Student Workload and Motivation in Web-Supported Education

Abstract

The article presents and questions the issue of student workload and learning motivation, especially in the context of recent so called Bologna curriculum renewals. Therein it focusses especially on the web-supported, i. e. blended form of learning. Through a comparison of three simultaneous blended deliveries of the course „Multimedia” at three different higher vocational schools in Slovenia, and with description of selected good-practice examples, recommendations are given for a future-oriented, active use of new ICT in education – from curriculum-development thorugh blended forms of assessment and quality assurance, to didactical methods, e. g. use of forums, wikis, online materials and resources (also multimedia), and other forms of e-learning. From the perspective of decreasing the workload for both teacher and student as well as simultaneously increasing the learning effectiveness and motivation, the article originally attempts at sketching an interactive model for decreasing workload through blended learning.