A study of motivation and satisfaction of students in e-learning environment

Abstract

Higher education is evolving in the context of the so-called “information society” and it aims to teach the younger generation to deal with the chaotic and the difficult to predict flow of knowledge and new information along with transmission of sound knowledge verified by tradition. E-learning (EL) provides enormous freedom of the learner in terms of means, place, time and rhythm of learning. Data as well as analysis of the results of the conducted study among different students (BSc, MSc, Ph.D. students) from an engineering university in Sofia are presented in this publication. The aim of this study is to measure motivation and students’ satisfaction in active e-learning envi- ronment. The main advantages, that have increasingly imposed E-learning, are discussed - concerning lectures, seminars, exams, self-training, as well as the extent to which E-learning has been adopted in these different academic practices. The opinion of students concerning the present willingness o