Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences
Volume:6 Issue: 3, 2015

Factors affecting student attitudes is an important factor influencing their educational success. This study is aimed and designed to survey the students’ feeling of presence and its relationship with attitude toward virtual course. This study uses descriptive statistical methods to devise correlations. The sample population includes professors and students of the following universities: Amir Kabir، Elmo san’at، Khaje Nasiroddine Toosi، Olumo Hadis. In the quantitative analysis، 650 individuals were selected through accidental categorical methods. The information was collected by means of the questionnaire “presence feeling and attitude toward virtual environment”. Data was analyzed by inferential and descriptive statistics by means of SPSS. The results showed that the students had higher than middle presence of feeling and are in low levels with regard to real feeling and participation. There was no correlation between a feeling of presence and the students’ gender but a correlation between feelings of presence the university that they attend was evident، and varied for each university. According to the results and the sense of presence on the attitude of students، attention to student presence in electronically environments is so necessary.

Technological progress and its impact on the social context are so vast that their healthcare field has been affected by these changes. So، research and development in the field of mobile technologies and techniques for data transfer and the adoption and implementation of health education in this way seems indispensable. This study was a randomized controlled trial. A total of 81 type II diabetes patients were randomly assigned into two groups: the experimental Group (n= 43) and control group (n= 38). Educational Short Message Service (SMS) was sent to the cellphones of the members of the experimental group. Data were collected through valid questionnaires (α= 0. 75)، the laboratory sheet reporting the patients’ KAP and HbA1C before and after the education via mobile phone and the demographic characteristic list.. Data gathering was run at the baseline of the study and after three months intervention and by SPSS17 and Lisrel software، using chi- square، Factor Analysis and ANCOVA، and the significance level of 0. 05. The results of this study showed that the experimental group compared with the control group improved significantly in knowledge (p≤ 0. 001)، practice (p≤ 0. 001) and HbA1C (p≤ 0. 001) Also، the fitness indicators exhibited a proper fit. The findings of this investigation showed that intervention using SMS via cellphone was effective in the management of type II diabetes mellitus (DM). Mobile health، with high potential in improving health، lifestyle، and perhaps more research in the field of e-Health applications could be taken into consideration as policymakers and health care providers to use electronic management in health system.

E-learning as one of the new methods of learning makes it possible to achieve skills at higher levels without time and space constraints. The purpose of this research was to compare the effect of case-based learning in two ways of personal and off-line (forum) E-learning on the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. This is a semi-experimental research، which was conducted on 44 dental students in the academic year of 2014. Sampling was a block randomizing. Both groups were given written exams before and after teaching in order to evaluate the participants’ awareness and knowledge of the content، the satisfaction level and attitudes of both groups were questioned by the application of an exam following the Likert scale format of 1-5. In this study، a paired samples t-test was used for comparing students’ pretest and posttest scores in each group، and an independent samples t-test was run for comparing the changes in scores، students’ attitudes، and satisfaction in both groups. In case of derivation from the normal distribution hypothesis، non-parametric equivalents were used in these tests. The acceptable significant level was α=0. 05. The mean score of primary awareness in both groups of personal and E-learning was statistically the same (p=0. 647). A significant increase was observed in the awareness level of people after the application of learning (p<0. 001). The awareness of people in personal and E-learning groups before learning (median=2) was significantly increased compared to that after learning (personal: median=5 and electronic: median=6). The increase of awareness in personal and E-learning groups was statistically the same (p=0. 216). Generally، the increase of awareness level was similar in women and men (p=0. 822). There was not a significant relationship between people’s attitude with the learning method and age of the participants. Given that the learning and attitudes of students in off-line (forum) E-learning and personal learning was the same، and regarding the effectiveness of E-learning in time reduction and saving of costs and educational facilities، this new method can be used as a part of learning activities in medical learning program.

The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the degree of the students'' satisfaction from electronic education and the degree of observing morality and vocational qualifications by the faculty members of electronic education from the students'' viewpoints. The present study was applicative and it was conducted through descriptive-survey method. The statistical population was all virtual education students (N=550) in Isfahan University and the nursing and midwifery group of Isfahan medical sciences. The statistical sample was estimated 226 and they were selected by random clustering sampling method. The information was collected via the researcher-made questionnaire with 60 items. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated 0. 94 through Cronbach alpha coefficient. The data analysis was conducted through mean، percentage and standard deviation at descriptive level and mono-variable t-test، variance analysis، and Pearson correlation coefficient at inferential level. The results showed that the degree of the students'' satisfaction from electronic education was 2. 65. Moreover، the achieved mean regarding the degree of observing morality and vocational qualifications by the faculty members was 3. 24. Further، the results indicated that there was a significant and direct relationship between the students'' degree of satisfaction and the degree of observing vocational morality by the faculty members of electronic education. In examining the difference between the students'' satisfaction from virtual education according to demographic factors، the results showed that just the age factor was effective P<0. 01. The results of the current study، along with other conducted research، have indicated that there are relation between students’ satisfaction with the rate of observing professors’ morality and vocational qualifications. This means that there should be more instructions about ethical professional issues. More ethical and moral workshops and seminars are suggested.

Today، The use of the Internet in the university is a major issue. The purpose of this study was the study of students'' attitudes towards the use of internet in education at Azad University Graduate Students in Kermanshah. The current research study done by a surveying method is a type of applied، descriptive and correlation research. The statistical population was the graduate students in Azad University of Kermanshah (N=996). Of those students 269 were selected based on the Morgan''s Table and a stratified sampling method. The researchers tool was a questionnaire structured into five parts: the first part included the demographic features of the respondents as the independent variables; the second part was the dependent variable section which included 20 questions about the students'' attitudes in regards to the use of internet، other sections included the students'' attitudes regarding internet as an instructional tool (4 question)، internet as a research tool (8 questions)، and internet as a communication tool (8 questions). The questionnaire''s questions were validated by the experts'' reviewing from both Azad University of Kermanshah and Bu Ali Sina University. The Cronbach''s alpha coefficient was used to assess the reliability of the questionnaire and it was 87 percent. In addition، Mann-Whitney، Kruskal-Wallis، and Spearman correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data (P=0. 05). Also it used SPSS software (Version19) for analysis. The results showed that the students have suitable attitudes towards the use of the Internet in education. The findings of the Mann-Whitney test showed no significant difference between students who use computers and those who do not use personal computers. The Spearman correlation coefficient showed a significant correlation between Internet use and students'' attitudes. In addition، a significant correlation was observed between the Internet as a source of research (rs=0. 164، P= 0. 036) and communication recourse (rs= 0. 717، P= 0. 000) with students'' attitude. In general، it was found that students have a positive attitude towards the use of Internet in education، however a slightly lower positive attitude about the use of the Internet in education to use in research activities and communication tools.

Intelligence and its various aspects are some parts of human existence that has a prominent role in the prosperity of human life in all areas of life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of spatial intelligence on the extent of the use of meta-cognitive strategies.

To collect data، the researcher made a questionnaire that was used to measure spatial intelligence. The stability of the research instrument on the basis of Alfa Chronbach coefficient was about 84%. To assess students'' meta-cognition، Pint rich and De Grout’s questionnaire was used. The general validity of this questionnaire in the last application was 89%. Reliability of the research instrument was improved using amending ideas of research committee so that it could determine 75% of the reach variable variances.

Results were analyzed using the multivariable regression analysis methods and path analysis. Finally the proposed fit model was analyzed using LISREL software. Findings showed that spatial intelligence has a significant and positive effect on meta-cognitive strategies. According to the obtained results، we can say that the research model has had good fit from the real world data.

Thus، it was concluded that spatial intelligence has had significant effects on the use of meta-cognitive strategies، and thus، lead to improve student learning.

One of the most important strategic goals for actualizing learners'' potential abilities is using meta cognitive skills. The purpose of the present study is to examine the effect of education of Murder on the improvement of academic performance among children with learning disorder of spelling. Study Design was Experimental، of the pre-test post-test type with the control group. The statistical population on the study included all students of grade 3 with dictation learning disorder in Isfahan province during the academic year 2012-2013. The sampling method was assigned by cluster random sampling. Following Delavar (2000)، the study assigned 30 students with dictation learning disorder and divided them into two groups، each with 15 students. The tools used for data collection was the Yarmohamadian''s and Kosanj''s impairment test (2011) and Wechsler Intelligence Test. The content validity of the test based on the degree of agreement using Kendall''s correlation coefficient was 0. 75 to 0. 82 and its reliability based on the coefficient α was reported as. 76 to. 84. Test of Yarmohammadian and Kosanj was given to both groups as the pretest. Then، the test group was educated by MURDER method for 10 weeks and the data was analyzed by the statistical covariance analysis (Ancova)، using SPSS software، version 22. The results showed that improvement in the experimental group’s spelling was more than that in the control group who didn’t receive the educational program (p<0. 001). In general، according to the results of the research it can be concluded that meta cognitive intervention is one of the basic skills for effective learning and can be fruitful as an effective approach in clinics، schools and even in preschools and also for families to prevent the emergence of learning disabilities and to help their treatment.

This study has used the Delone-McLean model of information success system to assess the degree of success of the Saman Insurance e-education system by focusing on individual application of information systems from the perspective of intra-organizational users. The descriptive-survey method and simple random sampling was employed for sampling. The statistical population consisted of 200 individuals who were managers، heads، and experts of Saman Insurance who had participated in e-education courses at least once. The structural equation model (SEM) was implemented using SMARTPLS version 2 to test the measurement method and SEM. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed by expert opinion and Cronbach’s α was assessed the reliability of the questionnaire at 0. 95. The results revealed that the quality of the system، quality of information، and quality of services indirectly effect the success of e-education as determined by user satisfaction. The greatest changes in using the system، user’s satisfaction and net benefits were recorded from quality of information، using the system، and user satisfaction، respectively. Improving student satisfaction assures the success of an e-education system. The relevant factors for this are accessibility to a user-friendly and interactive e-education system، access to updated and relevant information required by users، and suitable support services.