E-learning in mind maps of Czech and Kazakhstan university students

Both the Czech Republic and Kazakhstan, reflecting social changes and latest technical and technological development, have implemented the ICT into education and claimede-learning became standard within higher education. As the systems of education and process of ICT implementation are similar in both countries, we focused on the problem how the term of e-learning is understood by technical university students, monitoring the state and highlighting similarities and differences. The method of mind mapping was applied, being based on the Khan's concept of eight-dimensional concept of e-learning. The collected data were analyzed under two criteria: number of dimensions accepted from the Khan's concept and the entire dimensions included/non-included in individual students' concept. The results were presented in the form of commented diagrams. The results showed the content focus of study programmes strongly corresponded to individual students' concepts of e-learning and both similar features and differences were detected. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.