Evaluating the impact of interactivity issues on e-learning effectiveness

This research investigates how interactivity affects the effectiveness of e-learning and how interactivity in e-learning can be improved. This research uses a mixed strategy; questionnaire surveys were conducted with students studying at Taibah University and semi structured interviews were conducted with the professors teaching at Taibah University. This research finds that the lack of interactivity in e-learning affects the effectiveness of e-learning and the most effective way of using e-learning is to use it in conjunction with traditional classroom learning. This research also concludes that new and improved technologies are required to improve interactivity in e-learning which will, undoubtedly, affect the effectiveness of e-learning systems.

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