A Survey on E-Learning Attributes of University Websites of Different Countries

E-learning, has revolutionized the style of learning. Now learning material is available within the reach of students who want to continue higher education. Besides this, distance learning system is getting popularity in different countries. Website can play a vital role in case of providing different on-line services to the students. The incorporation of several facilities in educational websites can remove different problems. So the effectiveness of educational websites needs to be increased when ever required. Mainly this incorporation is required in the countries where enrollment ratio in higher education is very low. LITERATURE REVIEW A research on the use of websites to make parents involved in education and whether it is effective or not is discussed by Yoon J in the year 2004 .A work on the development of effective educational website by integrating principle of active learning with the unique feature of the web was done by David A cook in the year 2004.A work on how education based SNS(Social Networking Sites) can be used most effectively in distance education courses as a technological tool for improved online communication among students in higher distance education courses is done by Kelvin P Brady . METHODOLOGY The design elements and content of some internationally acclaimed educational websites for distance learning have been analyzed for benchmarking the present status of educational websites for distance learning in India. A linear regression exists between the gross enrollment ratio and the number of attributes present in educational websites [2].The major drawbacks of the educational websites in India is identified in this study and necessary suggestions were given to improve the websites’ usability. If the websites provide the services like enrolling of students, e-learning materials and other learning resources during the entire course span then more students will be attracted to enroll in higher education. In this study the portions dedicated to distance learning of four university websites in India, four in Australia and same number of websites of America have been analyzed which are dedicated to provide necessary information and service to the intended users and also the drawbacks of Indian websites in providing information and services to the