Realization of online entrepreneurship education based on new digital technologies in Iran: A scenario planning approach

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant professor, Department of Business Management, Faculty of Management,,University of Tehran

2 Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran

3 Islamic Azad University, Ghazvin

Abstract

The present study aimed to achieve and develop the goals of entrepreneurial education in this context by properly understanding the paradigms of online education and the purposeful use of new digital technologies. In terms of purpose, an applied-developmental method along with a successive approach, in two quantitative and qualitative sections were used in this study. The quantitative section was done by structural equation modelling through using a researcher-developed questionnaire. The population included all university professors in Tehran (Shahid Beheshti University, University of Science and Technology, Farhangian University, Islamic Azad University, Payame Noor University) and experts in the field of information technology. According to Cochran's formula, 115 experts were selected by simple random sampling with stratified proportional allocation. In the qualitative section, by using a scenario planning approach, the drivers and states of uncertainty have been identified by examining Matrix Key Factors based on the consensus of 15 purposefully selected experts with snowball technique in Iran. In the quantitative section, the findings confirmed the direct impact of 4 components of intelligence, entrepreneurial education, online learning environment and digital literacy on the realization of online entrepreneurship education by identifying 5 effective drivers (namely: modern teaching method, personalization, robots, integration of teaching and comprehensive access to resources) as factors influencing events, trends, actions and images which may give rise to distinct futures. The present study identified several possible scenarios which are a continuation of the past and present’s situations, and finally, four possible and future scenarios were presented.

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Journal of Entrepreneurship Development
Volume 14, Issue 3 - Serial Number 53
December 2021
Pages 481-500

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