A website by Easton & Otley College. This is an action research page about staff and students' opinions of digital technologies and how online learning and mobile devices could be used more extensively within college learning programmes.
The focus of the project was on building evidence to support a wider review of the college curriculum, specifically relating to e-learning, with the longer-term goal of reshaping the college's e-learning policy to be more effective and more responsive to teachers' and learners' needs and concerns.
Research found that 45% of staff felt that they already possessed good IT skills and used e-learning tools within the VLE, though 45% felt that more training was needed. During the student consultation via small group meetings, the topic of improvements was discussed, with three main themes emerging: the format of the VLE needed to be presented in a more student- friendly way; the need for faster wi-fi access over a larger area of the campus; and the Learning Zone needed a silent space apart from the communal areas where music and food were allowed.
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