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Agricultural extension workers’ attitude to and experience
of e-learning
Amir
Ahmadpour1* and Shohreh Soltani2
1Department
of Agricultural Extension and Education, Sari Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.
2Department
of Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and
Research Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Tehran, Iran.
*Corresponding
author. E-mail:
ahmadpour@iausari.ac.ir.
Accepted 20 March, 2012 |
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In many developing countries, e-learning is still regarded
as an innovative mode of learning. Experience shows that
transferring technologies can provoke the adoption of
e-learning, only if people are willing and their attitude is
positive for adoption. In fact, adoption of e-learning is
related to the learners’ attitude and prior experience of
e-learning. In order to understand the attitude of extension
workers to e-learning and their experience, this study was
conveyed in Iran. From 2745 extension workers at line level
in MoA, 379 were chosen on a random basis to fill in the
questionnaires. Results showed that the extension workers’
attitude to e-learning is generally positive and in most
aspects relevant to the learners' prior experience. In order
to improve the extension workers’ attitude to e-learning, it
is necessary to be aware of the results from prior
experience. For those who do not have prior experience of
e-learning, it is necessary to plan the new experience with
more similarities to the traditional mode of learning.
Key words:
E-learning, attitude, agricultural extension, extension
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