Integrated education in e-learning design and development through synchronised assignments and assessments of courses

The main research goals of this paper are to analyse the quality of the developed e-learning course prototypes by the students in the Masters programme "E-Learning" after applying an integrated approach to the final assignments that the students prepare for four of the important courses in the programme. In the third year of the application of this approach a comparison is made between the produced e-learning courses during the period, and the e-learning courses from the same master's programme, developed in the preceding three year period. A significant positive effect was seen with respect to the courses quality and design.