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Thursday, October 17, 2002
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.101502/222882156&ticker=MHP 84% of U.S. and Canadian Higher Education Faculty Expect to Spend More Time Integrating Web-Based Tools Into Teaching and Course Delivery An independent survey sponsored by McGraw-Hill Ryerson found that web-based technology is considered by higher education faculty to be the most effective institutional resource in encouraging student success, outweighing traditional resources such as the library and tutoring. Following three years of data collection at U.S. and Canadian Colleges and Universities, the survey confirms that 83% of higher education faculty members are almost unanimous in their opinion that web-based technology is a key contributor to student success. The survey revealed that presently 62% of faculty use web content for course preparation, 56% use the web to supplement textbooks and 51% use the web to ensure up-to-date course content. The use of the web in course preparation, "using up-to-date/current materials", jumped to first place in terms of importance with 91% of faculty ranking it very or extremely important, reflecting the increasing amount of current web-based information available and students' expectations about it being used in their courses....
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