University level GIMP online course - faculty of teacher education (ICT course)

Two virtual communities consisting of the second-year “Information Systems” course students of The Faculty for Teacher's Education attended “Manipulating Images with GIMP” course as an integral part of their curriculum. The course was presented online and its purposes were (1) learning about possibilities of the teaching process using online resources, (2) encouraging independence at performing tasks within the practical part of the course and (3) getting students to learn about free open-source software. Upon completion of the course, a survey was conducted for the purpose of analysing - in both qualitative and quantitative senses- familiarity with e-education terms and the level of student satisfaction with this way of knowledge acquisition and assessment.