Post on 26-Dec-2015
MLE or VLE - is that the question?Moira Bent
Newcastle University Library
What’s in an acronym?
MLE VLE LMS IMS ALN
What’s in an acronym?
MLE VLE LMS IMS ALN
managed learning environment virtual learning environment learning management system instructional management
system asynchronous learning network
Managed Learning Environment
“ A system that uses technology to enhance and make more effective the network of relationships between learners, teachers and organisers of learning, through integrated support for richer communications and activities”
Characteristics of a MLE
Encompasses all activity in university Coherent coordinated infrastructure Info strategy/ T&L strategy Interoperability between systems Includes administrative info Distributed resources Support and guidance Content management
Virtual Learning Environment“Components in which tutors and
learners participate in on-line interactions, including on-line learning”
“a focus for student learning activities and their management and facilitation, along with provision of content and resources”
Characteristics of a VLE
Software packages which support on-line learning
part of a MLE concerned with content,
communication at programme level
require few additional skills
Reproduced with permission of Becta
Examples of VLEs
WebCT Lotus Learning Space Campus Pipeline Oracle Learning Server Blackboard Wolf COSE
Issues for Libraries
What is our role in MLE/VLE? What skills do we need? Management of resources Grey Intranet Interoperability of LMS Use of VLEs for information skills Attitudes- management/vendors Copyright
“The hard truth is that without an MLE/VLE a University is not sustainable far into the 21st
century”
JISC MLE Workshop