Students' Satisfaction from E-Learning System: A Case Study of Virtual University of Pakistan

The present study was conducted to explore the students' satisfaction level from Virtual University of Pakistan e-learning system. This paper aimed at bringing the underlying factors which determine and affect students' satisfaction from e-learning. The method adopted for the present study was survey. In order to measure students' satisfaction a questionnaire with 25 items was deployed. The sample of current study comprised 240 students from different study programs. Descriptive statistics, regression analysis and one sample t-test were applied to measure students' satisfaction from the system. Results showed that students prefer this system due to its teaching standards. Regression analysis explained interactivity pattern as an important indicator of overall satisfaction from the system. One sample t-test revealed that students were highly satisfied from e-learning system. The results concluded that unconventional mode of learning is as powerful tool of education as conventional. Findings of the study lead to the practical implications and identify the need of face to face communication and betterment in interactivity patterns between instructors and students to enhance students' satisfaction from the system.