The Costs of Networked Learning

Academic Director: Professor Paul Bacsich

Project Manager: Charlotte Ash

Researchers: Kim Boniwell & Leon Kaplan

With the assistance of: Jane Mardell

CNL

JISC funded study over six

month period Aims to accurately document the

Costs of Networked Learning In particular, the Hidden Costs

Progress Report

Detailed Literature Review Survey of HEI’s completed Visits to Key Institutions completed Student survey’s analysed FLISH 99

http://www.shu.ac.uk/flish/

The Student Perspective

850 questionnaires 84 returned, 10% response 6 issues to be analysed

•Student Profile•Student Routine•PC Issues•University Services •Networked Learning•Costs

Student Profile

Most respondents were: Under 25 years old (65%) Female (58%) Students of HCS (29%) Full-time (93%) Undergraduates (92%)

Students’ Routine - 1 Travel time to campus

0-30 minutes 71%

30-60 minutes 26%

60+ minutes 3% Cost of travel to campus

Daily Travel Cost to Campus

none

£0.01-£2.49

£2.50+

44%

37%

19% 37%

44%

Students’ Routine - 2

Student Employment

32% of students are in employment

Working Hours of Full-Time Undergraduates

33+

17-32 hours

1-16 hours

72% 17%

11%

PC Issues

Do you have a computer for your own use in your semester time residence?

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YES NO

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75%

25%

University Services Access to University

computing facilities

IT Support

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

5pm-12am

12am-6am

6am-8am

Usage of 24 hour access to University Computing Services

WEEKDAY

WEEKEND

Networked Learning

0

10

20

30

What effect has Networked Learning had on your learning experience?

Positive Negative

Costs

Students' Opinion of Main Costs

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Student Views

I have found NL more flexible NL absolutely essential I felt I had to buy a computer main cost is printing (cost/sheet) lack of networked computers computers were always busy

And Finally...

“Without computers things would be

cheaper (they are very useful!)”

Costs of Networked Learning Web site:

http://www.shu.ac.uk/virtual_campus/cnl

Thank you for listening