Abstract

The present research aims to investigate the efficiency and effectiveness of e-learning systems adoption and implementation in context to the Saudi educational sector with specific focus on Saudi universities. It investigates the impact of the system on academic staffs teaching online courses. Adopting quantitative research approach, the IS-Impact Measurement model was used to design the questionnaire to collect the primary data. It was used to find out the effectiveness of the current systems based on the perspectives of academic staff with experience teaching online courses for a year at least. The total outcomes of the whole research ended up proposing a business model to enhance and modify e-learning environments for Saudi universities with specific focus on their quality by assessing and understanding of the impact employees have within their roles.

Key words: e-learning; distance learning; IS impact; Higher Education; Saudi Arabia