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Hooshmandan Moghaddam Fard, Z., Akhbar, E. and Shams, A.
Factors Affecting the Attitude of Agricultural High School Students Toward E-Learning.
Abstract


Nowadays, e-learning and education is used in many educational systems. However, in Iranian agricultural secondary education system, the use of e-learning is very low. With respect to the necessity of developing this kind of education, there is need to investigate the stakeholders attitudes especially students in this regard. The purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to identify factors influencing the attitude of agricultural students toward e-learning. The survey instrument comprised a two-part questionnaire which validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability was obtained as 0.87. The statistical population comprises all 187 agricultural conservatory students in Zanjan Province and 135 of them were selected based on Krejcie and Morgan sampling table and applying randomized stratified sampling method. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients and multiple linear regressions. The results revealed that 61.5% of students have a positive attitude toward e-learning and there was a significant correlation between variables e.g. computer skills, Internet skills, the number of training courses in the field of computers and the Internet with the attitude of students. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that two variables of Internet skills and the number of training courses in the field of Internet explained 38.8% of the attitude of students toward e-learning.

 

 

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