Uvle
The UP UVLê (University Virtual Learning Environment) is an online course management system that enables instructors to
- organize their classes around topics, themes, weekly schedules
- upload digitized materials and share them with students
- link relevant materials from other sites
- post announcements that will be sent out automatically to students
- create online forums and wikis for students to participate in.
- now available as alpha: web meeting with live video and audio support as well as live presentations and whiteboards). Here's how to conduct a live web meeting via UVLe
Powered by an open-source application called Moodle, UvLe is maintained and operated by the Diliman Interactive Learning Center (DILC). The name "UVLe" is a homophonic play of "Oblê" that's a contraction of "Oblation"--a university symbol. UVLê is a platform for students to freely interact or collaborate with their instructors and fellow students. It is constructed with a pedagogy that imbibes self-discovery, self-instruction, "learning by doing" and experimentation. Learn more about Moodle's pedagogy.
As of November 27, 2009, the new UVLe has 10,120 users.
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History
Initially developed by 3 UPD students in 2000 with the guidance of the UPCC, UVLê pursues UP's tradition of excellence in academic computing. It won the "Best of Student Projects (Institute of Higher Learning)" in the Asia Pacific Information and Communications Technology Awards in Kuala Lumpur, in 2001.
From the initial hosting of 33 "virtual classes" during the first semester of 2001, the old UVLe had since hosted close to 880 classes for 16,953 users as of September 2008.
While UVLe is now on Moodle code base, it has a long history of technical innovation. (See Old UVle's changelog.) The pre-Moodle UVLe is now known as "old UVLe" and is no longer supported by the UPCC. The current UVLe was launched on October 6, 2008, on the occasion of DILC's 5th anniversary. DILC now operates and supports the new UVLe.
Roadmap
- UVLê-CRS integration. Features: single-click UVLe course creation
- now available as alpha: Integration of videoconference and Net meeting features from Dimdim. Here's how to conduct a live web meeting via UVLe
- Classic UVLê user interface
Staff
Wennie Saludes (Support Staff)
Jastinne Cesar Macalalad (Developer)
Dawn Benigno (Developer)
Past Staff
Mark Benedict Uy (Developer)
Lawrence Libo-on (Developer)
Myra Jill Siason (Technology and Quality Control Consultant)