Professor Brian MacCraith:

I thank the Senator for his retrospective question. What is happening here is that the same number of staff is delivering the same number of modules, but it just means the menu of offerings for a student in any given location becomes broader. It is about the range of electives. This is one of the affordances of digital technology. The cost model is not very different - it is the same number of students and so on - but all of this must be focused on the student learning experience. Having an expert in College X and student in University Y and being able to access that is very significant and one of the benefits of this technology.