Journal of Research in Educational Systems

Abstract Although virtual classrooms were used very quickly in the country's universities during the Corona epidemic, the quality and effectiveness of these classes is a fundamental issue for the higher education system. In this regard, the current research deals with the formative evaluation of virtual classes of universities during the Corona epidemic. In terms of the purpose of this research, it is an applied-developmental research, in terms of the method of data collection, it is considered a survey-type descriptive research, and finally, from the point of view of the method of analysis, it is a mixed research. A semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire were used to collect data. The community of participants of the qualitative part includes the academic staff members of the educational management of the free and public universities of Tehran. Sampling was done with a purposeful method and theoretical saturation was achieved with 20 interviews. In the quantitative part, the viewpoint of 384 graduate students of Tehran public and free universities was used. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data of the qualitative part and the dimensions and components of the formative evaluation of the virtual classes of the universities were identified. Then, using gap analysis and importance-performance analysis, the status of virtual classrooms was evaluated. Based on the results of qualitative analysis, 3 overarching themes, 9 organizing themes and 43 basic themes were identified. The findings show that improving the efficiency of the educational system and developing virtual education are in the acceptable area.

Abstract The present paper aims to provide a combined quality evaluation model of higher education in higher education based on the CIP evaluation approach. In terms of purpose, this study is a basic research that has been done with cross-sectional survey method and with an approach based on mixed research method. The statistical population of this study includes experts active in the electronic unit of Azad University, who have been selected by targeted sampling method. Data collection tools are interviews and questionnaires. To achieve the objectives of the research, by analyzing the interviews with the experts, a set of applied indicators of combined education quality assessment were identified. The main categories of combination education quality assessment are: context, input, process, and output. Sub-categories also include expectations, opportunities, goals, faculty members, e-unit managers, students, facilities, equipment and "educational aids, process management and monitoring methods, product". According to the leveling done, the final model for evaluating the quality of combined education was designed in the electronic unit of Azad University. Based on this model, proper selection of infrastructure managers is the most important element in implementing a combined education evaluation system.