{"id":96,"date":"2010-12-03T16:13:32","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T16:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/?p=96"},"modified":"2012-02-21T16:35:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T16:35:50","slug":"welcome-to-the-learningedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2010\/12\/03\/welcome-to-the-learningedge\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the LearningEdge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regular readers might be forgiven for wondering what has become of the VLE Review blog. With the review now over an implementation project has taken over. To reflect this new focus, \u00a0the blog has been renamed and given a makeover.<\/p>\n<p>The name change isn\u2019t just for the blog, it\u00a0covers the whole virtual learning environment (VLE). The role of the VLE is rapidly changing to become more than a single technology \u2018product\u2019 \u2013 Blackboard 9.1 is now only part of the picture as it becomes a \u2018hub\u2019 or core learning system capable of being extended by other systems and learning technologies that integrate seamlessly with it. Staff or students should from September 2011 only need to go to one place (Blackboard) in order to access blogs, wikis, announcements, TurnItIn, podcasts, videos, conferencing, digitized content, discussion and so on. In recognition of this expansion, Edge Hill&#8217;s virtual learning environment\u00a0has been given a new name where symbolically learning comes first and foremost. 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