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The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the macro requirements of online education with emphasis on the corona pandemic. The method of conducting research is mixed (qualitative-quantitative). To conduct this research, in addition to the documentary study, the content analysis technique with MAXQDA12 software was used to identify the dimensions and indicators and to determine the share of each factor, the confirmatory factor analysis method of smart pls3 software was used. The statistical population in this study was in the qualitative part of all experts in the field of educational management and governmental and higher education, which was conducted after 17 saturated interviews. In the quantitative section, all faculty members of Tehran universities were selected according to Morgan's table, 353 samples were selected by simple random method. Finally, 7 dimensions and 41 indicators were identified. The structural equation method of smartpls3 software was used to draw the pattern. The results showed that the dimensions of Social and cultural requirements (0.874), Infrastructure requirements (0.872), Educational and research requirements (0.796), Policy and strategic requirements (0.791), Financial and economic requirements (0.779), Legal requirements (0.716) and Managerial and organizational requirements (0.694) are the most important in the macro requirements of online education based on the Corona pandemic, respectively..

The flipped classroom is one of the new approaches to learning and innovative teaching methods worldwide. Given the conditions created in the Corona pandemic and the production of the initial content of many courses, a practical experience of holding a flipped class is examined. Accordingly, the present analysis aims at assessing perceptions, experiences, quality of participation, learning performance and student satisfaction with in a flipped classroom. 18 students participated from the field of electrical engineering in this case study. The data were analyzed using statistical methods of one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation, regression coefficient, and SPSS software. The results revealed that students' access to information and resources and teachers' support and motivation significantly affected students' satisfaction. Furthermore, access to information and resources and teacher support and motivation significantly affected student-perceived learning outcomes. Finally, supporting students' participation and collaboration with each other in flipped classroom also had a significant effect on their satisfaction and perceived learning outcomes. The knowledge gained by students during the class had a significant impact on students' satisfaction and perceived learning outcomes.

The purpose of this case study was to measure satisfaction of some postgraduate engineering students at Shiraz University about virtual and remote laboratories. The participants were 18 electrical engineering students selected from Shiraz University through purposeful samples. The studied variables in order to measure the satisfaction of remote laboratories included students' focused attention during the use of the virtual laboratory (FA), perceived usefulness of virtual lab (PU), virtual lab approval by students (Confirm), students' satisfaction with the virtual laboratory(Satisfaction), fun and enjoyable virtual lab (Play), easily perceived by students in using a virtual lab (PEU), Attitude to the virtual laboratory (Attitude), tendency to use the virtual lab continuously (ICU), quality of virtual laboratory design (QD). Results revealed that students' satisfaction with the virtual laboratory was above the middle standard rating. Furthermore, from the students' point of view, the quality of the virtual laboratory had a significant effect on their "Satisfaction" with the virtual laboratory (Sig. 0.000, B = 0.885), and from the perspective of the students, the QD had a significant effect on ICU (Sig. 0.000, B = 0.937). Finally, the regression analysis showed that the QD had a significant effect on students' attitudes toward the virtual laboratory (Sig. 0.000, B = 0.885).

With the abrupt emergence and development of the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face classes have been replaced with online classes (OCs) on an unprecedented scale in Iran. To improve the quality of OCs, it is quite essential to examine to what extent students are satisfied with them. With this aim, the current mixed-methods study purported to examine university students’ learning satisfaction with OCs at Ayatollah Borujerdi University. For the quantitative part, a total of 509 university students, including males (N=34) and females (N=475) filled out a modified version of the Satisfaction with Online Classes Survey (SWOCS) developed and validated by Bolliger and Martindale (2004). For the qualitative part, a sample of 20 students, consisting of males (N=9) and females (N=11) completed a reflective written statement disclosing their perceptions of OCs. Findings evidenced that the participants are moderately satisfied with OCs. In addition, the results of Friedman test documented that all the sub-factors of SWOCS played an important role in the participants’ learning satisfaction with OCs. Complementary with the quantitative findings, the qualitative results yielded five overarching themes: “instructors are a critical factor for students’ learning satisfaction’, ‘familiarity with technology affects students’ learning satisfaction’, ‘course set-up shapes students’ learning satisfaction’, ‘interactions with others are vital’, and ‘students’ learning satisfaction is closely correlated with outcomes’ Finally, a range of implications is proposed for different stakeholders.