Debra Reid's blog
Author: Debra Reid Created: 2/27/2008 9:12 AM
This blog will give you some idea of what is going on behind the scenes as we launch and develop the Spurgeon's Online site.

One month on...
By Debra Reid on 3/29/2008 10:44 AM

It is just over one month since we launched Spurgeon's Online.  The response has been so encouraging. Many of our "Open Learning" students chose to transfer to Online study and have been very positive about the benefits.  There has been interest from all over the world and many new students have enrolled.  It is particularly good to see how enthusiastically students are using the Forum facilities.  At last there is a real sense of community among our students who are studying at a distance from the College.  We hope a good number will turn up for the Study Days in May so that that sense of community can be nurtured further.  Our first students were very patient as we ironed out a few techinical issues and we are making improvements all the time as we receive feedback from students.  Our technical team, our Office staff, our finance department and, of course, Rachel Gill and Paul Scott-Evans, have been absolutely great an ...

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One week on since the launch
By Debra Reid on 2/27/2008 9:20 AM

Today marks one week since the launch of Spurgeon's Online.  We have been tweaking the site and dealing with the odd one or two unexpected complications BUT we are so pleased with the site overall.  The positive way students have responded to the new facilities this site provides has been an encouragement to us all.  Our work is far from over and we know there are many improvements that can be made.  We are deteremined to respond to any comments we receive and proactively introduce any improvements we can.  It's great to see the blog and forums being used and to note the number of visits to our site every day.  Long may this positive start continue! 

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