Virtual learning environment as a communicative tool.

Virtual learning environment is a set of teaching and learning tools designed to enhance students learning experiences by including computers and the internet in the learning process. As, we were already exposed to the use of vle, we all know how to use it and the features that are provided in it. Now, I am going to discuss on some of the features we get to explore in vle.

1. Announcement page

It is a page where all the announcement provided by administration to students and teachers appear. It helps to convey the same message to all the students and teachers at the same time.

Fig: this is an announcement made for pre service and in service candidates who have repeat modules to register in a given time which can be seen by everyone and dont have to send the message individually. 

2. My courses
It is a column in which we can get access to our courses/modules of our own semester and year. It is the forum where teachers can upload the notes, term plans, assignment questions and other materials where by student can download the notes, participate in discussion and submit their assignments for grading.

   
                     
Fig 1: different courses.
Fig 2: place to download and upload notes and assignments.

3. Main menu page

It provides us the necessary materials to be used in college.

4. Online journals.

These are the search tools that can help students to have access to different types of research and notes.

Vle forum can provide us to have effective discussion and I want to say that, it really helps me to have cooperative discussion. It seems like every individual gets confidence in raising question in vle forum rather in real classroom.

Fig: discussion taken place in ICT classroom.

Lastly, I want to say that, even though our class was taken online with different communicative tool, vle forum helps me to boost confidence in raising my doubts.