With the democratisation of higher education the proportion of the relevant age group enrolled into universities and colleges has dramatically increased in the last decades. To satisfy the needs of mass higher education and also of life-long learning, the role of the teacher is gradually changing. The emphasis is shifting from teaching towards learning. The methods of open and distance learning became accepted firstly in business and management studies, and began to infiltrate into other subjects too. However, very few engineering applications are known. In the field of chemical engineering — especially in the last two decades — mathematical modelling, simulation and flowsheeting became a widely accepted subject on its own right. We began a project aimed at developing flexible learning materials to deliver this subject. The paper gives examples of the structure and content of the new learning material illustrated with typical examples and students homework.
