Using Cloud Computing Tools with Collaborative Learning Approach in Higher Education

The purpose of this study is to provide a model for using cloud computing tools with a collaborative learning approach and its validation. The method of present study is a mixture of exploratory (qualitative-quantitative) type. The research method in the qualitative stage is content analysis. The participants in the qualitative section were selected using purposive sampling (snowball) of 20 computer engineering and curriculum planning experts familiar with educational technology and the population in the quantitative section of all faculty members of computer engineering and curriculum planning familiar with the educational technology, and data collection was continued until theoretical saturation. The statistical population in the quantitative part of all faculty members of computer engineering and curriculum planning was aware of the educational technology of Islamic Azad University of Mazandaran in 1998. And quantitative sampling method was performed according Morgan table using simple random sampling method. In order to analyze the data from descriptive statistics, the content of the interviews was analyzed using coding method (open source, pivotal and selective) and exploratory-confirmatory analysis was performed using SPSS software. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the correlations between the data are suitable for factor analysis and have the necessary and sufficient coherence to explain the factors and components of using cloud computing tools with a collaborative learning approach in higher education and its subscales.