Title:	RISK MANAGING YOUR VLE: STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS FOR LEARNING PROVIDERS
Author(s):	Stephen Farrier , Pat Gannon-leary , Chris Turnock
ISBN:	978-972-8924-58-4
Editors:	Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen)
Year:	2008
Edition:	V II, 2
Keywords:	Risk management, mediated learning, learning environments, strategic design
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	33
Last Page:	37
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	This paper is of interest to those who use mediated platforms such as virtual learning environments (VLEs) and managed learning environments (MLEs) within the context of either a learning management system (LMS) or a content management system (CMS). The delivery of mediated learning has continued to evolve exponentially with greater emphasis being placed upon meeting new, more mobile technologies that are closely related to the user interface. The development of new and evolving learning technologies to enhance the learners experience has led to a greater reliance upon available ITC mediated VL platforms that appear to create a learning solution, academically and functionally, both for the learner and the learning provider. This has placed a greater pressure upon learning providers to meet both the commercial cost and the pedagogical implications of these as part of their strategic planning and development. The focus of this paper is related to the authors’ experience in measuring and managing risk potential within the context of establishing capacity building, appropriateness, economic justification and sustainable platform evolution as a pedagogical and technological focus of Northumbria University’s future strategic direction, as a global leader in the delivery of higher education. The implications of this study are of interest to those who understand the fragility to which large organic learning institutions such as Universities and colleges of further education are exposed in the form of the dictation of commercially driven products and the impact this has had on radically shifting the emphasis of the delivery of learning and the choices we make in relation to our stakeholders.
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