Most of the teaching at tertiary institutions in the Czech Republic is now
supported online, usually in the form of various e-learning courses because
students appreciate having study materials within their easy reach and being
able to see and read once again the lecture texts or other materials from their
face-to-face classes. It is also true that students particularly prefer to exploit
study materials in their e-courses. Unfortunately, there are not many empirical
studies addressing pragmatic issues such as the form of online study materials.
Thus, the purpose of this article is to discover with the help of an online
questionnaire survey conducted at the Faculty of Informatics and Management
of the University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, what kind of online
study materials students prefer so that the teacher/tutor could adjust his/her
online teaching materials to students’ needs. In conclusion the authors
emphasize the importance of and unique role of multimedia in designing the
online study materials.