Supporting teachers' needs within and through E-learning systems

These days more and more digital learning and teaching opportunities emerge into the world of higher education. In this upcoming project which is described in this paper, the teachers' needs, especially their teaching motivation will be regarded. This project is part of a bigger project, where several different faculties will work together. This combination of faculties is beneficial for topics like these, because the approach combines pedagogical and technical knowledge. This topic regarding teachers' needs deals with the initial and ongoing motivation as well as behavior and attitudes toward current or upcoming ICT systems for education. The main aspect of the project is to specify issues about current systems and analyze requirements for enhanced future e-learning systems. This analysis will spent special attention on requirements for an enhanced teacher motivation. In this paper the motivation and background of the project will be described, as well as the state of the art and the research approach including hypotheses and research questions. Also preliminary results are outlined, which lead to the conclusion that the two major issue areas are interaction support between students and teachers and the individual teaching style. Additionally future directions are described.