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Environments to support e-Learning In UK Further and Higher Education
1.4 Listed below are possible supporting factors for MLE development and the
environments and processes that support e-learning. Which of those have been important
in your institution to date? Please indicate the importance of each of these in your
institution by scoring each from 1 (not very important at all) to 5 (very important). If a
factor is not relevant to your institution then simply enter 0
In 2003 the partially comparable question was:
1.4 Listed below are possible drivers that can encourage MLE development. Which
have driven development of your MLE to date? Please indicate the importance of each of
these in your institution by scoring each from 1 (not very important at all) to 5 (very
important). If a factor is not relevant to your institution then simply enter 0
Table: Supporting factors for environments and processes that support e-learning (average scores,
ranked by Total 2005)
a committed 'local
champion'
availability of internal
funding
availability of external
funding
technological
changes/developments
availability of relevant
standards
Total FE HE - Pre ‘92 HE - Post ‘92 HE college HE all
2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003
3.92 3.38 3.94 3.41 3.70 3.29 4.04 3.74 3.88 2.65 3.85 3.33
3.89 2.47 3.87 2.56 3.97 2.41 4.12 2.42 3.65 1.65 3.95 2.27
3.64 2.84 3.83 3.18 3.05 2.05 2.96 2.19 3.56 2.35 3.13 2.16
3.36 2.72 3.41 2.68 3.19 2.66 3.29 2.77 3.13 3.24 3.21 2.81
2.49 2.29 2.64 2.42 1.97 1.83 2.33 2.39 2.06 1.76 2.10 2.01
• The question wording from 2003 (1.3) was changed and the question was split into
two separate questions (1.3 for driving factors and 1.4 for supporting factors). This
should be taken into account when interpreting data.
• A higher score for almost all supporting factors in 2005, compared to 2003.
• The availability of internal funding is ranked higher in 2005 than in 2003.
• The number of respondents (N) for each option is shown in a separate table below.
Table: Base (N) for supporting factors for environments and processes that support e-learning
a committed 'local
champion'
availability of internal
funding
availability of external
funding
technological
changes/developments
availability of relevant
standards
Total FE HE - Pre ‘92 HE - Post ‘92 HE college HE all
2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003
219 277 158 188 30 41 20 31 13 17 61 89
217 272 155 183 28 41 20 31 14 17 62 89
215 274 154 184 28 42 18 31 13 17 61 90
214 276 155 187 29 41 19 31 13 17 59 89
216 273 157 185 28 40 18 31 13 17 59 88
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