Welcome to #VLEIreland – a website all about a collaborative e-learning research project in Irish higher education institutions.
Update November 2018: #VLEIreland was presented as part of the UK Association for Learning Technology‘s webinar series – you can view a recording of the webinar here.
Update September 2018: We are delighted to announce that the #VLEIreland project received a Highly Commended Research Award from the UK Association for Learning Technology Research Project of the Year Award.
Update May 2018: Our latest research has been published as a Special Issue of ILTA‘s Irish Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning and was launched at EdTech 2018 in Carlow Institute of Technology on 1st June 2018. The journal is Open Access and all papers are available in full from its website. We acknowledge warmly the support of ILTA and the IJTEL editorial team in making the Special Issue possible.
What is a VLE?
A VLE is a virtual learning environment, sometimes called learning management system or course management system. Well-known VLEs include BlackBoard, Moodle and Sakai.
Why research VLEs?
Most higher education institutions in Ireland (and internationally) have these systems and we are interested to know how staff and students use them.
Find out more
You can access full details of our research and its outputs on these pages.
Currently, there are ten institutions collaborating in this research. Our door is always open and we would be happy to hear from you if you are interested in joining us!
We acknowledge the support of ILTA and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.
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