Nice one Peter. Thanks for not adding Smileys. It gave me the O.K. to laugh
where I thought fit. Never the less, some good points.
Quoting Peter Trethewey <[log in to unmask]>:
> I, like many others, have, in the past assumed unthinkly that VLE is
> all
> about content. Having now completed an online WebCT course I can say
> that it
> is just as much about new ways of collaborating with fellow students
> and
> tutors as it is about content.
>
> The "clean slate" seems to have been replaced by the "empty VLE". Just
> set
> students a simple collaborative task to do online and see how much
> "light"
> this generates.
>
> The fact that we don't know how to assess this activity shouldn't stop
> us
> taking full advantage of improvements in retention and achievement that
> can
> be achieved through use of email and discussion groups.
>
> In fact why buy an MLE at all when this can be done very successfully
> using
> Exchange 2000 email and discussion groups with Web tools giving remote
> access to anywhere?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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