Geoff,
Bradford College is using Web Ct,.all students will have access at a later
stage .
My own area is Metallurgy and Materials and we will be using this for
Distance and Taught Class situations ., for 50 - 80 students .
Best Regards
Richard
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> From: Geoff Minshull[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: Virtual Learning Environments
> Sent: 26 September 2001 14:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: VLE usage
>
> At 13:25 26/09/01 +0100, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >I would be interested to learn of any figures regarding adoption of
> various VLEs. In our immediate area WebCT is very popular. Are there any
> figures available nationally?
> >
>
> I don't think there are any. Vendors might be willing to say how many
> licences/seats they sold, but that would give a far larger figure than
> staff and students actually using their VLE. In general, in most colleges
> using VLEs, they are with relatively small numbers. However, this is
> changing, and certainly some colleges are using them with larger numbers
> of
> students now - see, for example, Cathy Ellis' email of earlier today,
> where
> she apparently has over 900 students using it.
>
> I think the big challenge for colleges is moving from discrete, small,
> pilot projects to mainstreaming the VLE use across the curriculum.
>
> Geoff Minshull
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