Impact of e-Learning on students : a proposal and evaluation of enhanced e-learning model to increase the academic performance of university students

E-Learning has become an important means of gaining education/knowledge with the help of electronic media, typically on the Internet. This research paper identifies and analyses the impacts of e-learning on the academic performance of students. It also identifies existing solutions to address the impacts. In addition it proposes an enhanced e-learning model by selecting two best solutions. Finally evaluates the new model. The method of evaluation was based on conducting a survey to around 50 students 3 different universities overseas and here in Australia. The result of the analysis showed that the majority of the students had positive perceptions of the proposed model with regard to its impact on student's academic performance. Furthermore steps were taken to improve the proposed model accordingly by focusing on considering the major factors involved, minimizing the drawbacks.