A Brief Overview of Analyzing Critical Success Factors for Effective E-learning Implementation

Abstract

Nowadays, e-learning has been adopted by the majority of educational institutions. Despite the fact that the e-learning market is quickly expanding, it can’t be denied that failure rates in the implementation and use of e-learning are rising [1,2]. According to Frimpon [1], Critical Success Factors (CSFs) are the pillars for successful e-learning implementation. In view of this the goal of this research is to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) for effective e-learning implementation. Based on the systematic literature analisis, five main factors and eighteen sub-factors were identified as a CSFs for successful e-learning implementation. CSFs are the features of the teacher (teacher's attitude, teacher's computing technical skills, interaction among teaches-students, teaching style, knowledge in e-learning content development and self-efficacy), the characteristics of the student (attitude, computer competency, interaction, self-efficacy, motivation and cultural and social norms), the infrastructure of information technology (internet accessibility, reliability and availability), design and content (perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness) and  the features of organization (training and support).