چکیده:
Assessment of students’ ability to cope with a new educational system and Information technology in Islamic Higher education-based setting may provide information with which to develop effective interventions to improve the process of information seeking behavior in the future. This study aims to identify the current status of information seeking behavior’s process based on the new educational system and Information technology in Islamic Higher education. The conceptual model which was used in this study included five stages as follows: Access to Information Resources, Using Information Resources, Evaluating Information Resources, Crisis situation, and Research skills. In order to assess validity (content), the views of Knowledge and Information Sciences professors and expert’s assessment was used and the questionnaire reliability was obtained between 0.684 and 0.754 by Cronbach alpha. In order to fulfill the aim of the study, 323 Female Students who participated in this study were randomly selected were 215 in Fars and 108 in Bushehr Province holders in 1394-1395 Academic years at Fars and Bushehr Islamic Higher education. Data collection tool in this study was the questionnaire. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test used to analyse data. The results showed that Library in Islamic Higher education, Printing Book, Authority, and learning in the classroom or training at the workshop, are so important elements for Islamic Higher education students. On the other hand there was no significant difference between criteria regarding crisis situation.
خلاصه ماشینی:
New Educational System and Information and Communication Technology's Influence on the Process of Information Seeking behavior: Case of Students of Islamic higher Education’ Zohre Eftekhar Ph. D.
ir Abstract Assessment of students' ability to cope with a new educational system and Information technology in Islamic Higher education-based setting may provide information with which to develop effective interventions to improve the process of information seeking behavior in the future.
The use of Islamic Higher education-based organizations as an effective community partner for information promotion activities has shown some promise, especially with support from Islamic Higher education leaders (Carter-Edwards, Johnson Jr, Whitt-Glover, Bruce, & Goldmon, 2011; Webb, Bopp, & Fallon, 2013).
In addition, Lumpkins, Coffey, Daley, and Greiner (2013) encouraged the church and its leaders to become an integral part of information promotion activities in the church-based setting, as Islamic Higher education have a strong influence on both the social and physical environment in their seminaries and serve as models in the religious community (Bopp, Peterson, & Webb, 2012).
So, this study is a survey on new educational system and information technology affecting the process of information seeking behavior of Students of Islamic Higher education of Fars and Bushehr Province.
This paper is different from previous studies since it deals with access, usage, evaluation, crisis situation, and research skills in relation to information resources regarding students of Islamic Higher education of Fars and Bushehr Province.
000 Discussion The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of new educational system and ICTs on Islamic Higher education students regarding information seeking behavior.