Academics were enthusiastic about the ability to utilise existing material and to develop new material using templates, courseware managers etc. This would have support implications, training staff to use the templates and assisting them to integrate existing material into their teaching. There was significant interest in using the Web as a medium for delivering material. Upgrading software to enable it to be delivered through the web might add to its appeal. Malaysian universities do not have vast resources to invest in foreign courseware, particularly given the recent crash of the ringgit.
Commercial opportunities are likely to be limited unless partnerships can be formed with industry.
The team from the UK met representatives from the Ministry of Education, many academics and many potential students but had no opportunity to investigate the possibility of partnerships with businesses in Malaysia. HE HE institutions in the UK that presently have a significant proportion of Malaysian students studying in their institutions will have to react to the Malaysian government's planned policy of phasing out study abroad.