e-learning readiness - Asia Pacific Region - Open University Malaysia

TABLE 2. Demographic Profile of Policy Makers (continued)Description of RespondentFrequency(N = 102)Percentage(%)101-500 19 18.6501 to 2,500 15 14.72,501 to 10,000 11 10.8More than 10,001 6 5.9Number of Students Enrolled (forinstitutions with student enrolmentonly)Total 102 100Under 1000 25 36.21,001 to 2,500 12 17.42,501 to 5,000 11 16.05,001 to 10,000 5 7.210,001 to 25,000 15 21.7Above 25,000 1 1.5Connection to the InternetTotal 69 100Dial up 7 6.9Streamyx 40 38.8ISDN 15 14.7Leased Line 31 30.4Other 5 4.9Missing value 4 3.9Total 102 1002.2 Patterns of ReadinessSix dimensions of readiness were considered in the survey of policymakers:management, personnel, technical, environmental, cultural andfinancial readiness. The data in Tables 3 to 11 indicate the extent towhich policy makers feel their organisations are ready for E-learning.Table 3 indicates that about two-thirds of the management inorganisations are committed to E-learning. The figures in Table 3 showthat the majority of the organisations (72.5 percent) already have missionstatements on E-learning as opposed to 25.5 percent who do not. Almosttwo-thirds (60.8 percent) of the organisations have E-learning policies inplace, compared to 37.2 percent that have not formulated such policies. InJoint Study by MEWC and OUM 16