Morteza Karami; Somayeh Ebrahimi Kooshk Mahdi
Volume 10, Issue 2 , August 2013, , Pages 184-199
Abstract
Background & Objective: The aim of this article was to explore the use of new information and communication technology (ICT) in medical education in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences as a single case study Methods : The research method was descriptive The study population consisted of students ...
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Background & Objective: The aim of this article was to explore the use of new information and communication technology (ICT) in medical education in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences as a single case study Methods : The research method was descriptive The study population consisted of students and faculty member of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Iran Stratified sampling was used to investigate information technology in academic environments To investigate the ideal situation a random sampling method was applied Questionnaires observation survey and other methods were used to study ICT in higher education Results : There was a significant difference significantly higher than the mean between ICT use and the ideal condition in some cases and lower than the mean in others (P < 001) In some cases the difference was not significant which showed the moderate use of ICT The use of ICT is mainly in areas such as Word However its other possibilities like communication are not used Both groups had a positive attitude toward ICT and assessed their skills as moderate (P < 001) Conclusion : Results indicated a significant positive relationship between these three variables in both groups (P < 001) The ideal situation according to teachers and students included ICT training online library and improving infrastructure particularly internet speed They believed the main challenges to be their lack of skills educational policy and financial managerial cultural and infrastructural issues
Alireza Mooghali; Saeed Talebi; Mohamad Hassan Seif
Volume 8, Issue 1 , July 2011, , Pages 33-40
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Background & Objective: The main audience of information technology is human resources and in the case of lack of positive attitude toward information technology the desired results can not be achieved The main purpose of this study was to evaluate factors related to the attitudes toward the use ...
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Background & Objective: The main audience of information technology is human resources and in the case of lack of positive attitude toward information technology the desired results can not be achieved The main purpose of this study was to evaluate factors related to the attitudes toward the use of ICT among the students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences School of Management Methods: The present c orrelation study was performed on the students of School of Management Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Data collection instrument was a standard questionnaire and data were analyzed by path analysis and Lisrel software Results: Variables of c omputer selfefficacy (023) perceived ease of using technology (037) and perceived usefulness of technology (028) had significant direct relationship with attitude toward use of ICT Computer experience (014) computer selfefficacy (020) and perceived ease of using technology (018) showed significant direct effect on perceived usefulness of technology It is also observed that computer experience (027) and computer selfefficacy (018) have significant direct effect on perceived ease of using technology and finally variable of computer experience (029) showed significant direct effect on computer selfefficacy Conclusion: Among the studied variables perceived ease of using technology had the greatest impact on the attitude toward ICT use and also the model showed appropriate and acceptable fitness with data
