An examination of the effectiveness of the virtual instruction program from the viewpoints of Azerbaijan Tarbiat Moallem University professors and students

In this competitive and transitive world, the results of IT based instruction, like decreasing the instruction costs, better use of time, and flexibility make the extension of electronic instructions necessary. The evaluation of the results of these instructions is a step toward quality improvement and ensures their efficiency. The objective of this study is the evaluation of virtual instruction courses efficiency at Azerbaijan Tarbiat Moallem University. In this study, 226 university students and 11 university professors have taken part. A questionnaire (with Chronbach's Alfa at 78%) is used as data collection instrument. In order to analyze the collected data, descriptive statistics (including frequency, percent, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (including single group T-test, independent sample T-test, and one-way ANOVA) is used. The results of the study show that from the viewpoint of university professors, the efficiency of the virtual instruction course has been desirable (3.29 out of 5). However, the university students viewed the efficiency of the courses as undesirable (2.93 out of 5).