Identifying and Ranking Teacher's Barriers in a Virtual Human Resource Development Environment

E-learning is one of the appropriate tools to train employees in the organization due to some advantages such as flexibility of time and place. However, realizing these benefits and removing the barriers are in need of optimal use of e-learning. Thus the current study tried to identify and rank the barriers of teachers in virtual training and development of organizations. Therefore, this study was conducted in a sample of 115 of Shahid Beheshti University staff in Tehran who attended in e-learning courses through the last year. In order to collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. Reliability of the questionnaire was 95% based on Cronbach’s alpha and its validity was confirmed by scholars and experts of virtual education. The Results of this study identified and ranked barriers of e-learning as follows: Educational, Infrastructural, moral and Cultural barriers. The implications of the current study on how virtual education can be properly used in HRD is also discussed and outlined in the paper.