Learning Platforms

'The Government looks like falling short of its target of getting all schools to provide online “eportfolios” for their pupils by spring 2008, according to research carried out by the British Educational Suppliers Association (Besa).'... comments the Merlin John blog.

I suspect that this will not come as a surprise to anyone but we should learn by the mistakes of the past here. Back in the days of the roll out of computers into schools under the banner of NGFL LEAs ( as they were then) managed to allow a stupendous amount of maney to go to waste on systems that did not fit the bill, as far as some schools were concerned.

There is a report reported (!) from Cleveratom where Matthew Eaves, Director of creativity ( now there's a job title I would like) states:
'From our research into VLEs we've discovered that the three most common mistakes schools are making include: not understanding what a VLE actually is: not having the right vision for online learning; not involving the right team.'

Probably time for some people to do some real homework then.