Communication in university teaching has been experiencing years of reform led by modern media and technologies. This paper examines (by triangulation) satisfaction with university communication in students of private and state universities, which consider communication as one of the most important competence frameworks. The survey examined students’ perceptions (N=267) on the characteristics, methods, frequency, and quality of communication in the learning process, which is our primary research question. What was also researched was the existence of differences in students’ attitudes towards private and state universities. Results show that the students of private universities, compared to the students of state universities, are more satisfied with communication.

This theoretical study explores the flipped classroom concept as an innovative teaching method within higher education. The main aim is to present the benefits and limits of implementing the flipped classroom in the Czech higher educational context. The authors evaluate problematic areas of implementing the flipped classroom based on a content analysis of research studies from selected European countries and specify possible bottlenecks affecting its implementation in the Czech university environment. Referring to the results, the flipped classroom concept promotes student-centred learning, the activation and development of students’ competence to learn, but its effective implementation in the university environment is contextually conditioned.