Electronic Non Formal Education: A Case Study of Tehran Municipality

Considering the emergence of brandnew educational needs, nonformal education as a prerequisite of a knowledgebased society is increasingly going popular among nations in view of its continual nature. However, lifelong learning as a key concept of the modern education system stands clearly at odds with traditional learning in every way of philosophy, objectives, strategies and policymaking. This research aims to compare the efficiency of electronic non formal education with that of other types of education for Tehran Municipality employees in 2009.This quasiexperimental study is an instrumentaldevelopmental research based on a pretest/posttest plan for two groups. The sample of this research consists of (N= 114) voluntary people from the permanent employees of municipality. The nonelectronic learning group was provided with a pamphlet on verbal communication and four sessions and the other group trained electronically. The datagathering instrument was a researcher`s questionnaire. The data gathered was analyzed through both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques using SPSS V.11 software. Findings suggest that both electronic and nonelectronic methods have been effective in learning but electronic education would be more effective in citizenship and non formal education. Therefore, the electronic (web-based) method is recommended as an effective method, for designing and delivering some topics ofnon formal education programs for citizenships.