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

3PROVIDERSThis chapter presents the findings on the extent to which providers(private corporations, organisations, tertiary educational institutions andmajor technology providers) are ready to embark or have embarked on E-learning programme in institutions of higher education.3.1 Demographic ProfileThere were 75 E-learning providers who responded to the survey (seeTable 12). They came from MSC/E-learning companies, public institutionsof higher learning (IPTAs), private institutes of higher learning (IPTSs),and training departments the country. Of from all over the total, 46 ofthese E-learning providers (61.3 percent) are located in towns and theremaining 29 (38.7 percent) are located in cities in Malaysia. Among therespondents were 54 providers (72 percent) from private organisations,and 21 providers (28 percent) from government agencies in the country.Of these, 43 (57.3 percent) were working in organisations that areinvolved in education, training and/or Research and Development (R&D).There were 24 (32 percent) respondents who represented the ICTindustry, and the remaining eight (10.7 percent) represented those whowere not in the other two previously mentioned categories. These E-learning providers also revealed that the organisations they work in haveunder 100 employees (32 out of 75 respondents, or 42.7 percent), between101 and 500 employees (16 respondents, or 21.3 percent), between 501 and2500 employees (4 respondents, or 5.3 percent), between 2501 and 10000employees (15 respondents, or 20 percent), and more than 10001employees (8 respondents, or 10.7 percent).Student EnrolmentThe E-learning providers were also asked about student enrolment attheir respective organisations (see Table 13). Based on the responses tothe question on nature of organisation, 43 of the 75 providers were fromthe educational/training/research and development fields. As shown inTable 13 there were 11 providers (25.58 percent) who stated that theirstudent enrolment was between 10,001 and 25,000 students. The secondJoint Study by MEWC and OUM 28