E-learning and Students’ Motivation: A Research Study on the Effect of Online Learning at University

Abstract

The number of internet users with E-learning models offered in higher education institutions has rapidly increased with the beginning of this century. Therefore, e learning has become one of the ways that provide accessibility and flexibility to learners to overcome the far distance of locations or different cultures, or even timing management for achieving students’ satisfaction. However, the success of an e-learning system depends on the understanding of certain antecedent factors that influence the students’ acceptance and usage of such e-learning systems. In this regard, e-learning has become a necessity in higher education institutions and is being deployed in educational establishments throughout the world. Researchers have made much emphasis on its benefits, but not much has been said regarding disadvantages of e-learning technology. In this sense, most universities in Algeria are facing many educational problems and obstacles that technology may help to surmount. Open sources, such as a Moodle e-learning platform, have been implemented by many Algerian universities. As for the Moodle, it could be used as an aid to deliver e-content and to provide various possibilities for implementing asynchronous e-learning web-based modules. Thus, this research seeks to demonstrate that the use of interactive features of e-learning increases the motivation of undergraduate students for the learning process. We used a questionnaire to collect and analyse data through descriptive statistics.