elearning readiness among faculty members of iranian universities: a survey of 23 universities

Background: the aim of this study was to assess the level of e-learning readiness among the faculty members in iranian universities. methods: this is a survey research and the statistical population included all faculty members of 23 selected iranian universities in march-september 2018. the population of the study included about 750 professors selected through simple random sampling. the instrument of study was a questionnaire titled “evaluation of instructors’ readiness for e-learning in iranian universities”. its content and face validity were verified by professionals, and its reliability was measured through cronbach’s coefficient alpha which was (0.72-0.86). to analyze the data, descriptive and mean, sd statistics (independent t-test) were used. results: the average e-readiness score of professors from the 23 selected universities amounted to approximately 4.3 out of 10, which is indicative of a relatively “weak” e-readiness status. also, the score of over 60% of the criteria was “less than average”. conclusion: given the decreasing numbers of e-learning students in iran, the results of this study show that one of the important reasons for the failure in the development of universities’ e-learning systems can be the lack of e-learning readiness among instructors.