Presenting the digital university model in Payam Noor universities

Digital University is an educational system that is in line with the fundamental goal of Payam Noor University, which is to provide the possibility of standard and uniform education, regardless of where students live and work, based on new information technology methods and resources. This study aims to present and validate the digital university model in Payam Noor University. The present study is an applied-developmental research in terms of its purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method. In order to achieve the goal, an exploratory mixed research design was used. The community of participants of the qualitative part includes managers and academic staff members of Payam Noor University, 13 of whom were selected by purposive sampling method. The statistical population in the quantitative part also includes managers and experts of information technology and academic staff members, specifically professors of information technology of Payam Noor universities, 126 people were selected by simple random method. The data collection tools are semi-structured interviews and researcher-made questionnaires. Thematic analysis and MAXQDA software were used to analyze the expert interviews, and the partial least squares method and Smart PLS software were used in the quantitative part. The findings of the research showed that based on this model, management factors, digital innovation and digital technology affect digital accessibility and digital ecosystem, and these two factors also affect the digital university strategy; The digital university strategy affects individual, university and global digital learning and ultimately leads to the digitization of the university. Therefore, the managers of Payam Noor universities of the country can move towards the digitization of the university system using the provided model, and as a center for cultivating human resources and the future generation of the country, it plays a central role in keeping up with digital developments. Thematic analysis and MAXQDA software were used to analyze the expert interviews, and the partial least squares method and Smart PLS software were used in the quantitative part. The findings of the research showed that based on this model, management factors, digital innovation and digital technology affect digital accessibility and digital ecosystem, and these two factors also affect the digital university strategy; The digital university strategy affects individual, university and global digital learning and ultimately leads to the digitization of the university. Therefore, the managers of Payam Noor universities of the country can move towards the digitization of the university system using the provided model, and as a center for cultivating human resources and the future generation of the country, it plays a central role in keeping up with digital developments.