At the event on Friday staff and students will have an opportunity to discuss with our partner universities the tools they are using in their new generation VLE’s
From the staff survey last month, these things came out on top…
| What staff would like to see in a future VLE | % |
| Ability to change look & feel of VLE | 55.9 |
| Customisable home page | 53.9 |
| Drag and drop interface | 73.6 |
| Templates can be used to generate consistent look & feel | 80.9 |
| VLE to have a variety of assessment tools | 74.4 |
| Student ability to submit assessments in a variety of formats | 81.7 |
| Online marking | 70.7 |
| Will support 2nd marking online & both markers comments made available | 68.6 |
| VLE supporting resits and special requirements | 64.7 |
| Ability to share quizzes over modules | 50 |
We also asked what other technologies staff would like to use in their teaching. There was no overwhelming response to any single technology but blogs, wikis and teaching content delivered by mobile devices scored highest. Similarly wikis, blogs and lectures available on mobile phones and other devices such as iPods were the most popular tools for learning identified in the student survey along with interactive Flash-based activities.
If you would like to see some of these tools in action, please sign up for the Friday afternoon event, its not too late and also put your name down to get involved in sample courses we are going to set up on Blackboard 9 and Moodle
Please get in touch via the blog ASAP