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The LE Club Project: A synergy of systems for the ‘Learning Environment’

Finbarr Joy (Fretwell‐Downing Group Ltd, Brincliffe House, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield S11 7AE, UK)

The Electronic Library

ISSN: 0264-0473

Article publication date: 1 May 1996

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Abstract

Since June 1995, the library automation company Fretwell‐Downing (FD) has been collaborating with a group of Further Education (FE) colleges on a project to explore the use of online distance learning techniques and how these might best be applied by this sector. Working under the name of the LE Club (Learning Environment Club), this initiative sits at the intersection of the administration, authoring, mediation, delivery, learning and tracking processes and as such raises a host of strategic, technological, political and implementation issues. Through integrating elements from previous (and ongoing) EU funded projects such as DALI (Document and Libraries Integration), RENAISSANCE (Integration of High Performance Services for Interactive Vocational Training for European Regeneration) and ICW (Integrated Co‐operative Workspace), together with components from FD's Library Automation package, OLIB, FD is in the process of defining an application framework for the Learning Environment. This paper reviews issues in delivering distance learning while outlining the specific architecture and methodologies employed in the LE project. The implications of such initiatives on libraries and library systems and the changing ‘learning environments’ in which they exist are also briefly considered.

Citation

Joy, F. (1996), "The LE Club Project: A synergy of systems for the ‘Learning Environment’", The Electronic Library, Vol. 14 No. 5, pp. 405-410. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045499

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MCB UP Ltd

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