Authors:
Stavros Valsamidis
1
;
Ioannis Kazanidis
1
;
Vasilios Aggelidis
1
;
Sotirios Kontogiannis
2
and
Alexandros Karakos
3
Affiliations:
1
TEI of East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
;
2
TEI of West Macedonia, Greece
;
3
Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Keyword(s):
e-Learning, Critical Success Factors, Instructor, Student, Technology, Support.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer-Supported Education
;
Critical Success Factors in Distance Learning
;
Domain Applications and Case Studies
Abstract:
Nowadays, as e-learning is increasingly used in education, it is useful to know what are the critical factors
for its successful implementation in higher education institutes. This research has two main objectives. The
initial objective is to clarify and categorize the Critical Success Factors (CSF) of education with the use of a
Learning Management System (LMS) from the perspective of students and then to investigate the
relationships among these factors, suggesting a new causal model. To achieve the above objectives, an
extensive, detailed and systematic study of available literature sources was held. Then, the critical success
factors were separated in four (4) broad categories: instructors' characteristics, students' characteristics,
information and communications technology used and technical support provided by the technical staff.
Each factor contains a number of deterministic variables which were adopted mainly by previous studies.
Also, for the collection of data fo
r analysis, a questionnaire was distributed to students who use the LMS.
Technical multivariate analysis was used to examine the relevance of each variable determinant factor,
while for the evaluation of the causal model, structural equation systems were used.
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