Abstract
The change in pedagogy relates partly to the development of electronic media and communication possibilities that are available in networked environments. This new technology dominates and supports the international educational content and learning.
The aim of our study was to evaluate this progress in dental education. The education was compared parallel in two groups of Czech and international students.
Groups and teaching hours were in the fourth year of the M.D. curriculum. Stomatology course materials were prepared and published on the portals of the individual dental study programs (http://dl.cuni.cz).
The lectures had different access levels, ranging from materials that were freely available to all International WEB dental faculties’ sources to materials that were accessible only after receiving permission from the authors. A number of software tools were used for the creation of e-learning courses, such as e.g.
WebCT, Blackboard, Adobe Connect or Microsoft Class Server. 291 students who were included in our study were divided into two groups according to the e-learning program. The goal of our study was to check student activities during the educational process, namely online work – lessons, articles, videos, literature, quizzes and direct Internet access.
The statisticaly significant differences were found in the results of the questionnaire based on five-point Likert´ scale.