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A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a Web-based platform for the digital aspects of courses of study, usually within educational institutions. VLEs typically: allow participants to be organized into cohorts, groups and roles; present resources, activities and interactions within a course structure; provide for the different stages of assessment; report on participation; and have some level of integration with other institutional systems. For those who edit them VLEs may have a de facto role as authoring and design environments. VLEs have been adopted by almost all higher education institutions in the anglosphere. ==Major components== The following are the basic or the main components required for a virtual learning environment or online education curriculum to take place〔http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/virtual-learning-environment-VLE-or-managed-learning-environment-MLE〕 A VLE may include some or all of the following elements: * The course syllabus * Administrative information about the course: prerequisites, credits, registration, payments, physical sessions, and contact information for the instructor. * A notice board for current information about the ongoing course * The basic content of some or all of the course; the complete course for distance learning applications, or some part of it, when used as a portion of a conventional course. This normally includes material such as copies of lecture in the form of text, audio, or video presentations, and the supporting visual presentations * Additional resources, either integrated or as links to outside resources. This typically consists of supplementary reading, or innovative equivalents for it. * Self-assessment quizzes or analogous devices, normally scored automatically * Formal assessment functions, such as examinations, essay submission, or presentation of projects. this now frequently includes components to support peer assessment * Support for communications, including e-mail, threaded discussions, chat rooms, Twitter and other media, sometimes with the instructor or an assistant acting as moderator. Additional elements include wikis, blogs, RSS and 3D virtual learning spaces. * Links to outside sources – pathways to all other online learning spaces are linked via the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment). * Management of access rights for instructors, their assistants, course support staff, and students * Documentation and statistics as required for institutional administration and quality control * Authoring tools for creating the necessary documents by the instructor, and, usually, submissions by the students * Provision for the necessary hyperlinks to create a unified presentation to the students. A VLE is normally not designed for a specific course or subject, but is capable of supporting multiple courses over the full range of the academic program, giving a consistent interface within the institution and—to some degree—with other institutions using the system. The virtual learning environment supports an exchange of information between a user and the learning institute he or she is currently enrolled in through digital mediums like e-mail, chat rooms, web 2.0 sites or a forum thereby helping convey information to any part of the world with just a single click.〔http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:603927/FULLTEXT01.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virtual learning environment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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