The effect of online personalized education on achieving meaningful learning outcomes of Iranian EFL learners

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of online personalized education on achieving meaningful learning outcomes of Iranian EFL learners. Personalized education has been introduced as a new approach to use in education in the 21st century. The method of the present study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group design. The statistical population in this study included all advanced level students in English department at Maad Higher Education Centre of Shiraz which 30 of them were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned in experimental and control groups. In order to provide concepts to the experimental group, the Moodle online training platform was used which is designed for online training. A questionnaire was designed taking into account the principles of meaningful learning in the field of grammar. Before and after the personalized education, control and experimental groups answered the questions. The obtained pre and post-test scores were used to data analyze. In this study, descriptive statistical indices (such as mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistical methods such as multivariate analysis of covariance were used to test the significance of the differences between the control and experimental groups. Based on the results of the analysis, effect of online personalized education on achieving meaningful learning outcomes of Iranian EFL learners was significant.