1. What is the Virtual Learning Environment?
A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a way of teaching and learning tools
designed to share a student's learning experience using computers and the
Internet in the learning process. The principal components of a VLE includes
student tracking, online support for teacher and student, electronic communication
(e-mail, discussions, chat, Web publishing). In general, VLE users are assigned
either a teacher or a student. The teacher sees what a students sees, but the
teacher has additional user rights to create or modify curriculum content and track
student performance. There are a number of commercial VLE software packages
available, for an example our website page, of virtual UJED system.
The virtual learning environment terms VLE and managed learning environment
(MLE) are often interchanged.
The virtual learning environment is an easy way to learn and to teach any subject
(Spanish, Math, History etc.). A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a system
designed to support teaching and learning in an educational setting, as distinct
from a Managed Learning Environment (MLE), where the focus is on management.
The real-world learning would not have been possible without the Internet. For
learning environments, the functional requirements are numerous and have not
been studied. Here are a few examples:
 using information in educational interactions
 indicating information source
 following technical evolution
 sharing information with the world

2. What is Virtual Learning Environment useful for?
Make possible for a course designer to present to the students, through a single,
consistent, and intuitive interface, all the components that are required for a course
of education or training. Logically it is not a requirement, in practice of Virtual
Learning Environment always make extensive use of computers and the Internet.
A Virtual Learning Environment should have this elements :
 The syllabus for the course.
 Administrative information including the location of sessions, details of pre-
requisites and co-requisites, credit information, and how to get help.
 A notice board for up-to-date course information.
 Student registration and tracking facilities, if necessary with payment
options.
 Basic teaching materials. These may be the complete content of the course,
if the Virtual Learning Environment is being used in a distance learning
context, or copies of visual aids used in lectures or other classes where it is
being used to support a campus-based course.
 Additional resources, including reading materials, and links to outside
resources in libraries and on the Internet.
 Self-assessment quizzes which can be scored automatically.
 Formal assessment procedures.
 Electronic communication support including e-mail, threaded discussions
and a chat room, with or without a moderator.
 Differential access rights for instructors and students.
 Production of documentation and statistics on the course in the format
required for institutional administration and quality control.
 All these facilities should be capable of being hyperlinked together.
 Easy authoring tools for creating the necessary documents including the
insertion of hyperlinks.
 · In addition, the Virtual Learning Environment should be capable of
supporting numerous courses.

3. Popularity
Universities and other institutions of higher and further education are increasingly
turning to VLEs in order to:
· Economize on the time of teaching staff, when they are also involved in
research and administration. The extent of the economy over traditional
"talk-and-chalk" teaching is not yet clear, but for instructors without web
development expertise, using a VLE absorbs less time and produces a more
professional result.
 Provide a service for students who increasingly look to the Internet as the
natural medium for finding information and resources.
 Facilitate the integration of distance and campus-based learning or of
learning on different campuses.