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Using Virtual Learning Environments to Present Different Learning Blends

Using Virtual Learning Environments to Present Different Learning Blends
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Author(s): Robert J. McClelland (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 20
Source title: Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Perspectives on Online Technologies and Outcomes
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Terry T. Kidd (Texas A&M University, USA)and Jared Keengwe (Department of Teaching and Learning, University of North Dakota, Grandforks, ND, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-828-4.ch019

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Abstract

This work is concerned with the evolution of blended learning supports for university students in moving from early Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) platforms and supports that were designed and facilitated by academics to those platforms designed commercially (particularly Blackboard) and developed using a mixture of commercial, collaborative and e-learning supports. The chapter is an examination of a range of issues including production of learning resources and student learning approaches. It concludes by highlighting the importance of innovation and variety in the learning blend with increased reliance on digital collections and for learning approaches student experiences were evaluated as positive when undergoing problem-based approaches and were seen as stimulated to engage with e-learning materials based on the structure and operation of action learning sets.

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