UK: Use of VLEs Still Dependent on Teacher Enthusiasm
Posted February 7th, 2009 by Heidi Bakk-Hansen
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Virtual Learning 'Slow Starter'
By BBC News
1/13/09
The use of online materials to help students with their lessons has been "slow to take off", a report from Ofsted inspectors has said.
A study of "virtual learning environments" (VLEs) found that in many schools and colleges such systems were still on a "cottage industry" scale.
However where they were more developed, particularly in colleges, such services were able to "enthuse" students.
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