Stakeholders´ psychological factors affecting E-learning readiness in higher education community in Sri Lanka

E-learning involves the use of information and communication technology to teach and deliver learning materials and it´s becoming increasingly important in the higher education in Sri Lanka. Learners´ readiness to use the University e-Learning system enhances the learning efficiency and opportunities. University e-learning system provides more specific learning materials of required quality. A survey was conducted to investigate the critical factors affecting learners´ readiness in using the e-Learning system. By using factor analysis the variables were classified into individual learners´ study habits, learners´ learning preferences, perception and willingness towards electronic learning and e-Learning readiness factors. Results show that the learners´ willingness is significant when participating in e-learning system activities. Generally, learners use World Wide Web to improve their learning experience as a valuable source of information. The results showed that in order to adopt to the e-learning system, the most important factors are e-learning confidence and e-learning training not the e-learning readiness.