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  1 - Proposing a Model for Extracting Information from Textual Documents, Based on Text Mining in E-learning
  Somayeh Ahari
  As computer networks become the backbones of science and economy, enormous quantities documents become available. So, for extracting useful information from textual data, text mining techniques have been used. Text Mining has become an important research area that disco More

  As computer networks become the backbones of science and economy, enormous quantities documents become available. So, for extracting useful information from textual data, text mining techniques have been used. Text Mining has become an important research area that discoveries unknown information, facts or new hypotheses by automatically extracting information from different written documents. Text mining aims at disclosing the concealed information by means of methods which on the one hand are able to cope with the large number of words and structures in natural language and on the other hand allow handling vagueness, uncertainty and fuzziness. Text mining, referred to as text data mining, roughly equivalent to text analytics, refers to the process of deriving high-quality information from text that high-quality information is typically derived through the patterns and processes. Moreover, text mining, also known as text data mining or knowledge discovery from textual databases, refers to the process of extracting patterns or knowledge from text documents. In this research, a survey of text mining techniques and applications in e-learning has been presented. During these studies, relevant researches in the field of e-learning were classified. After classification of researches, related problems and solutions were extracted. In this paper, first, definition of text mining is presented. Then, the process of text mining and its applications in e-learning domain are described. Furthermore, text mining techniques are introduced, and each of these methods in the field of e-learning is considered. Finally, a model for the information extraction by text mining techniques in e-learning domain is proposed. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Relation of emotional intelligence and trends of e-learning in organizations (Case study: Bank employees Alborz Province)
  Somayeh Ahari
  Today the world is moving toward a virtual space. Whereas the business, health, education, and many of the other activities would devote time and money in the past, by appearing the virtual space most of them have suitable function today. Educating is an inseparable par More

  Today the world is moving toward a virtual space. Whereas the business, health, education, and many of the other activities would devote time and money in the past, by appearing the virtual space most of them have suitable function today. Educating is an inseparable part of human which is entered to electronic world as individuals and organizations are gradually moving towards this type of educating. In this research, the relationship between emotional intelligence and trends of e-learning in organizations has been studied. The purpose of this study is applied and the research method is descriptive- survey. The questionnaire method was used to collect data. The Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient of the first questionnaire was obtained 0.76 and the second questionnaire was 0.83 which confirm the validity of the questionnaires. The content validity to test questions was used and for this purpose, experts, academics and experts were used. The population of this research is all the Alborz Province Bank Employees which 80 individuals were selected as sample size and sampling is done randomly. To analyze data the Spearman correlation coefficient and multiple regression was used. Finally all the theories proved. Self-motivation and self-awareness variables were determined as predictor variables which can entry into the ultimate regression equation to describe the tendency of employees to accept changes in their electronic education. Manuscript profile
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  3 - Assessing Qualitative Dimensions of Virtual Education at UI, Iran
  Asefeh Asemi
   The purpose of this study was to assessing quality dimensions of the virtual education (v-education) between Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) students and determine the difference between virtual students and presence students at the University of Isfah More

   The purpose of this study was to assessing quality dimensions of the virtual education (v-education) between Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) students and determine the difference between virtual students and presence students at the University of Isfahan (UI). These quality dimensions are included Instructor-Learner, Learner-Learner, Learner-Content, Learner-Interface, Instructional Strategies, and Social Presence. Research method was descriptive-survey and the statistical population included  all the MLIS students (40 virtual MLIS students and 35 presence MLIS students). The five-degree Likert scale researcher-made questionnaire was used to gathering data and its pattern was Hathaway questionnaire. The face and content validity of the questionnaire approved by experienced teachers. In order to determine the reliability it was used Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.93) for presence education and (0.97) for virtual education. To analyze data, it was used SPSS software and descriptive statistics frequency, percentage, mean, central and dispersion indices, schedule, chart and suitable statistics methods like statistics tests and correlation coefficients. Findings showed that there is difference between the MLIS virtual students and MLIS presence courses at UI in different quality dimensions. Also not significant difference was found in surveyed variables between the two communities except Instructor-Learner and Learner-Interface. Findings showed that in UI, the virtual senior students LIS in different quality dimensions with 3.07 more than average and the presence senior LIS students in different quality dimensions with 3.38 is more than average.   Manuscript profile
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  4 - Payame Noor University and the horizon of future combined education
  Mohammad Reza  Zamani Mohammad Khalaj
  Distance education is a new education system to organize the learning-memory process, the open education system due to its structural features has the ability to develop rapidly quantitatively and qualitatively at different times and places. Payame Noor University, as t More

  Distance education is a new education system to organize the learning-memory process, the open education system due to its structural features has the ability to develop rapidly quantitatively and qualitatively at different times and places. Payame Noor University, as the only public university, with its open education system and a combined educational method, started its educational activities in 5 academic disciplines and 28 centers in October of year 1989, and had 512 centers and units until the beginning of 2011. In 2017 in order to reform the management methods and streamlining the enterprise and to create a new organization and structure in a regional manner and in line with the realization of the first paragraph of the 11th Strategic Action Plan of Payame Noor University, the organizing plan of the university centers, units and fields of study The agenda was put. In the first phase of the project, 160 units out of 490 units in the university have been organized, and by converting the scientific departments into colleges, the fields of study have also been organized. During the years 2019 to 2020, the university has tried to direct research towards application, entrepreneurship and creativity. The establishment of several growth centers, innovation and creativity centers in different provinces shows the orientation of the university towards entrepreneurial universities. Strengthening the electronic platform and the optimal use of existing facilities to improve the content production process as well as conducting electronic tests are among the priorities of the university that have always been considered during the last three years. Payam-e-Noor University's strategic plan for the development of e-learning in three areas: technology, education and organization is underway. Development of required infrastructure; Development of required infrastructure; Development of modern educational tools based on new technologies; Creating appropriate organizational structures and trained manpower; Production of up-to-date, dynamic and tailored electronic content; Funding and personalization of education is part of the vision of Payame Noor University e-learning. Manuscript profile
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  5 - The Effective Factors Model on Adoption of E-Learning System in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
  Hasan Rashidi Marzie  Movahedin
  10.52547/jstpi.20929.16.64.62
  With the advent of the Internet and Coronavirus outbreak, e-learning environments and web-based learning, there has been a considerable growth and development in recent months and years, but this type of education faces many challenges. The most important of these chall More

  With the advent of the Internet and Coronavirus outbreak, e-learning environments and web-based learning, there has been a considerable growth and development in recent months and years, but this type of education faces many challenges. The most important of these challenges are the use of learning patterns, modeling student behavior, evaluating student support and feedback, curriculum planning, sequencing, and teacher support. One way to deal with these challenges is to find effective factors on accepting and improving the quality of education in learning systems, discovering rules and educational patterns, and using them to predict future outcomes. The aim of this study is to identify factors affecting the adoption of e-learning, based on the technology acceptance model. For this purpose, studies in this area were investigated. Variables such as computer self-efficacy, quality of content, system support, user interface design, technology tools and computer anxiety as factors affecting adoption of e-learning system were extracted. According to them, the conceptual model of this research was developed. In order to evaluate the model and relationships between variables, a questionnaire was provided to the users of e-learning system in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. The results of data analysis by using structural equation modeling have approved authenticity of all hypotheses excluding the impact of technology tools on the acceptance of e-learning system. Findings of this research can help educational managers of university and related instructors with this system to encourage students making optimum use of the system by providing the necessary fields for the imposition of effective factors. Manuscript profile
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  6 - Assessing the impact of electronic Human Resource Management on creation of organizational agility (study of case: Bushehr Banks)
  fakhrieh Hamidianpour Majid Esmaeilpour Habibeh Firoozi
  Agility is a series of capabilities and competencies, which can cause survival and growth of the organization in business environment. One of the approaches that help organizations to enhance agility is electronic human resource management (E-HRM) approach. The main obj More

  Agility is a series of capabilities and competencies, which can cause survival and growth of the organization in business environment. One of the approaches that help organizations to enhance agility is electronic human resource management (E-HRM) approach. The main objective of the present study is finding an answer for this issue that how one can use E-HRM approach to develop organizational agility. In this study that has been conducted using survey method, after review of foreign and domestic research literature and construction of conceptual model, a questionnaire would be provided and distributed among employees of bank branches of Bushehr City in Iran and finally, collected data from 315 questionnaires would be analyzed using structural equation modeling method. Obtained results from the study confirm the presented conceptual model and indicate that using E-HR, Electronic payment of human resources, human resources maintenance and electronic performance appraisal of human resources and also electronic human resource management (E-HRM) can affect organizational agility significantly in confidence level of 99%. In addition, effect of variables of Electronic employment of human resources and human resource communications on organizational agility has not been confirmed. Manuscript profile
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  7 - Deep Learning-based Educational User Profile and User Rating Recommendation System for E-Learning
  Pradnya Vaibhav  Kulkarni Sunil Rai Rajneeshkaur Sachdeo Rohini Kale
  10.61186/jist.27448.11.43.185
  In the current era of online learning, the recommendation system for the eLearning process is quite important. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, eLearning has undergone a complete transformation. Existing eLearning Recommendation Systems worked on collaborative filtering or More

  In the current era of online learning, the recommendation system for the eLearning process is quite important. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, eLearning has undergone a complete transformation. Existing eLearning Recommendation Systems worked on collaborative filtering or content-based filtering based on historical data, students’ previous grade, results, or user profiles. The eLearning system selected courses based on these parameters in a generalized manner rather than on a personalized basis. Personalized recommendations, information relevancy, choosing the proper course, and recommendation accuracy are some of the issues in eLearning recommendation systems. In this paper, existing conventional eLearning and course recommendation systems are studied in detail and compared with the proposed approach. We have used, the dataset of User Profile and User Rating for a recommendation of the course. K Nearest Neighbor, Support Vector Machine, Decision Tree, Random Forest, Nave Bayes, Linear Regression, Linear Discriminant Analysis, and Neural Network were among the Machine Learning techniques explored and deployed. The accuracy achieved for all these algorithms ranges from 0.81 to 0.97. The proposed algorithm uses a hybrid approach by combining collaborative filtering and deep learning. We have improved accuracy to 0.98 which indicate that the proposed model can provide personalized and accurate eLearning recommendation for the individual user. Manuscript profile
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  8 - Identifying and Modelling of Challenges for Implementing E-Learning in the Iranian National Gas Company: An Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) approach
  farzane tari  
  The purpose of the present research is to identify the framework of the relationships of progressive challenges for implementing electronic education with interpretive structural modeling approach (ISM) in the National Gas Company of Iran. The methodology of the researc More

  The purpose of the present research is to identify the framework of the relationships of progressive challenges for implementing electronic education with interpretive structural modeling approach (ISM) in the National Gas Company of Iran. The methodology of the research from the viewpoint of purpose is functional and from the viewpoint of data gathering is qualitative. In this research, first the related evidence and research were examined based on accessible sampling method. Then, identification of the items related to challenges of applying electronic education was done. In the next step, based on interactive management method and by using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) software, which is one of the methods of qualitative research, the viewpoints of 7 experts in the field of electronic education in the National Gas Company of Iran, who were selected purposefully, 7 items were determined as the final challenges of applying electronic education. Eventually, the structure of the relationships among these items and the level of their significance was depicted in the form of an interactive network. According to the final results of the survey, the most important critical factors of application of electronic education in the staff section of the national gas organization were in lack of instruction and weakness in providing laws and regulations, lack of algorithm and specific executive method, weakness in network communication, improper information giving about the capacities of electronic education, insufficient content, incorrect execution of electronic education, and lack of incentive on the side of staff members. identification of the interrelation of critical factors showed that lack of instruction and weakness in providing laws and regulations was one of the most fundamental challenges of applying electronic education in the national gas organization, which has had remarkable impact on other critical factors. The applications of the findings of the research and suggestions for future research have been provided at the end of the paper. Manuscript profile
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  9 - Providing a Model for Continuing the Use of E-learning in Work Environments (Case study: Headquarters of the State Tax Administration)
  Hanieh Shami zanjani Mostafa Niknami Nadergholi Ghorchian Amir hosein Mohammad davoudi
  This research aims to provide a model for the continued use of e-learning in work environments (Headquarters of the State Tax Administration). The present study is a descriptive survey type in terms of the applied purpose, in terms of the type of mixed data. For collect More

  This research aims to provide a model for the continued use of e-learning in work environments (Headquarters of the State Tax Administration). The present study is a descriptive survey type in terms of the applied purpose, in terms of the type of mixed data. For collecting data, a library method, a semi-structured interview, a researcher-made questionnaire, and factors affecting continuity were used. The formal validity of the questionnaire was obtained through pilot implementation, content validity through comprehensive literature review and judgment of experts, and construct validity using a confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis. The reliability of the questionnaire was estimated to be 0.93 by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Qualitative data analysis was done through coding. Quantitative data analysis was performed using SPSS and LISREL software. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including exploratory factor analysis to determine the factors and components of the model and the confirmatory factor analysis using the structural equation modeling technique for presenting the model through LISREL software have been used. The findings showed that the quality of the system experts, organizational support and expected performance with frequency 12, have the first priority, respectively, in system factors, organizational factors and individual factors. Also, the age of 7 is among the demographic (demographic) factors of the first priority. The share of "system factors", "organizational factors", "human factors" and "demographic factors" was 48%, 36%, 28% and 19% respectively for continued use of e-learning. Finally, a model for continuing use of e-learning in the headquarters of the State Tax Administration was presented based on its effective factors and its components. Manuscript profile
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  10 - The Role of Continuing E-Learning on Professional Development: A Case Study of the Telecom Industry
  Farnoush Aalami Reza Sajady Mohammad Khalajghasemabadi
  Learning is the only source of sustainable strategic advantage for companies. New technologies, including e-learning, have created a variety of training opportunities for corporate employees. But the continuity of these courses is of great importance. The main purpose o More

  Learning is the only source of sustainable strategic advantage for companies. New technologies, including e-learning, have created a variety of training opportunities for corporate employees. But the continuity of these courses is of great importance. The main purpose of this research is the effect of continuing e-learning on the professional development of employees. The research method is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this research was 924 employees of Communication Services Company, 272 people were selected by random sampling and completed 260 standard electronic questionnaires. To analyze the data, independent t-test, ANOVA, correlation coefficient, and linear regression were used. The mean score of e-learning and professional development of the staff of Communication Services Company is higher than the average. The interest in the continuity of e-learning (4.61) shows that perceived applicability and integrity have the highest score and perceived merit lower score. Also, e-learning in the three subscales of user satisfaction, perceived intimacy, and interest in continuing learning has had the most significant impact on the increase of professional development of employees. The continuity of e-learning in communication services company has relatively high effectiveness. Perceived communication component, usability, internal motivation, interest in perceived self-retention e-learning, user satisfaction, information quality, and perceived competence have the highest mean. Manuscript profile
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  11 - Identification and evaluation of factors influencing the culture of E-learning for adoption of IT and implementation of SCRM
  میثم کیوانی Mehdi Zrak hossein momeni mahmouei Ali Hosseinzadeh
  The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate the effective factors of e-learning culture for IT adoption and SCRM deployment in Shargh Cement Company. The qualitative and objective research approach is a thematic exploratory study in which 25 managers of sharg More

  The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate the effective factors of e-learning culture for IT adoption and SCRM deployment in Shargh Cement Company. The qualitative and objective research approach is a thematic exploratory study in which 25 managers of shargh cement and experts in this field were selected through semi-structured interviews through simple random sampling method. Findings The research identifies seven major themes, or factors, affecting e-learning culture for IT adoption and SCRM deployment. The seven themes are structural factors, behavioral factors, environmental factors, processes, outputs, effects and outcomes. 146 codes were extracted from these main themes in the context of the interviews.From these main themes, 75 concepts were extracted based on conceptual similarity, categorization, and composition. Then, the role of each of the subcategories in creating an e-learning culture for IT adoption and SCRM deployment was examined. Manuscript profile
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  12 - Interactive video or video? Which one is more effective on learner engagement
  Hamed Hoseini zarrabi Abasalt Khorasani Morteza Rezaeizadeh Mohammad ali Mazaheri
  10.52547/istd.31534.8.31.1
  Digital technologies have become an important part of education and educational activists pay special attention to these technologies in order to increase learners' engagement in three dimensions: cognitive, emotional and behavioral. Video is the most popular e-learning More

  Digital technologies have become an important part of education and educational activists pay special attention to these technologies in order to increase learners' engagement in three dimensions: cognitive, emotional and behavioral. Video is the most popular e-learning medium, but with the development of interactive video technology and the possibility of more learner interaction with content, it is important to examine the effects of interactive video on learners' engagement. The purpose of this study is to answer the question which of the linear video and interactive video have the greatest impact on learners' engagement and whether this effect is different in learning styles. For this purpose, in an experimental design, a training course was designed, half of which was presented as a linear video and the other half as an interactive video. The statistical population was educational specialist and training and development specialist who were selected by purposive and available sampling of 55 people. After completing the course, learners completed an engagement questionnaire and answered the four-choice test questions of the course. The internal validity of these two instruments was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which was the participation evaluation form (0.878) and test (0.824). Using repeated measures design and paired t-test, the results showed that interactive video compared to linear video is significantly more effective on learners' engagement in three dimensions of cognitive, emotional and behavioral and is recommended to training and development specialists to use interactive videos. The theoretical and practical effects and applications of these findings in the field of organizational training and development are discussed. Manuscript profile
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  13 - Identifying methods of creating Learner-content interactions for developing learner engagement in online learning environments
  hamed hosseini zarrabi Abasalt Khorasani morteza rezaei zadeh
  Training is a employee developmental tool. Due to the expansion of e-learning in organizations, the learner engagement is a very important issue that through learning interaction, it is possible. Learning interaction concept is a crucial component in any learning envi More

  Training is a employee developmental tool. Due to the expansion of e-learning in organizations, the learner engagement is a very important issue that through learning interaction, it is possible. Learning interaction concept is a crucial component in any learning environment and also in e-learning the importance of interaction had been accepted. Despite numerous studies on the types of interactions and the effects of each of them on different variables, a small share of research is devoted to identifying methods of creating interactions especially learner-content interactions. The purpose of this study is identifying methods of creating Learner-content interactions in online learning environments because the lack of interactions in online learning environment is one of the most important problems. The methods of this research are phenomenological focus group, semi-structured interview and qualitative content analysis which have been used in order to provide a systematic review of the previous research from the website of web of science from 2009 to 2019. For validity of data we used triangulation in research methods. The results showed nine way for creating interactions between learner and content. Manuscript profile
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  14 - Identifying and Ranking Effectiveness Factors of E-Learning System
  Hamidreza Nematollahi ندا  محمداسمعیلی Arian  Gholipour saeed پاکدل
  Electronic education and learning is one of the subjects which has recently received great attention in the educational system. Hence it is important to investigate the factors that have a significant impact on the success of the electronic education process and lead to More

  Electronic education and learning is one of the subjects which has recently received great attention in the educational system. Hence it is important to investigate the factors that have a significant impact on the success of the electronic education process and lead to the improvement or reduction of the quality of this educational system. In this regard, the present study ought to provide a comprehensive classification of effective factors in the e-learning system by using the mixed method. First, this study by using the mixed method (theme analysis) method, tried to provide a comprehensive classification of effective factors in the e-learning system, and then by using TOPSIS method the factors were ranked. With regard to the goal, this was an applied research and in terms of time it is a cross-sectional. The participants in the research were employees, professors and students in different fields of Tehran University. 15 individuals were selected after theoretical saturation and the data was collected through semi-structured interviews. By analyzing the obtained data, 43 organizing themes were extracted from the codes, and with further consideration the researchers reached 6 main and comprehensive themes. As the result of ranking revealed, the factors including standardization of e-learning, content interaction, documentation and monitoring of education, and the factors of pedagogy and educational design have the greatest impact, and the factors including increase in perceived usefulness, personal and skill improvement, and network learning have the least impact. Manuscript profile
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  15 - A novel security usability method for e-learning platforms
  Golbarg Nasiri Negin Hajiahmadi
  Traditionally, security and usability has acted against each other. Specially, for inexpert people, usability means ignoring security and secure systems are not usable. Researchers and developers recognized that current security problems would be solved only throug More

  Traditionally, security and usability has acted against each other. Specially, for inexpert people, usability means ignoring security and secure systems are not usable. Researchers and developers recognized that current security problems would be solved only through addressing issues raised through usability and human factor. In fact, future of cyber security relies on deployment of security technologies which widely could be used by inexpert users. Interpretative Key Management (IKM) is a cryptographic key management system under category of master key which empowers users to generate the cryptographic keys within the end-user systems. This article proposes a novel method which specifically helps beginners to achieve both safety and usability of communications and network-based software by utilizing IKM. In this method processes of user authentication and encryption of transmitted and stored data will be fully automated and does not require the users to do any security configuration. The main targeted application of proposed method is to enhance security and usability of e-learning systems when the trainees do not have enough computer knowledge. Manuscript profile