Virtual learning environment: Difference between revisions

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A virtual learning environment is a virtual environment that supports learning by supporting learning activities plus "social presence".

Here is a picture that shows key elements of a virtual learning environment that supports project-based learning: File:Virtual environment activity community.png

members of a community tend to make better progress (peer intellectual & emotional help and mutual stimulation)

some goals can\u2019t be reached alone (distributed cognition) a group can develop special language and practice adapted to specific problems

A virtual learning environment is any sort of environment that supports teaching and/or learning with Computer-mediated communication, e.g. a LMS, a C3MS, a Website + Forum.

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 == Definition ==
+* A virtual learning environment is a [[virtual environment]] that supports learning by supporting learning activities plus "social presence".
+Here is a picture that shows key elements of a virtual learning environment that supports project-based learning:
+[[image:virtual_environment_activity_community.png]]
+== Learning within a community ==
+* members of a community tend to make better progress (peer intellectual & emotional help and mutual stimulation)
+some goals can\u2019t be reached alone (distributed cognition)
+a group can develop special language and practice adapted to specific problems
+* knowledge through enculturation (collective memory)
+* cognition is tied to experience (grounded)
+* communities can extend beyond formal groups of learners
+* a lot of learning is informal
+* good communities are knowledge management awarey