Evaluating the curriculum in virtual education at Payame Nour University

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the curriculum at the Payame Nour University (PNU) virtual education. The curriculum was evaluated according to the nine elements such as: Purpose, context, learning activities, time, space, learners grouping, material, learning resources, teaching strategies, and evaluation methods. Methods: The study performed by descriptive survey. The population was selected from the PNU masters who are teaching in a virtual way randomly and consisted of 75 PNU masters from PNU in the region of Isfahan. The collected data were analyzed through statistical and inferential description. Data Analysis: It was conducted at two descriptive and inferential analysis method (in SPSS software version 18). At descriptive level the total mean and standard deviation were 3.56, 0.62 respectively. At inferential level the data analysis was done via parametric mono-variable T. test (t = 7.72). Result: The instrument was used in the study, which was designed by the researcher especially with regard to claim curriculum. The result indicated that there is a significant difference between the nine elements of the curriculum mean with the variable mean. Conclusions: According to the study, the curriculum quality of the PNU virtual education is based on the nine elements that it is evaluated higher than medium, and finally it showed that the design of the curriculum virtual system consisted of good quality.