Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP)

Duration	Phase 1 (1992-93 to 1994-95)
	Phase 2 (1993-94 to 1995-96)
	Phase 3 (1997-98 to 2000-00). More details.

Funding	Phase 1 £22.5 million plus £2 million for ongoing maintenance of Phase 1 projects
	Phase 2 £10.7 million.
	Phase 3 £3.5 million per year (HEFCE and DENI).

Purpose of initiative

The aim of the programme is to make teaching and learning more productive and efficient by harnessing modern technology. Institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have formed consortia to develop technology based learning materials and new approaches to using technology in teaching.

Further information

In February 1992 the Universities Funding Council (UFC) launched the first phase of the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme. The UFC made £7.5 million a year over three years available and universities were invited to bid for funding for projects to develop new methods of teaching and learning through the use of technology. Approximately 160 submissions were received by the UFC and in August 1992, it was announced that 43 projects were to receive funding under this first phase in 1992-93. Around one quarter of these projects are addressing problems of implementation within single institutions, with staff development being a major component. The remainder of the projects are concerned with courseware development and involve academics from different institutions working as consortia. The size of consortia range from two to 44 members and the projects cover a wide range of subject disciplines. In April 1993 the new funding bodies, the HEFCE, the HEFCW, the SHEFC and the DENI agreed jointly to fund a second phase of the programme. The second phase was launched with the same aim as the first but with the intention of building on the work already being undertaken by the Phase 1 projects. In August 1993 it was announced that a further thirty-three projects were to be funded totalling £3.75 million in their first year, 1993-94. In Phase 3 announced in February 1998 the focus is on supporting institutions in embedding the use of TLTP materials developed in the earlier phases.

CTI/TLTSN Review

Further information on the current CTI/TLTSN Review.

Contacts

For further information about TLTP please contact:

Sally Brown,
Manager and National Co-ordinator
FDTL and TLTP National Co-ordination Team
Centre for Higher Education Practice
The Open University
Walton Hall
MILTON KEYNES MK7 6AA

Tel: 01908 858434
Fax: 01908 858438
Email: s.j.brown@open.ac.uk

Last updated 15 August 2001