Trends and Achievements in Learning Technology

Trends and Achievements in Learning Technology

Investigating the status of the quality of organizational virtual trainings during the Corona period (case study: Electricity Distribution Company of Central Province)

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Sirus Mansoori
department of education, arak university, arak, iran
10.22034/jlt.2025.2029436.1015
Abstract
Purpose: The present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the quality of organizational virtual trainings in the Central Province electricity distribution company during the Corona period.
Method: The research design was quantitative and the research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the research is all the employees of Central Province electricity distribution company, which is estimated to be 1170 people. The research sampling method was random. However, since the questionnaires were prepared electronically and provided to the subjects, the conventional rules of random sampling were not used. Out of the statistical population, 225 answered the questionnaires, of which 216 questionnaires were analyzed due to their completeness. The instrument used included a researcher-made questionnaire, and the questionnaire includes 4 dimensions: goal, content, teaching-learning strategies, and evaluation. The data was analyzed with a sample t-tech test and using SPSS software.
Findings: The findings showed that according to the employees of Central Province Electricity Distribution Company, virtual trainings were not effective enough. Actually; Virtual trainings could not be sufficiently successful in achieving the educational goals, the presented content, teaching-learning strategies and evaluation.
Conclusion: According to the findings of the research, it seems that managers of service organizations, including electricity distribution companies, should use face-to-face training or combined training as much as possible in organizational training.
Keywords
Virtual training
training courses
organizational training
electric company
Subjects
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  • Receive Date 17 May 2024
  • Revise Date 18 October 2024
  • Accept Date 01 October 2024
  • Publish Date 22 September 2024