Introduction and purpose: The aim of this research was the study of relationship of virtual education and cognitive creativity with mediator role of academic satisfaction.
Research methodology: This research was one of the descriptive correlation researches. The statistical population of the research included all the second high school students of Firuzabad city in the academic year of 2001-1401, in the number of 4470 people, and using the multi-stage cluster sampling method, 350 students were selected. In order to collect information, the creativity questionnaires of Rawdesp (1999), the e-learning questionnaire of Ozetkin, Zenio and Ezgur (2011) and the academic satisfaction questionnaire of Huebner (2001) were used. The validity and reliability of the tools were calculated using item analysis and Cronbach's alpha coefficient.
Findings:The results of this research showed that the level cognitive creativity in secondary school students of FiroozAbad was lower than the average. The virtual education has a significant relationship with cognitive creativity. The virtual education has a significant relationship with academic satisfaction. The academic satisfaction has a significant relationship with cognitive creativity. There was significant relationship between virtual education and cognitive creativity with mediator role of academic satisfaction.
Discussion and conclusion: In general, there is a statistically significant relationship between virtual education and cognitive creativity with the mediating role of students' academic satisfaction. Education officials can provide the fields of creativity for students with happy programs that suit their needs and interests.
Key words: cognitive creativity, virtual education, academic satisfaction, students.