The development of information technologies has contributed to the growth in online training as an important education method. E-learning provides trainees with education opportunities in diverse ways. It has led to a range of innovative services offering one-stop educational solutions within the e-business sector. The online training environment enables trainees to undertake customized training at any time and any place. Moreover, information technology allows both the trainers and trainees to be decoupled in terms of time, place, and space.
The major aim of this paper is to study the effect of organizational challenges on performance of E-Learning in University of Isfahan. The mentioned aim will be studied by supposing some factors such as organizational technology, strategy, culture and structure as effective organizational challenges on performance of E-Learning.
This survey is applied type in terms of purpose and is descriptive-field in terms of methodology. Historical study was used to collect data related to theoretical principles of research like books and scientific magazines and researcher self made questionnaire (with acceptable reliability of 94.5%) was applied for data collection and its analysis.
The results of this research indicate that organizational technology, strategy, culture and structure affect on performance of E-Learning in University of Isfahan.
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