Since starting this list just over a week ago, we have 306 members,
including a large number from universities. I sent out a welcoming message
when the first 100 or so joined, but I think I'd better send it again, just
to bring people up to date. So, slightly edited, here it is:
Welcome to the new VLE list. This has been set up by Ferl and will
complement their VLE Focus Area at:
http://ferl.becta.org.uk/focus/vle/index.html
(Suggestions/comments etc about the focus area should be sent directly to
me at [log in to unmask])
The list currently has over 300 members, with people from colleges,
universities, Jisc, Regional Support Centres, suppliers, and of course
Ferl/Becta - a wide range of people! Please use the list to share
information about VLEs, and to talk about the issues around them -
pedagogy, implementation, mainstreaming, integration with MIS, etc. VLEs
are a major issue - not least because of the funding FE colleges have received
to purchase licenses - and yet the knowledge and awareness of how to use
them, and how to use them appropriately, is still limited. We hope this
list will become an important way to increase that knowledge, and to make
sure that VLEs are used effectively, to improve the learning experience for
our students.
So please, if you have questions, or want to share information, start
contributing!
If you want to see the discussions so far, you can go to the list archives at:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html
Finally, I won't go on about list etiquette - most people are well aware of
the do's and don'ts now. However, do remember that this list, like all the
Ferl lists, is set up to default to reply to the entire list, NOT just to
the person who sent the original message. So think before you hit the reply
key, and cut and paste the address if you just want it to go to one person.
Geoff Minshull,
List owner.
Geoff Minshull
Direct Learn Training
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