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JISC has announced that it will be contributing to HEFCEs Online Learning Task Force, a body set up to help institutions plan, implement and run online learning. JISC claims that online learning is important because:

“When budgets are squeezed and competition for students is fierce, online learning can be a means to attract a wider range of students, provide more flexible modes of study, generate additional income and maintain a competitive edge”.

In its emphasis here on the high ROI that the integration of a content management system or any other online learning platform can offer, JISC confirms the importance of developing and blending online learning into content delivery methodologies. Online learning techniques and methodologies can also contribute to improving the student experience and enhancing learning and teaching provision at any school or university, which means that it can potentially contribute to no less than three of the seven areas aimed at for effective organizational development at schools or universities.

Adopting and implementing online learning requires high levels of skill and planning but the rewards are certainly high. More information on the HEFCE Task Force and JISC support services can be found on their respective websites. Creative Education Solutions offers first class consultancy services and implementation projects for the adoption of online learning strategies if required.

It may be a market leader and platform of choice, and it may be on the tip of everybody’s tongue in discussions around LMSs, CMSs, learning networks, or virtual learning environments, but how does Moodle really fare as a VLE platform? I don’t think this question is asked often enough because ubiquity leads to assumptions and the pervasive Moodle presence means that important questions on architecture, functionality, relevance, compatibility, ease of use, staff adoption, training, support, hidden costs and a myriad of other crucial issues often go unasked. This, for many institutions, is at a cost.
Let’s delve a little deeper into these issues here and see if we can begin to interrogate some of these very costly assumptions.It may be a market leader and platform of choice, and it may be on the tip of everybody’s tongue in discussions around LMSs, CMSs, learning networks, or virtual learning environments, but how does Moodle really fare as a VLE platform? I don’t think this question is asked often enough because ubiquity leads to assumptions and the pervasive Moodle presence means that important questions on architecture, functionality, relevance, compatibility, ease of use, staff adoption, training, support, hidden costs and a myriad of other crucial issues often go unasked. This, for many institutions, is at a cost.
Let’s delve a little deeper into these issues here and see if we can begin to interrogate some of these very costly assumptions.