The teacher-centred view of developed e-learning has often been to check that students will have sufficient ICT skills to engage with the course. Student experiences however demonstrate the range of learning skills needed to work effectively online go beyond IT skills. This is neatly illustrated by Baptista-Nunes and McPherson (2002) who describe their experiences of converting and running an information systems module in a blended format at Sheffield University. They found in their feedback that students were reporting concerns with posting comments online and go on to say, “Prior to delivery, the course team had not considered this would be problem, as these were MSc. in Information Systems students, supposed to be able to efficiently cope with ICT. Nevertheless, general technical proficiency is not synonymous with ability to learn online.” (p.446)
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