The implementing of e-education in zahedan university of medical sciences (zaums): 2018

Introduction: Today’s economic and social changes force universities to try to find new learning approaches. E-Education is an evolved form of the old methods of teaching and learning that using in formation technology proposed and Forward as fast as the preferred method of learning was introduced in the era of knowledge. Initially e-education stood for electronically enhanced education. The present study was performed in order to Readiness of faculties for Implementing of E-Education in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences that with provide suggestions to managers and decision makers, help them for implement a successful E-Education system. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out using a Likert scale researcher-made questionnaire on four dimensions of cultural, human resource, skills and the existence of technology infrastructures to assess the readiness of 350 faculties on 2018. After confirming the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, the research data were collected and the data were analyzed using SPSS software version 16 and the results were analyzed using descriptive statistics method in the form of a table. Results: In order to implement e-education, the readiness of faculties in terms of cultural dimension with a mean of 3/38 and their computer skills with a mean of 3/568 and human resource dimension with a mean of 3/18 are good, but the readiness of more than half of the faculties for information technology infrastructure was a weak level. Conclusion: The overall result of this study showed that the faculties were well prepared and the most important obstacle to the implementation of e-education was the technological dimension of the university. Therefore, it is recommended that, the faculty empowerment courses in order to implement e-education in the university are essential, and managers should have a plan for required technological infrastructure before implement e-education.