العوامل المتنبئة بالتعلم الإلكتروني القائم على الويب لدى أعضاء هيئة التدريس في جامعة أم القرى، ومحفزاته ومعيقاته
The current study was conducted to investigate the factors predicting trends towards web-based e-learning, its obstacles, and their motivations, among the faculty members at Umm Al-Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To achieve these objectives, research measures were applied to a sample of 100 participants. The results revealed that institutional support, the perceived value of web-based e-learning, and computer and internet skills were statistically significant positive predictors of web-based e-learning. Furthermore, .the faculty members at Umm Al-Qura University had strong positive attitudes towards it. The results also showed that the motivator: “e-learning training” came first, while the motivator: “peer recognition, prestige, and status” came last. Regarding barriers to web-based e-learning, the participants did not show concrete agreement towards them. Accordingly, there is a need to conduct further studies on different samples from various universities and colleges for a better understanding of faculty members ’attitudes towards web-based e-learning, the predicting factors of attitudes towards web-based e-learning, motivators, and barriers to using web-based e-learning. (Published abstract)