CHALLENGES OF E-LEARNING MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CROATIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

For the past few years, e-learning has become synonymous with different learning and teaching techniques based on information and communication technologies. Generally speaking, e-learning has been increasingly present in the Croatian higher education system, gradually changing its traditional character. However, this modem learning and teaching concept has not been equally accepted throughout student population. There are numerous reasons for this state of affairs, one of the most important ones being disproportion, i.e. unequal pace of its introduction at different university and vocational studies in Croatia. These discrepancies cannot be eliminated without active support by all the actors participating in the education process. The greatest responsibility, nevertheless, lies with the people directly in charge of the e-learning process. To fulfil its task more efficiently, e-learning management requires relevant information on different aspects of its usage, as well as its acceptance among students. With this aim in mind, we conducted a survey of student attitudes at Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. This paper presents the results of this research, which are based on application of various statistical methods, primarily cluster analysis.