Learning technologies are here to stay and integration is growing. The impetus is being driven by certain senior internal champions; the college principal, heads of schools, the Director of New Technologies and the appointment of a new Head of e-Learning and other dedicated e-learning staff in 2003 have given a significant impetus to the mainstreaming of e-learning in the college's strategy.
Externally, much of the impetus comes from the government, which, through the provision of support (via agencies and initiatives), funding and media promotion, is an extremely strong and important driver. However, it is probably true to say that, as yet, it has had only a very limited impact on actual teaching practice.
'We believe that the substantial investment made to date has primarily been on ICT infrastructure and resources, resulting in outputs which are immedaite and operational, clearly defined and scoped and to some extent known. We believe the lack of investment for e-learning itself which tends to be strategic and long term and to some extent hard in that it seems to challenge the heart of teaching and learning has resulted in limited impact in the classroom.'10 ..continue to e-learning formally established through appointments
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