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Where can I go to get help?
talk to your technical colleagues about a beginners course (or ‘advanced’ if you are well into this already) on WebCT or Blackboard, or on how to use a web editor such as Microsoft Fro…
How do I make sure that the VLE is promoting student learning?
always consider your design as developmental and reveal this belief to students – they may have some good ideas to improve it encourage feedback on the design to be given both electronical…
Are there any special aspects of communicating in a VLE?
responding to e-mails and postings from students is a crucially important process. A discussion forum or chat facility can be vibrant and a valuable learning experience for all – or it can f…
What about students who do not have the ICT skills?
run a familiarisation workshop for all students at the beginning of the course and have a ‘reserve’ or ‘mop up’ session a few days later for latecomers have ‘freque…
Are we using technology for technology's sake? An evaluation of a simulated employment exercise
In their paper Amy Musgrove and Vicky Thirlaway (Leeds Metropolitan University) considered a pilot study evaluating the use of a virtual learning environment to foster employability and problem so…
Virtual learning environments in legal education
the use of virtual learning environments (VLEs) in legal education Completion date: October 2006 Funding: £25,000 by the JISC Distributed e-Learning Programme, £2,000 from BILETA Virtual learn…
Developing the student learning environment at City University
Emily Allbon, City University Presentation at UKCLE seminar on teaching and learning for legal skills trainers, 16 February 2005 This session looked at how Emily has developed tools in order to …
Using the virtual learning environment
of using virtual learning environments (VLEs). It examines some of the theories of e-learning and how the technology can be most effectively applied. It also sets out the different tools available an…
Making VLEs more interesting
In his session at the UKCLE event on creativity and the law curriculum in 2008 Michael Bromby (Glasgow Caledonian University) provided a taster of discussion boards and RSS feeds, bolt-ons to the ‘…
Presence, emergence and knowledge objects: user interaction in a virtual learning environment
Paul Maharg and Patricia McKellar, Glasgow Graduate School of Law Presentation at Vocational Teachers Forum IV, 8 January 2005 Paul and Patricia’s presentation at the fourth Vocational Teac…
VLEs and their role in legal education support: a UK overview
tantalising: official surveys take a long time to produce VLEs are inaccessible to outsiders This paper aims to look at the following topics in the context of specific examples as well as …
Moodle: open source e-learning
Moodle is the open source course management system used by Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (OXILP). In her session at the UKCLE event, Creating an impact: enhancing teaching to large groups, in 20…
What are the learning and teaching issues?
designing content for legal education should be driven by sound principles of learning and not by the available technology a very useful rule of thumb during the design process is to ask the que…
The limits of the VLE
There are some things that a VLE cannot do, or cannot do as well as in face-to-face learning contexts: except if using a ‘chat’ facility, the VLE is not as immediate as providing fee…
Why would I want to use a VLE?
‘tracking’ function found in most VLEs. With appropriate support mechanisms, distance learning is very much easier to manage through a VLE. …
Delivering continuing professional development using online distance learning
This case study, submitted by John Fairhurst of Huddersfield University Business School in 2003, reflects on the use of a virtual learning environment (VLE) over a four year period to deliver an onli…
Frequently asked questions on virtual learning environments (VLEs)
David Grantham, Coventry University This teaching resource note, published in 2005, is organised around a set of 12 frequently asked questions (FAQs). The guidelines below are intended for practi…
What is a VLE?
According to a JISC’s Introduction to managed learning environments, the term ‘virtual learning environment’ (VLE) refers to the components in which learners and tutors participate …
How can I use the features of a VLE to support student learning?
VLEs have features that cannot be mirrored in traditional face-to-face learning and teaching settings, such as anytime/anywhere access and giving feedback at any time. Electronic media are particu…
What is the difference between a VLE and an MLE?
chart below, from a JISC briefing paper on VLEs and MLEs shows linkages between MLEs and VLEs. Chart showing linkages between MLEs and VLEs It will be seen that the MLE is a much larger conc…
The College of Law's e-learning initiatives
Andrew Harvey, College of Law Presentation at Vocational Teachers Forum III, 10 January 2004 Andy is the Director of e-learning Development at the College of Law in London. In his paper at the t…
Introducing quizzes and discussion boards on the Bar Vocational Course
showed that although most students had used VLEs before, relatively few had used discussion boards as part of their academic law courses. We focused on two specific aspects of WebCT Vista as being…
E-learning and traditional methods: special blends
delivery that students expect. Open source VLEs can allow institutions to meet these needs without the substantial costs associated with commercial systems and without sacrificing quality, allowin…
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