INVESTIGATING AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTORS' ATTITUDES TOWARD E-LEARNING IN IRAN

With the rapid changes in all types of learning and teaching environments, there is a
need to implement electronic learning (e-learning) to train students with new
technologies. However the trend of using e-learning as learning and/or teaching tool
is now rapidly expanding into education. Although e-learning environments are
popular, there is minimal research on agricultural instructors' attitudes toward these
kinds of learning environments. The purpose of this study is to explore agricultural
instructors‘ attitudes toward e-learning usage. A descriptive–correlation survey
approach was used in this study. Accordingly, 175 instructors in 64 agricultural
education centers are asked to answer questionnaires for investigating their attitudes.
Data were collected by mailing the questionnaire. After statistical analysis, the results
demonstrate that instructors have positive attitude toward using e-learning as a
teaching assisted tool. Intrinsic incentives and motivators for acceptance of e-learning
are important than extrinsic incentives and motivators. Based on the findings, this
research proposes guidelines for developing e-learning environments in agricultural
education