Welcome to learning? We aim to proivde you with a one stop shop for all your elearning needs. If you are in education, you will be aware of the drive to deliver online course material and to create a Virtual Learning Environment.

 This is aims to take some of the hassle and wasted time researching the latest news and software needed to create your VLE. We can also provide guidance and advice on helping you create your own VLE. There are many commercial options around all offering various services and facilities, there are also many OpenSource optins as well.

This site will provide links to software, examples, reviews, best practice and advice for people within education and traning providers. There are many commercial companies offering the latest thing, elearning? will cut through the information overload and direct you in the best direction. 

What is elearning?

Electronic learning or e-Learning is a general term used to refer to a form of learning in which the instructor and student are separated by space or time where the gap between the two is bridged through the use of online technologies.

E-learning is used interchangeably in a wide variety of contexts. In companies it is referred to the strategies that use the company network to deliver training courses to employees. In distance education Universities like Open University in UK or Penn State World Campus in the USA, it is defined as a planned teaching/learning experience that uses a wide spectrum of technologies mainly Internet to reach learners at a distance. Lately in most Universities, e-learning is used to define a specific mode to attend a course or programmes of study where the students rarely, if ever, attend face-to-face or for on-campus access to educational facilities, because they study on-line.

In many respects, it is commonly associated with the field of advanced learning technology (ALT), which deals with both the technologies and associated methodologies in learning using networked and/or multimedia technologies. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elearning)