Hi Karen, I have found the TALiSMAN training needs analysis very useful; http://www.talisman.hw.ac.uk Best wishes Elisabeth On 7 Aug 01, at 17:16, Stephen Bostock wrote: > Karen > > 1.There is an article in the next, September edition of Educational > Developments about users' confidence with IT. 2. UEA has a project > http://www.uea.ac.uk/csed/scaits/welcome.html > > Stephen > > Karen Anderson wrote: > > > > I am a member of staff at Teesside University and I am about to > > start to research how members of staff perceive their IT skills and > > how important they view IT as part of their teaching. I am > > developing an online questionnaire cover areas such as email, WWW, > > Word, Excel, PowerPoint and use of audio visual equipment in lecture > > theatres. The aim of the project is to have a greater understanding > > of how staff view IT which will hopefully enable the Staff > > Development Unit within the University to focus the development > > portfolio. > > > > I would like to hear from anyone whose institution has carried out > > similar projects as I am having difficulty at the moment finding any > > publications surrounding this area. > > > > Regards > > Karen > > -- > Dr Stephen J Bostock FSEDA [log in to unmask] > Academic Staff Developer, Department of Academic Affairs, and Director > for IT, Department of Computer Science tel: +1782 583644 Keele > University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG UK fax: +1782 713082 > http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/cs/Stephen_Bostock/ ____________ Elisabeth Coughlin Teaching & Learning Research Room D001 University of Luton, LU1 3JU Tel: 01582-743126 Fax: 01582-743400 Ext: 3126