Steve
interesting, as a footnote to this as far as I am aware all the colleges how have COSE only use it for there HE provision, there is a feeling that it is less suitable for FE and most of the COSE colleges are using another VLE (predominantly learnwise) for FE. I expect in the longer run there will be a number of benefits to these local clusters in terms of collaborations
regards
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Davies [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wed 06/02/2002 14:46
To: [log in to unmask]
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Subject: Re: e-Learning strategies PS
Peter's email sent me scurrying back to the data .... and there is indeed
considerable variation. I've left "in house" out of the picture, but will
just say it would figure as a preferrence in more than half the regions
East Midlands shows no oveall preference
Eastern Region prefers Virtual campus
London prefers WebCT
North East prefers Blackboard
North West prefers Blackboard and Learnwise
South East prefers Net G Skill Vantage
South West prefers Virtual Campus
West Midlands prefers WebCT, Learnwise and COSE (only one other college in
EM had this at all!)
Yorkshire and Humber prefers Blackboard and OnLinm (YHs own developed by
Leeds Univ)
For the purpose of this email I've taken a preference (completely
arbitrarily) to be if the VLE is used by more than 13% of responding
colleges in each region - the strongest have a 25% penetration.
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kilcoyne, Peter [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 06 February 2002 13:40
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: e-Learning strategies PS
>
> I think its worth noting that there are some interesting regional patterns
> developing too at least in the West Midlands region. Of all the colleges
> who have chosen a VLE already those north of Birmingham have mostly gone
> for Learnwise while those south of Birmingham have mostly gone for WebCT.
> Birmingham Colleges are split fairly equally between the two. I'm not
> aware of any college that has selected Blackboard. The main reasons for
> this seem to be links with HE institutions (Cov Uni being a WEBCT
> institution and Wolf at Wolverhampton) and existing regional
> collaborations between colleges. One fortunate outcome of this is that it
> makes collaboration between colleges using the same VLE much easier and
> their is a lot of interest in the colleges in doing this in relation to
> sharing staff development, materials solutions to linking with other
> college systems etc
>
> Peter Kilcoyne
> ILT Curriculum Advisor
> RSC WEst Midlands
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Davies [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wed 06/02/2002 13:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: e-Learning strategies PS
>
>
>
> You are quoting from last year's survey, Geoff. The current one
> says:
>
> 51 % of respondents stated that they currently use a VLE, a
> substantial
> increase on the 30% who were using them last year, though only 13
> colleges
> describe their use as common practice. Colleges that use a VLE often
> have
> more than one: last year 78 colleges accounted for 111 VLEs. In
> 2001, 121
> colleges shared 180 between them...........The most commonly cited
> commercial systems were Blackboard with 14% and Learnwise with 11%
> of the
> systems in use, both building from relatively small market share in
> 2000.
> WebCT , Virtual Campus and NetG Skill Vantage continued to be well
> used in
> 2001, each accounting for between 8% and 10% of the systems in use.
>
> So in fact Learnwise is outperforming last year's leaders,
> but
> Blackboard has a better level of penetration (though in real terms
> this is
> only 21 colleges of the 242 who responded - as opposed 20 for
> Learnwise).
> Also 4 colleges say they commonly use Blackboard, whereas none say
> they
> commonly use Learnwise.
>
> Also worth noting here is the fact that nearly half of FE
> colleges
> still do not use a VLE at all, so I think we can look forward to
> continuing
> intense competition among all the VLE providers
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Geoff Minshull [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 06 February 2002 13:42
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: e-Learning strategies PS
> >
> > At 16:18 01/02/02 -0000, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > >Not if the research from BECTa and FERL is anything to go by. It
> depends
> > >on the sector. In terms of HE WebCT and Blackboard are clear
> runners but
> > >Learnwise from Granada currently outperforms all others in terms
> of UK
> > >market penetration in the FE and LEA sector.
> > >
> > >Steve
> > >
> >
> > Are you sure about this Steve? I know you are connected with
> Learnwise, so
> > assume you know how many systems have been sold, but the becta
> survey
> > actually says:
> >
> > "30% of colleges already make use of Virtual Learning Environments
> (VLEs)
> > to deliver on-line learning. WebCT is the leading VLE used (18
> > respondents), with Virtual Campus and NetG Skill Vantage also well
> clear
> > of
> > the field (13 respondents each). 10 respondents use in-house
> systems and 8
> > use the North Yorkshire and Humberside colleges' OnLinM system."
> >
> > Also, as a general comment (not to steve or anyone in particular,
> just the
> > reminder I periodically post...) the list is not to be used as a
> marketing
> > tool; on the other hand, we do welcome suppliers offering their
> expertise
> > in general issues. It's a fine line, I know.
> >
> > Geoff
> > Geoff.
> >
> > Geoff Minshull
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