Welcome to our session

Introduction to the Virtual Learning Environment

Session commences 16:00 GMT+1

Your host today

Lauren Johnston-SmithOnline Learning Marketing Project Manager

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COVID-19

• The COVID-19 pandemic is having a huge impact on education across the UK, Europe and worldwide, and we understand you may be concerned about how the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak could affect your application to study with us, or any offer that you may have received from us.

• As the situation develops, we will update our website, providing answers to the key questions based on the latest information we have.

https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/covid-19/prospective-students

Aim of this session

Demonstration of typical virtual learning environments

Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

World-class learning technology

Let’s Collaborate!

• Let’s try doing an interactive vote –

Have you applied to study online yet

with The University of Edinburgh?

Vote buttons

Yes/No

Community building and getting to know your way round the VLE

Discussion forums and seminars

Course materials and reading lists

Lectures, Seminars and

Q&A and discussions

iPDF

Assessments & Feedback

Examples of written assessments:

• Essay

• Report

• Review

• Poster

• Policy document

Examples of online assessments:

• Participation in a discussion board, peer

review, group work etc

• Timed assessment e.g. essay, multiple

choice questions

Groups and Collaboration

“There are times when I read material and form my own opinion, and I kind of feel like that is the only opinion of this subject. And then I go to the discussion board and I discover that people have different perspectives about it, and when I read them all, it actually opens my perspective and makes me think in different ways.”

Anthony Adeea Mba, MSc in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health

What do our students say

about the virtual learning

environment?

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Q&A Now it’s your chance to ask questions.

If you have a question, then please type your question in the “Text Chat Area” - we will read them out and answer them, one at a time.