PCF5: Cross-Cutting Theme // Information Technology has had a great but uneven impact on Open and Distance
Learning (ODL). In the main it has led to greater efficiencies in the way that courses are
written and produced; student registration; student assessment; and the logistics of
distribution. Latterly, with the advent of e-learning and “technology enhanced learning”, the
teaching and learning process itself has changed. Learners can work collaboratively, they
can take control of their own learning through Web 2.0 technologies, they can build eportfolios,
etc, etc. An area where IT is having an increasing impact is in those parts of
institutional research that rely upon gathering feedback from the learners. // Paper ID 453