{"id":67,"date":"2010-08-23T12:07:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T11:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/vleproject\/?p=67"},"modified":"2010-08-23T12:07:08","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T11:07:08","slug":"im-opening-the-envelope-and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2010\/08\/23\/im-opening-the-envelope-and-the-winner-is\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#039;m opening the envelope &#8230; and the winner is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a regular reader of this blog you will know that we have been conducting a virtual learning environment (VLE) Review for this past academic year. 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Thank you again to everyone who engaged with the project, you have helped to inform the decision-making process.<\/p>\n<p>A speedy decision was needed following the conclusion of the VLE Review as the contract for the current VLE (Blackboard version CE8) was due to expire [and in fact did expire on the 15 August]\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yes, the decision &#8230; following a report to the University&#8217;s Information Strategy Committee, a decision was made to move to Blackboard version 9.1 &#8211; with it being fully operational from September 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Blackboard 9.1 offers some exciting new features such as integration with Facebook as well as other Web 2.0 services such as wikis and blogs. 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