This paper reviews the concept of information architecture and
presents a new conceptual model. It describes, through a framework, the
necessary items for establishing a virtual
achieve to the framework, this paper includes four stages: in the first stage,
the concept of virtual university and its necessary items are investigated
the second stage is a comparative study of organizational architectur
frameworks for setting the conceptual model for the virtual university
architecture in the third section, the structure of items of virtual
university and its conceptual model are studied and the validity is assessed
by a questionnaire Finally, in the
the format of the framework (information architecture of virtual
university in Iran). The main characteristic of the final framework is a
presentation of a comprehensive model for realizing
including all of vital aspects and items for establishing an environment for
electronic learning with attention to local considerations. The paper
concludes that establishing a virtual university in Iran would be feasible in
real application.