How staff use it is another subject all together. In the case of Universities and Colleges, that invariably involves an IT department and a dedicated spokesperson to ‘get it right’ as most do. Moodle is free to download, but doesn’t take into account the substantial cost of hosting and managing the platform effectively. The most commonly used examples of a VLE include Moodle and Blackboard. Either way we sympathised with the faux pas. Embarrassed, she corrected that of course having meant to say a ‘repository’, which sadly is not untypical of how a college VLE is usually used, but that’s the responsibility of the institution, not a failing of the platform. No winners there then, so what to do?ĭuring a memorable review of how technology was being used in a large FE college, a curriculum manager stated that their VLE: “is used by most of the staff as a suppository”. Might as well hand the paper to the learner or put it in the post. Add to that the impending requirement for Learning Providers to make a significant percentage of courses available on-line (FELTAG), it has become even more urgent for the independent sector especially, to look for suitable options and for colleges, in my opinion, to ensure that their VLE is being used in the way it has been designed, not as somewhere to ‘store’ scanned paper with internet access ‘blocked’ without considering the outcome for learner experience. There has always been a need to make learning resources more engaging and available on-line, but there is even more reason to look at ways of making material accessible to learners as they demand it (24/7) through an appropriate learning platform. We all know that, but if you have one, is its use fit for purpose? Usually with built in tools to create engaging learning content. ![]() A VLE, or learning platform, is an online system that allows teachers and trainers to share educational materials and communicate with their learners via the web.
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