[Attitudes of nursing and midwifery school's faculty toward blended E-learning at Tehran University of Medical Sciences]

ABSTRACT

Blended E-Learning is an educational method which has been used recently in higher education worldwide. So, it seems that it is crucial for the Iranian academic members to accept it as a new educational method. This study was conducted to investigate attitudes of the faculty of Nursing and Midwifery School at Tehran University of Medical Sciences toward blended E-learning. In this cross-sectional study, all faculty members of Tehran University of Medical Science [n=60] were recruited to the study. Data were gathered using validated and reliable self-designed questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software. The response rate was 93.33% [n=56]. Most of the respondents [85.7%] were female. The mean age was 44.88 [SD=5.6]. The years of teaching ranged from 5-30 years [mean=16.75]. The majority of the respondents [66%] had positive attitude toward blended e-learning; thirty four per cent had completely positive attitude and none of them had negative attitudes. About 41% reported that they were eager to provide their course syllabuses according to this approach and 87.5% said that they were willing to attend the blended e-learning education workshops. There were no significant relationships between demographic variables and the attitudes. There was a significant relationship between willing to attend the workshops and positive attitude toward blended e-learning [P=0.012]. According to the positive attitude of the respondents toward blended e-learning, it is recommended that further studies take place in order to design and implement the approach in formal education in the school of Nursing and Midwifery of Tehran University of Medical Science