Response to the provision of email facilities was positive. When asked to respond to a series of questions in regard to email facilities, the results are shown below. Whilst students indicated the above responses, some ambivalence is evident since thirty-five per cent of those who had selected options as shown above also indicated that they would like to travel to attend conventional classes. The items requiring qualitative responses were analysed and summarised to produce qualitative themes as described and discussed below. The most frequent criticism about the program noted by students was that not enough time was given for familiarisation with the medium.
Technical concerns remain the main issue for a large number of students.
PC Users' group, friends, colleagues, computer magazines and experiencing great difficulty connecting to the BBS from external locations lines dropping off all the time. In regard to the question which requested students to provide further comment on whether provision of electronic facilities is useful or necessary, the main theme appears to be that students should be given a choice of selecting the modes of study which they prefer. On the whole there is a very positive response to the use of electronic communications or computer mediated delivery of courses provided that a high level of support is available to alleviate problems such as inadequacies of software and the system's ease of use. Respondents suggested various ways to overcome problems reported above. Students felt that unless these problems are alleviated, the conceptual advantages the medium has to offer will not eventuate.