Ferl has just published its annual survey of ILT in colleges. Amongst other things, it looks at VLEs and MLEs. It's available for download from ferl, on: http://ferl.becta.org.uk An extract from the results is: "51 % of respondents stated that they currently use a VLE, up from 30% last year, though only 13 colleges describe their use as common practice. 61% of general F.E. colleges reported using VLEs compared with only 27% of Sixth form colleges. In house systems accounted for largest share (17%) of the total reported. 57% of colleges use systems to track learner activity, compared with 44% last year. Sixth form colleges are the bigger users of student tracking systems , 77% reporting them compared with 52% of general F.E. colleges". There's more detail, and other points about MLEs, in the report. Geoff Minshull Direct Learn Training Online services to education, courseware development, project management, deafness/disability consultancy Web: http://www.directlearn.co.uk/ - last updated 18.11.01 Tel: +44 (0)1629 540386 Mob: 0771 264 7600 Fax: +44 (0)1629 540820 ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. Access the list via the web on http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle