This survey was commissioned by the ADC-LTSN and supported by the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) and took place between October 2003 and July 2004. The survey investigated how staff in Art and Design were supported in their development of the use of communication and information technologies (C&IT). Three further aims were to map staff development in C&IT within the Art and Design community analyse the effectiveness of C&IT development and record the findings of C&IT development for staff available in the sector.
Survey findings showed that the majority of staff claimed that there was a staff development strategy in relation to C&IT at institutional level and school/faculty level. However at an institutional level specialist institutions held more discipline specific workshops. Academic/Support staff updated their skills as it supports their teaching and their research interests but tended to update skills independently outside of the institution. Although there is a spread of opportunities available within various higher education institutions the amount of time spent on non-teaching activities such as the administration of courses was identified as barriers in staff attending courses in order to update their skills. Academic/Teaching staff that were interviewed also stated that they tended to update their C&ITskills at home as they had invested in equipment.
