Abstract:

The study investigated the factors influencing e-learning adoption behaviour of instructors of South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. The analysis of various models used to study the adoption behaviour reveals that cultural factors were neglected. Therefore the importance was given to the cultural factors to develop an e-learning adoption model. The proposed model was tested among instructors and the findings of this research have significant effects on the suitability of adopting an e-learning system at this university. However it is recommended that this study should be extended to include instructors belonging to multi-ethnic groups in all universities in Sri Lanka.