Background :
Background Experience of 3 VLEs
Piloted 2 – Commercial andamp; Opensource
Chose Moodle and have university commitment
Dedicated staff in place
Library Involvement:
Library Involvement Evaluators andamp; Educators
Raise awareness of Library within the University
Allows branding of library resources
Integrate library activities into wider university activities
Integrate e-learning into existing university and library activities
Library Challenges:
Library Challenges Mostly at pilot stage
Statistics :
Statistics The total number of users is 4744
Peaked at 1500 logins per day from students with 900 distinct logins
Average use is once or twice per week
177 teachers assigned to 445 courses
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Usage :
Usage Not yet using all sophisticated features
Less use of communication/assessment tools
Service areas making use of it
Library area in progress
Must be realistic
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In summary:
In summary Commitment from staff andamp; students
Involvement of many areas including the Library
Early involvement is best
Delaney, Mary, 2005, MyVLE at Maynooth : e-learning and the Library in SCONUL Focus Number 34, Spring.