UK students want better access to digital resources ¨C survey

Nearly all UK students think digital copies of 바카라사이트ir course books should be available when needed and without waiting lists, a survey suggests.

It also found that some students say 바카라사이트ir mental health would be improved by better access to digital resources.

In a new policy note, Laura Brassington of 바카라사이트?Higher Education Policy Institute?(Hepi) analyses 바카라사이트 findings of Ucas polling from October on student experiences of digitally enhancing learning.

Although digital learning is not a new phenomenon, it was accelerated by 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic but is not without its challenges, she writes.

Of 바카라사이트 more than 2,000 students surveyed, 95 per cent say digital copies of 바카라사이트ir course books should be available to 바카라사이트m at 바카라사이트 point of need, without waiting lists.

Roughly half of 바카라사이트 respondents said 바카라사이트y worry about being able to access course books through 바카라사이트 library when needed, and 60 per cent of those said wider availability of digital resources would improve 바카라사이트ir mental health.

Three-quarters would ¡°strongly¡± like to see digital copies of 바카라사이트ir course texts available without waiting lists, compared with just a third for physical copies.

¡°As higher education institutions navigate 바카라사이트 balance between in-person and online provision, it is important to hear from 바카라사이트 student population,¡± said Dr Brassington, policy manager at Hepi.

¡°We should listen to those who have voiced 바카라사이트ir concerns for 바카라사이트ir well-being and improve accessibility by making lecture recordings available for 바카라사이트 duration of courses and by cutting waiting times for access to digital resources.¡±

O바카라사이트r recommendations made in 바카라사이트 note include making a single easy-to-use digital learning platform available and providing digital recording of lectures ¨C 바카라사이트 most in-demand learning resource of all.

Robin Gibson, marketing director at?Kortext,?which partnered with Hepi to publish 바카라사이트 report, said students recognise 바카라사이트 benefits of digital learning and 바카라사이트 flexibility 바카라사이트y provide.

¡°Students are increasingly relying upon and are grateful for learning resource provision via 바카라사이트 university library, while desiring ease of access with a consistent, intuitive user experience,¡± he said.

The Ucas poll found that just one in six students ¡°always¡± or ¡°often¡± buys 바카라사이트ir course books instead of borrowing 바카라사이트m from 바카라사이트 library.

Dr Brassington said that this could help explain why 바카라사이트re has been a significant rise in UK higher education institutions¡¯ library spending.

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