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The importance of mathematics is common knowledge, and teachers have always been concerned with teaching this subject correctly and efficiently. For this reason, teaching mathematics should be given special attention, and even the base and frameworks should be provided for online teaching of this subject. This study aims to introduce mathsframe.co.uk as a platform for online teaching of mathematics. The present study tried to turn the challenges facing online mathematics teaching into opportunities for better instruction. The method of research was descriptive and a case study (in-depth). The facilities and games of the website were divided into categories of Most popular free mathematics games, Tablet friendly games, Word problems, Using a calculator, Money, Sorting and classifying, National curriculum, Addition and subtraction, Fractions, decimals and percentages, Measuring and time, Partitioning, place value and rounding, Latest mathematics games, Multiplication and division, Ordering, comparing and reading numbers, Geometry, Statistics and ITPs. There are games and options in these categories which are suitable to teach and exercise subjects like money, reading and working with different types of charts, numbers divisible to a certain number and prime numbers, decimals, measuring angles, numbers axis, exercising and learning different math operations, multiplication table, comparing numbers, showing the number of shapes and categories, counting numbers, place value chart, measuring volume, ratio, possibility, fraction, the method of transferring numbers in technical addition and subtraction, symmetry, measuring mass and temperature, coordinates, clock, working with a ruler, volume and perimeter. Many math instruction games and options complementary to teachers' teaching are free, and there is no need for signing up, entering information or paying a fee; but a basic knowledge of English is required for teaching or exercising elements of the categories.

This study aimed to identify effective factors to the development of blended learning from the perspective of faculty members of PNU. For this purpose, after the study of contemporary research findings, effective factors to the development of blended learning were divided in five groups of structural, planning, information systems, nature and workplace and support factors for each of these components were determined. In order to assess the effective factors to the development of blended learning from the perspective of faculty members, a researcher-made questionnaire was designed. The questionnaire was with 40 questions using a Likert scale. Its validity was confirmed through content validity and its reliability through Cornbrash's alpha (α=91%). After determining the sample size using Morgan table by simple random sampling, questionnaires were distributed to faculty members. The research findings were analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. To analyze the data, SPSS and LISREL softwares were employed. Results indicate that among the identified factors, the most important and influential factors to the development of blended learning from the perspective of administrators was related to structural factors.

Nowadays, digital literacy and the use of digital resources and communication tools in academic contexts have been promoted by the rise of digital civilization in the 21st-century. Thus, this research aimed to study the digital literacy of Iranian EFL teachers and students to find out any significant difference between them. One hundred and fifty Iranian EFL teachers, and 175 Iranian EFL students were invited to participate in this study. A 181-item standardized measure developed and validated by Khlaisang and Koraneekij (2019) was used to assess individuals’ three crucial 21st-century digital skills namely Information Literacy (IL), Media Literacy (ML), and Information Communication Technology Literacy (ICTL). To find that whether this difference is significant or not, a t-test was run. The results highlight that Iranian EFL teachers' scores were higher than students in all the three constructs of IL, ML, and ICTL, and ICTL had the highest mean score among all. The data regarding teachers’ and students’ digital literacy can be a reference for educational planners and decision-makers to identify digital skills which should be considered more seriously at the university level especially in these Coronavirus days.

The presented study examined the effect of applying software technology, (i.e., WhiteSmoke Writing Software (TM 2020), on the improvement of EFL learners' writing skills. To do so, 55 EFL learners ranged in age from 20 to 22 who were studying English as a Foreign Language in Bahar Institute of Higher Education, Iran were invited to participate in the research. During the study, the participants who were already studying Passages coursebook were informed that for 7 weeks the class orientation and focus will change to writing instruction, which was most welcome by them. One class was considered as an experimental group of 26 students, while the other one was a control group of 29 students. Based on the prior completion of the course, all were considered intermediate. Control group students worked conventionally on the book and received feedback on their performance from the teacher while the learners in the experimental group worked with WhiteSmoke Writing Software which is the most comprehensive grammar checker. At the end of the study, the comparison of the pretest and posttest demonstrated that the participants in the experimental group outperformed the control group subjects at a 0.05 significant level. The outcomes of the current study approved that the application of software technology in the classroom context was treasured. Also, the utilization of software made the learners be in charge of their own learning process, which can be a great advantage on the part of online teaching and learning.

Le monde contemporain est plein de tensions, le défi c’est le conflit entre les êtres humains, les nations et les gouvernements, et pour s'en débarrasser, il n'y a pas d'autre moyen que d'établir l'amour et la réconciliation et un effort collectif pour faire la paix. La vie humaine contemporaine est une vie secondaire liée à l'ombre de l'ère de la communication et des nouvelles technologies de l'information, elle possède toutes les caractéristiques d'un espace réel avec des complexités comportementales et communicationnelles entre les utilisateurs. Dans cette situation, la pacification basée sur la foi est l'un des meilleurs modèles de consolidation de la paix par laquelle les militants religieux tentent de surmonter les conflits humains et d'apporter la paix, la stabilité et la foi à la société humaine - à la fois dans la vie réelle et dans la vie virtuelle. Après analyse des concepts de la recherche, cette étude présente un modèle d’établissement de la paix basé sur la foi selon les quatre catégories de conflit dans le cyberespace.

Le cyberespace est à la fois un monde et un outil puissant qui a réussi à briser de nombreuses frontières. Plusieurs utilisateurs y exercent diverses activités, y compris dans le monde islamique. Comme on peut le remarquer, la présence active des usagers du monde islamique ne répond pas suffisamment aux multiples besoins de cet espace. L'action la plus stratégique, la plus vitale à entreprendre est la mise en réseau des utilisateurs pour qu’ils puissent tirer parti des multiples ressources, opportunités, marchés et capacités, et remédier aux limites et aux préjudices. Le but de cette étude est de mettre en réseau les utilisateurs du cyberespace du monde islamique et de répondre à la question de savoir comment peut –on mettre en réseau les utilisateurs du cyberespace du monde islamique ? Nous avons utilisé la méthode documentaire et d'analyse de données en se basant sur l’approche qualitative utilisant de manière inductive une série de procédures systématiques pour créer une théorie sur le phénomène à l'étude. Le réseautage des utilisateurs du cyberespace du monde islamique est composé d’une poignée de phénomènes pivots, de stratégies, des résultats et de conditions causales, contextuelles, et intermédiaires qui ont donné naissance à son modèle.