E-Learning Readiness Assessment of Medical Students in University of Fallujah

Learning in the medical school of universi-ty of Fallujah in Iraq is still by the classical face-to-face approach with minimal e-communication. Studies show that there are numerous models that have been devel-oped, however, they are used in developed countries whose e-Readiness is high hence not applicable in devel-oping countries. The aim of this paper is to assess medi-cal student's perspectives of E-learning readiness. Stu-dents responded to a semi-structured self-administered questionnaire adapted from literature. Analysis was with SPSS version 19, using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and independent samples T-test. The results obtained indicate that cultural readiness is the most important factor followed by technological readiness. In addition, the study results show that there are no significant rela-tionship between age, gender, and level of education, also it was reported in this study that the lowest mean for e-learn readiness is among students in a higher level of study. In conclusion, the students are not ready for eLearning, one of the reasons might be the ICT infra-structure is not adequate enough to support the use of e-learning. Further study with qualitative methodology will help in preparing for this evolution in learning.