§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what action he is taking to encourage the development of managed learning environments based on IT in further education. [140869]
§ Mr. WicksThe further education sector is currently working with learndirect and private sector suppliers of managed learning environments. These suppliers are being encouraged to work towards common standards for their managed learning environments, so that their products will meet the needs of the sector. It is anticipated that the specification work for this will be completed in the summer of 2001.