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Q5. When did you first make use of these technologies?
Year Response Percent Response Total
1983 3.7% 1
1987 3.7% 1
1988 3.7% 1
1989 3.7% 1
1990 7.4% 2
1992 3.7% 1
1993 7.4% 2
1995 11.1% 3
1996 18.5% 5
1997 14.8% 4
1998 7.4% 2
1999 3.7% 1
2001 11.1% 3
Total Respondents 27
Q6. What is the most advanced level of training you have had with these
technologies?
The majority of practitioners indicated they were ‘self-taught’. It was clear that
their experience of using the technologies was task-related and project-based.
Training Response Percent Response Total
Self-taught 51.9% 14
Other 33.3% 9
Workshop training 7.4% 2
University degree training 3.7% 1
Job-related industrial 3.7% 1
training
No training – work with 0% 0
technical
facilitator/collaborator
Total Respondents 27
The additional responses consisted of answers that fitted into multiple
categories. The only new category mentioned was that 3 (11.1%) practitioners
stated they taught the use of these technologies.
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