Phenomenology of Scientific Board's Views about Electronic Learning

Abstract Increased availability of appropriate software and hardware has built a new horizon in educational institutions in order to facilitate electronic learning, especially the development of global web net. Importance of this problem in medical sciences which is associated with human life is twice. Hence the aim of this study was phenomenology of scientific board's views about electronic learning in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. In this descriptive study 40 scientific board members of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences were enrolled. The method was based on goal and information was collected on basis of deep and semi-structured personal interview, and encoded and analyzed with Smith method. The results were grouped in 5 clusters and 15 groups. The main extracted cluster included: information, public facilities, availability, organization, language and comment evaluation. According to some advantages of electronic learning, there is no doubt about necessity of electronic learning. But the most concern in using electronic learning is expressed in aspect of information and public facilities, availability and comment evaluation that prompt lack of tendency and affinity of scientific boards in using this method, mentioning that adaption of some existing processes in world and using other countries experiences in achieving the most comprehensive model in university from Educational Development Center is unavailable. (Abstract truncated at 212 words). [Ghassem Abedi, Farideh Rostami, RezaaliMohammadpor, Abdolazim Nejatizadeh, Tasnim Eghbal Eftekhaari, Hamid Reza Miri, Nasrin Tayyari, Ali Alizadeh. Phenomenology of Scientific Board's Views about Electronic Learning. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):535-539] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 80