The Future of VLEs - Live from the University of Nottingham Teaching and Learning Conference 2025

Welcome back to the podcast! In this latest episode, we are back with something a bit different. In this live episode recorded at the University of Nottingham’s Teaching and Learning Conference in April 2025, Nigel Owen (Associate Director for Learning Technology) chairs a roundtable discussion that looks at the future of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs). The discussion centered around several questions: Where do we expect platforms to be in five years, and what will students want from their VLE experience?”  The panel, consisted of Professor Peter Stockwell from the School of English, Scarlett Zhang, the Student Union Education Officer for 2024/25 and the podcasts own Ben Atkinson, a Learning Technology Consultant. Hosts Nicholas Cameron and Claire Storr Guests Nigel Owen, Peter Stockwell, Scarlett Zhang and Ben Atkinson Running Order 00:00 Welcome back 02:01Round Table Discussion 38:35 Nicholas and Claire reflect on the live discussion share their own thoughts. 49:23 Wrap Up Links Read more about the Learning Technology Section in our blog Visit our SharePoint site (University of Nottingham only) Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we have another episode in 2 weeks time.  Production elements in this podcast provided by Music Radio Creative and Pixabay.