Title of article :
The Investigating and Identifying Barriers to E-Learning for Students of Payame Noor University of Tabriz with Providing a Model
Author/Authors :
vahedi, Majid Managment.faculty of educational sciences - Payam Noor University, Tabriz , Iran , abolhasani, Maryam Managment.faculty of educational sciences - Payam Noor University, Tabriz , Iran
Abstract :
The present article aimed at recognizing the barriers of E-leaning in front of Tabriz Payame
Noor university students and providing a model. The statistical society was Tabriz Payame
Noor university students during 2018-2019; among them, 384 students were selected in the
random classified way through the Cochran formula. The researcher`s self-made questionnaire
was used as the instrument of the study with content validity and 0.84 reliability was gained
through Cronbach’s alpha technique. The data were analyzed through SPSS software; through
exploratory factor analysis six indexes of 1. Lack of skills and continuous communication, 2.
Lack of motivation, 3. Inaccessibility to the technology, 4. The inability of learning through
media, 5. Lack of online group conversation, and 6. Lack of aligned issues with success in E-
Learning as the barriers of E-learning for students. The model of E-learning barriers was
designed too. The obtained results of the Friedman ranking test revealed that due to the lack of
skills and continuous communications between students and professors of the university; this
factor was the most important barrier in the process of university students’ E-learning.
Keywords :
E-Learning , Learning Barriers , Motivation , Skills and Continues Communication
Journal title :
Iranian Distance Education