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Saturday, June 12, 2004
Birmingham University sees surge in e-learning - James Mortleman, vnunet.com
The University of Birmingham is preparing for a huge expansion of e-learning, following high levels of enthusiasm from students and staff. The university has been dabbling with the technology for around a decade, but has seen demand soar since 2001 following the launch of its central e-learning service and implementation of a WebCT virtual learning environment. Birmingham currently has 2,000 courses on the system, and it is used at least some of the time by around 75 per cent of its 29,000 students. Stephen Clarke, head of e-learning at the university, explained that the existing system could no longer keep up with demand. "Over the past year, the level of usage has more than doubled and we expect the same to happen over the next 12 months," he said.
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