Learning-by-e-teaching: experience from involving students in preparation of e-learning materials

Creation of e-learning materials is considered as a time consuming and costly process. Involving students in preparation of educational content may be beneficial in many ways. Firstly, it motivates students to self-study following a similar pattern as it is the case in learning-by-teaching sessions. Secondly, some of the students' projects may be reused in development of more advanced e-learning resources. The aim of this paper is to summarize three-year experiences gained in two elective courses on e-learning technologies offered to students of medicine and applied computer science. The spectrum of topics taken up by students is outlined. Possibilities of applying the outcomes of these courses in practice are discussed.