Designing an Efficient Virtual Education Pattern in Farhangian University

Due to the growth and evolution of information and communication technology, the methods of education have also undergone extensive changes. Therefore, the present research was conducted with the aim of designing an efficient virtual education pattern in Farhangian University. 

This research in terms of purpose and implementation method was applied and descriptive from type of exploratory, respectively. The current study population were included all managers and professors of Farhangian universities in Khorasan Razavi province including six Pardis in 2021 year. The samples of the present study according to the principle of theoretical saturation were determined 13 people who after checking the inclusion criteria were selected by purposive sampling method. The data of this study were collected by semi-structured interview (validity was confirmed by triangulation method and reliability was obtained by Cohen's Kappa coefficient 0.87) and analyzed by thematic analysis and three rounds of Delphi. 

According to the analysis of the interviews, the efficient virtual education pattern in Farhangian University had 71 sub themes in the form of 12 main themes. In this study, the main themes were included pedagogical factors, technological factors, organizational factors, integrated management, foresight, purposive educational quality, measurability, flexibility in education, support services, knowledge management, ease of access and information and content. Also, after the first round of Delphi, 9 sub themes and after the second round of Delphi 6 sub themes were removed from the efficient virtual education pattern in Farhangian University, and in the third round of Delphi all the sub themes were evaluated as appropriate. As a result, the final pattern of efficient virtual education in Farhangian University had 56 sub themes in the form of 12 main themes, and the pattern of its main themes was drawn. 

The managers, officials and planners of Farhangian University according to the designed efficient virtual education pattern in Farhangian University can improve the conditions to improve the current state of education, especially virtual education in this university.