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Environments to support e-Learning In UK Further and Higher Education
Table: Accessibility of resources for students and staff with a wide range of access needs
Current situation
Total FE HE - Pre ‘92
HE - Post
‘92 HE college HE all
2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003
N = 234 343 169 246 32 42 21 37 14 18 65 97
On-line systems do not support
needs 12% 24% 14% 27% 13% 17% 5% 16% 7% 17% 8% 16%
On-line systems support limited
range of needs 49% 58% 50% 57% 34% 67% 48% 51% 64% 78% 46% 63%
Some on-line systems support a
wide range of needs 35% 15% 31% 14% 47% 14% 43% 32% 29% 6% 43% 20%
All on-line systems can support
wide range of needs 4% 2% 5% 2% 6% 2% 5% 0% 0% 0% 3% 1%
Future / aim
N = 203 318 145 224 26 39 21 37 14 18 58 94
On-line systems do not support
needs 0% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 3% 0% 0% 0% 1%
On-line systems support limited
range of needs 6% 11% 7% 13% 8% 13% 0% 0% 14% 6% 5% 6%
Some on-line systems support a
wide range of needs 25% 34% 30% 37% 8% 28% 10% 24% 21% 22% 10% 26%
All on-line systems can support
wide range of needs 68% 55% 62% 50% 85% 59% 90% 73% 64% 72% 84% 67%
• Question wording changed to refer to ‘students and staff with a wide range of access
needs’ – previously ‘accessibility of resources for students with disabilities’.
• A situation where some systems support a wide range of access needs has become
more usual (35%, up from 15%).
• 68% of all respondents (up from 55%) aim to move to a situation where all on-line
systems can support a wide range of access needs.
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