Comments on: What is a VLE? http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/ Education. Technology. Productivity. Wed, 23 May 2012 07:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: product testing services http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-5972 product testing services Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-5972 test test

]]> By: Education Blog - Education Blog - DELL COMMUNITY http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-2444 Education Blog - Education Blog - DELL COMMUNITY Wed, 20 May 2009 16:58:53 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-2444 [...] computing access from 07:00 to 18:00 each school day on a 2.7 students to 1.0 PC ratio, their Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) creates a forum for students to blog with one another regarding coursework or upload [...] [...] computing access from 07:00 to 18:00 each school day on a 2.7 students to 1.0 PC ratio, their Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) creates a forum for students to blog with one another regarding coursework or upload [...]

]]> By: dougbelshaw.com/blog » Blog Archive » What are the ‘functional specifications’ of a VLE that drive real learning? http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-2387 dougbelshaw.com/blog » Blog Archive » What are the ‘functional specifications’ of a VLE that drive real learning? Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:49:18 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-2387 [...] in touch with me, please use this contact form. Thanks for visiting! You may want to read my post What is a VLE? as an introduction to this [...] [...] in touch with me, please use this contact form. Thanks for visiting! You may want to read my post What is a VLE? as an introduction to this [...]

]]> By: Eamon Costello http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-5679 Eamon Costello Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:06:00 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-5679 "but to call it a ‘learning environment’ or ‘learning platform’ is something of a misnomer." I've thought this myself. At least in industry which have been using them for a lot longer they are more honest and call them "Learner Management Systems". There are a great many things VLE/LMSes can do but they inevitably become a centralising force that standardises learning and comes to be used as an administrative record keeping tool. The VLE is an artefact of Institutional Learning i.e. Learning as it happens in large institutions. Great references in this link for my own D Ed :) - Eamon “but to call it a ‘learning environment’ or ‘learning platform’ is something of a misnomer.”
I’ve thought this myself. At least in industry which have been using them for a lot longer they are more honest and call them “Learner Management Systems”. There are a great many things VLE/LMSes can do but they inevitably become a centralising force that standardises learning and comes to be used as an administrative record keeping tool. The VLE is an artefact of Institutional Learning i.e. Learning as it happens in large institutions.

Great references in this link for my own D Ed :)

- Eamon

]]> By: Johny http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Johny Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:51:18 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-804 dont think i get it .. : dont think i get it .. :

]]> By: EdTechRoundup Weekly Special - Meeting with TALMOS representative at EdTechRoundUp http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-803 EdTechRoundup Weekly Special - Meeting with TALMOS representative at EdTechRoundUp Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:57:31 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-803 [...] weekly EdTechRoundup meeting was a special one. It came in response to an issue that surrounded a blog post by Doug Belshaw and EdTechRoundup Podcast [...] [...] weekly EdTechRoundup meeting was a special one. It came in response to an issue that surrounded a blog post by Doug Belshaw and EdTechRoundup Podcast [...]

]]> By: Weblogg-ed » Media for Knowledge vs. Media for Action http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Weblogg-ed » Media for Knowledge vs. Media for Action Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:11:57 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-802 [...] that they get Doug to take the “offending” material down, which he did. Doug noted on the post: ***I had criticized TALMOS in this section, but they contacted my school to ask me remove my [...] [...] that they get Doug to take the “offending” material down, which he did. Doug noted on the post: ***I had criticized TALMOS in this section, but they contacted my school to ask me remove my [...]

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Doug Belshaw Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:52:54 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-801 A representative from TALMOS contacted me 3 times yesterday and told me repeatedly that they were merely attempting to start a dialogue. Although I feel that they have back-tracked quite a lot, I'm willing to let the matter rest now. I leave it up to readers of this post and comments as to whether you decide the makers of TALMOS are a company with which you want to do business. Do read other websites which have opinions on the products first, of course. ;-) A representative from TALMOS contacted me 3 times yesterday and told me repeatedly that they were merely attempting to start a dialogue. Although I feel that they have back-tracked quite a lot, I’m willing to let the matter rest now.

I leave it up to readers of this post and comments as to whether you decide the makers of TALMOS are a company with which you want to do business. Do read other websites which have opinions on the products first, of course. ;-)

]]> By: Dafydd http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Dafydd Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:21:38 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-799 What an amazingly stupid decision by Talmos to demand that their commercial product only gets favourable reviews! The company* that produces this piece of software is based in India, where such anti-competitive practices may be lawful, but may I assure them that they are not lawful in the E.U. *CORE Projects & Technologies Ltd. What an amazingly stupid decision by Talmos to demand that their commercial product only gets favourable reviews! The company* that produces this piece of software is based in India, where such anti-competitive practices may be lawful, but may I assure them that they are not lawful in the E.U.

*CORE Projects & Technologies Ltd.

]]> By: TALMOS? No thanks. | Fizzics http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/05/18/what-is-a-vle/comment-page-1/#comment-812 TALMOS? No thanks. | Fizzics Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:21:53 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=557#comment-812 [...] to that show, Doug Belshaw, also blogged about it in a post where he asked the question “What is a VLE?“. He tweeted today to tell us he was called into his school office today to be told that the [...] [...] to that show, Doug Belshaw, also blogged about it in a post where he asked the question “What is a VLE?“. He tweeted today to tell us he was called into his school office today to be told that the [...]

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