The Role of Education, Educational Processes, and Education Culture on the Development of Virtual Learning in Iran

摘要

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of education and education culture on the development of virtual learning in Iran. The qualitative method with a grounded theory approach was developed. Virtual students as well as their teachers teaching in Tehran, Iran were chosen as the population. The research instrument for the data collection was a thorough unstructured interview. Based on the systematic grounded approach, the data were encoded through three different coding systems: open coding (in two levels), axial coding, and selective coding and finally the grounded theory is explained. The results showed attention to the influence of technology as well as its entrance to the world of education; such a thing that leads to changes in current traditional teaching and finally the combination of virtual and traditional education.