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Environments to support e-Learning In UK Further and Higher Education
4.15 How is VLE development supported or encouraged within your institution?
Please tick all that apply
In 2003 question 4.15 was identical.
Table: How VLE development is supported or encouraged
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 = 209 297 146 209 31 38 19 38 12 12 63 88
Not supported or encouraged 3% 2% 3% 2% 6% 3% 0% 3% 0% 0% 3% 2%
Funded as a service (2005 only) 49% 39% 71% 84% 75% 73%
Project funding 54% 59% 54% 55% 55% 79% 47% 58% 67% 75% 54% 69%
Allowing academic staff
development time 58% 63% 62% 67% 48% 42% 58% 63% 42% 67% 48% 55%
Allowing support staff development
time 34% 41% 32% 41% 48% 39% 32% 39% 33% 67% 40% 43%
Career enhancement 9% 12% 8% 13% 6% 11% 26% 8% 8% 8% 11% 9%
Contractual obligation/part of job
specification (2005 only) 30% 31% 32% 11% 42% 27%
Other, not specified 0% 3% 1% 2% 0% 3% 0% 5% 0% 0% 0% 3%
Other - listed 4% 2% 5% 3% 3% 0% 0% 0% 8% 0% 3% 0%
Not answered 1% 4% 1% 3% 0% 8% 5% 3% 0% 0% 2% 5%
• Answer options have been added, indicated in the table with ‘(2005 only)’.
• The highlighted differences for HE colleges are based on low numbers of cases.
• FE respondents cite allowing academic staff development time most frequently
(62%), followed by project funding (54%) and funded as a service (39%); The top
three for HE respondents is the same, but in a different order: funded as a service
73%, project funding 54% (down from 69%), allowing academic staff development
time 48%.
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