The 2006 CLT Staff Survey has once again provided us with some valuable feedback and suggests that the services, training and support offered by the team is of a high quality and appropriately focused. A few points have emerged of interest including:
- Praise for the CLT team, who provide valuable technical, pedagogic and copyright advice
- The importance and value of the e-course pack service, however a possible need to increase the number of readings per week and include non-UK readings for some courses
- The value of the training and support we offer – however a need to ensure that this is well publicised and at a time staff can attend
- The preference for face to face training either as one to one or in small groups, with a more limited and supplementary role for online support
- While most staff feel WebCT has been of benefit to their course, few seem to have made changes to the way they teach in light of using technology
- A growing interest in using multimedia in teaching but a hesitancy on some lecturers’ behalf to have their lectures recorded in case students don’t attend lectures
- A few recurring problems with links to e-resources (either journals or e-course packs) being broken or not working off campus.
A total of 50 responses were received. Twenty lecturers completed the survey and six departmental administrators with the remainder identifying themselves as postgraduate WebCT course designers. CLT are currently supporting people with a range of experience, with 11 people having used WebCT for more than 3 years, 13 using it for 1-2 years and 19 being new users.
More detailed results: Staff Survey Summary
