Platform for Distance Learning - what do students think about features?

Distance Learning in a Blended Learning course

The environment for the distance learning in the Blended Learning process needs special quality criteria that must be fulfilled by the platform to satisfy best the customers’ needs. Standard features like class management, communication and interaction, organisation and access to resources as well as practice and assessment should be standard. To identify the learners' needs the learners should be asked about the concrete use of these features and additional options
Further studies or projects should care for answers to the following questions:
How important is …

• is a portfolio system for you 
• is synchronous communication (in a group) for you
  o With your teacher/trainer
  o With other learners of your group 
• is the communication with other learners for you 
• are Web 2.0 features (for example interactivity) for you 
• is a simple navigation (inside the eLearning Platform) for you 
• Is the use and the presentation of multimedia content in the course for you 
• are joint-used tools like mind maps, glossaries or wikis (to create content together) for you 
• are games or other entertainments (for example crosswords) as a learning tool for you 
• Is for you to use the eLearning platform with your tablet for learning