Allah Nawaz

Work place: Department of Public Administration, Gomal University, Pakistan

E-mail: profallahnawaz@gmail.com

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Research Interests: Business & Economics

Biography

Dr. Allah Nawaz is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, Gomal University Pakistan. He completed his M.Phil from University of Leeds, U.K. He has done his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Gomal University Pakistan. His research interests include ICTs implications for Education, business and management. He has published more than fifty international journal articles.

Author Articles
Issues of Technical Support for e-Learning Systems in Higher Education Institutions

By Allah Nawaz Muhammad Zubair Khan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2012.02.06, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2012

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided several tools to facilitate higher education. However, their effective use demands technical expertise to achieve the required academic goals. The university constituents (teachers, students and administrators) are given eTraining but this is not enough. Every eLearning system establishes a basic ‘infrastructure’ of computers, networks, communications and a technical department filled with ICT professionals to consistently maintain and upgrade the infrastructure, train the users and continuously provide technical support as and when required by them. Given the non-stop nature of technical support for eLearning, HEIs are facing issues in creating robust infrastructural facilities that are both competitive with the external environment and compatible with the internal user requirements. This article is a compendium of the touchy aspects in sustained technical support for eLearning in HEIs.

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