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Environments to support e-Learning In UK Further and Higher Education
Table: Units responsible for support: online training on use of VLE via VLE
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
Central Information Technology
support 12% 12% 10% 8% 26% 24% 21% 16% 8% 42% 19% 23%
Distributed Information Technology
support 2% 1% 1% 1% 6% 3% 0% 0% 0% 8% 3% 2%
Learning Technology Support Unit
(LTSU) 11% 7% 10% 5% 16% 18% 11% 11% 25% 0% 16% 13%
Educational Development Unit
(EDU) 5% 2% 3% 1% 6% 3% 21% 8% 0% 0% 10% 5%
Dedicated VLE support 24% 15% 29% 15% 10% 8% 21% 18% 17% 17% 14% 14%
Local 7% 5% 6% 5% 10% 5% 11% 11% 0% 0% 8% 7%
Academic staff 20% 19% 23% 21% 10% 8% 21% 26% 17% 8% 14% 16%
External (Written in, 2005 only) 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Library/learning resources (Written
in, 2005 only) 4% 3% 6% 5% 8% 5%
ILT Champions (Written in, 2005
only) 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
E-learning coordinator (Written in,
2005 only) 3% 3% 0% 5% 17% 3%
Other - listed 0% 6% 0% 5% 0% 5% 0% 13% 0% 0% 0% 8%
Not answered 40% 48% 42% 53% 42% 45% 21% 34% 42% 33% 37% 39%
• The four most frequently written in answer options for 2005 have been coded and
added to the table.
• The highlighted differences for HE sub-groups are based on low numbers of cases.
• Dedicated VLE support is frequently cited (24%, was 15%). (FE 29%, was 15%; HE
14%, was 14%) followed by Academic staff (20%, was 19%). (FE 23%, was 21%; HE
14%, was 16%).
• Library / learning resources was written in by 4% of respondents, and E-learning
coordinator by 3%.
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