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The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

Being confined in a limited space over a period without exercising your thinking faculty can leave you dull and rusty over time. This has become a great concern for educators and heads of educational institutions hence, their dependence on the virtual learning possibilities which enables institutions reach out to their learners remotely during this school shutdown period. I, for instance, am welcome to the vast possibilities a virtual learning environment can provide for me as an educator. The VLE refers to "a system that offers educators digitally-based solutions aimed at creating an interactive, active learning environment." Better still, "it helps educators create, store and disseminate content, plan courses and lessons and foster communication" between the learner and the educator. Simply put, it's like learning using the web whether via audio, video or visual content. You only need a mobile phone, laptop or tablet and a good source of internet connec