Assessing and Prioritizing Affecting Factors in E-Learning Websites Using AHP Method and Fuzzy Approach

摘要

The evolution of information technologies has caused to the growth in online training as an important education method. Assessment of the quality of e-learning has become a strategic issue; one that is critical to improve e-learning websites .This study identifies the significant factors that influence on successes in e-learning websites. In this study two questionnaires were used. One of questionnaire was AHP questionnaire. From the literature these factors was discovered and then AHP method was applied for prioritizing .Based on literature effective factors was organized in four major groups by experts. After prioritizing by second questionnaire, data collected from 150 IT students of? three virtual universities in Iran. Used factors in second questionnaire were from prioritized factors in first questionnaire. Data was organized by Excel software and 81 rules were obtained .Finally using fuzzy toolbox in Matlab software and applying obtained rules, outputs of factors were calculated and then in some 3D surface plots were depicted.