Evaluating the acceptance of e-learning systems via subjective and objective data analysis

Abstract

The adoption of e-learning technology by the academic community, has been a long source of research from multiple disciplines including education, psychology and computer science. As more and more academic institutions have opted to use online technology for their course delivery and pedagogical activities, there has been a surge of interest in evaluating the acceptance of the academic community to adopt and accept the use of e-learning management systems. This is due to the increasing concerns that despite the wide use and deployment of e-learning technologies, the intended impact on education is not achieved. We review the conducted studies on the use of objective procedures for evaluating e-learning systems in tandem with subjective data analysis. The evaluation process consists of understanding further the factors related to the acceptance and adoption of online educational systems by instructors and students in order to devise strategies for improving the teaching and research quality.