E-learning next step — Learning materials for students

E-learning materials were first introduced at the university level education in last years of previous century in Slovenia. From the initial steps and pilot projects we learned the trade and participate in many e-learning material developments for primary and secondary schools. But in the recent years we regretful discovered that the university´s e-learning materials are not in the same league as lower level education e-learning materials. It is true that students´ population is different from kids but “digi-kids” have grown up and become students and they are familiar with the e-learning materials. It is the fundamental difference between lower level education and university level education. Lower levels education e-learning materials were funded by the government but university does not have funds for e-learning materials production. Up until now lecturers used LCMS for communication and documents sharing. But it is become evident that this is not enough and upgrade of e-learning material is required. It is evident that this process will take time and should be efficient from all perspective (didactically suitable, cheap, and fast). In the last year e-learning materials was prepared for students to test what suits them most. A lecture for a whole course was prepared with the different composition of text, sound and video. In forthcoming semester we are going to test our e-learning materials and receive feedback from the students. Article presents the learning materials specification, expected didactical results, aesthetical considerations, individual preferences (visual, audio, kinaesthetic), and client´s browser´s limitations. It is still not clear if university level students require more elaborate learning materials than PDF which was their favourite type up to now.