionnaire was approved by Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient (α=0.91). SPSS17 software was used to analyze data. The finding indicated that the most important prerequisites of applying blended learning system from the faculty members’ view point were access on fast Internet and computer, enough band width net. The results of factor analysis showed that five factors of organizational, infrastructure, policy, professional and educational explained 71.751 percent of variance of prerequisites of applying blended learning system.

Keywords

blended learning

prerequisites

Faculty Members

agriculture and natural resources