Adoption and Implementation of E-Learning Framework for Shaikh Zayed University, Khost, Afghanistan

Abstract

Ministry of higher education has recently launched an e-learning tool during the global COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan. Many higher learning institutions in Afghanistan have implemented e-learning tool because of its effectiveness as a learning approach. However, fever studies have shown that there are still low adoption rate of e-learning in higher education institutions in Afghanistan. This study explored the rate of adoption and an implementation framework of e-learning in Shaikh Zayed University Khost, Afghanistan. The strategy of inquiry is quantitative and the instrument for determining the perceptions of target group is questionnaire. A total of 120 instructors have participated in the survey in which some of them were IT Administrators. The survey result revealed that 37.08% of contents delivery is traditional on chalk and talk based,  47.91% contents delivered by instructors using projector and 31.66% academic staff use lab sessions at Shaikh Zayed University. As a result, the ministry of higher education in Afghanistan needs to have guidelines to help higher education institutions to implement e-learning successfully and efficiently.