A Proposed Model for Sustainable Education in E-learning: the Effective Factors

With the growing use of information and communication technologies for education worldwide, e-learning has been widely regarded as an imperative tool for educational institutions and training centers all over the world. The review of satisfaction, level of learner’s presence, usefulness of technologies in distance education and also the relationships among such issues have a significant role in planning the future of educational institutes. To this end, this review aims to investigate the key factors affecting the increased learner desire to continue education in the web-based learning and ultimately provide a model for these factors. This paper reviewed 88 relevant articles published between 1988 and 2013. Having in mind the factors considered important in the previous studies, the researchers have proposed a model for sustainable education in e-learning known as TEAM (technology, environment, attitude and motivation). This model, as an indicator, can be used to measure the students’ satisfaction level and ultimately boost their involvement in e-learning. It can also assist educational centers and institutes to gain a better understanding of how e-learning could be applied more productively.