One group expressed a lack of skills in the use of technology. This lack prevents collaboration. No money is set aside at GTU for training so that faculty might obtain these skills. Also, the availablity of individual tutorial sessions is good, but for some people, a group workshop works better. One skill people are particularly interested in is scanning, especially of visual materials.
Technology has applications in the area of distance learning.
Many faculty already have contacts in other countries, and distance learning might be a natural extension of these contacts. Books are hard to come by in some countries, and they deteriorate easily. It takes a lot of a person's time to prepare a course using new technologies. The first time a course is taught, the preparation is especially labor-intensive. Faculty need release time if they are really to do it right.