The impact of e-learning system on conventional teaching environment

The role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is increasingly visible and has many applications in our routines. One such application that currently has profound impact is e-learning systems. The growing potential of online educational systems and their robust utilities are leading to a re-examination of conventional teaching-learning systems all around the world. In this context, this study inquires into learners’ and instructors’ attitudes towards e-learning systems in a conventional teaching-learning environment, focusing on a few institutes of higher education operating under the approval of the UAE’s Ministry of Higher Education. Based on the survey data generated from 66 instructors and 96 students, there is a high level of willingness to adopt e-learning systems in conventional teaching-learning environments like colleges and universities. High levels of association are found between the perceived quality of e-learning systems and their adoptability in the conventional teaching learning environments in the UAE. Thus, this study opens up an avenue for discussing the implications and possible adoption of e-learning systems in the conventional teaching-learning setting currently employed in the UAE.