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ERIC Number: EJ1030610
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Feb
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1537-2456
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Designing a Mobile Training System in Rural Areas with Bayesian Factor Models
Omidi Najafabadi, Maryam; Mirdamadi, Seyed Mehdi; Payandeh Najafabadi, Amir Teimour
International Journal on E-Learning, v13 n1 p23-39 Feb 2014
The facts that the wireless technologies (1) are more convenient; and (2) need less skill than desktop computers, play a crucial role to decrease digital gap in rural areas. This study employed the Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to design a mobile training system in rural areas of Iran. It categorized challenges, potential, and requirements of such mobile training system into 6, 3, and 4 factors, respectively. Namely, it pointed out and, respectively, ranked (1) the system's challenges as "Human, Phone Company, Organizational, Technical, Expertise, and Security"; (2) "Post harvest, Pre-cultivation, and Crop cultivation & harvesting stages" as the system's potentials; and (3) "Attitude toward the system, Mobile Skills, Self-directed learning skills, and Opinion about the price" as the system's requirements.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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