• The first chapter defines terminology and methodology used in the report and survey.
• The second chapter gives an outline of VLEs used in schools across Europe.
• The third chapter explores the outcomes of two surveys, one in the school sector and the other aimed at national agencies and Ministries working with European Schoolnet.
• The fourth chapter focuses on the expected pedagogical outcomes and benefits, whereas
• the fifth chapter gives an outlook on the standards and interoperability issues in the field of learning technologies.
• The sixth chapter outlines emerging issues and the final chapter has a check list for schools on issues on VLEs.

The annex has six major parts.

• The first part gives a detailed view of some of the major studies in the field, concentrating on previous research reports and recommendations that various committees and bodies have produced.
• The second part is a list of definitions of VLE functionalities.
• The third part gives more detailed information about the school setting survey.
• The fourth part comprises individual country reports based on the survey of national agencies and Ministries focuses on VLEs.
• The fifth annex lists all the VLEs mentioned by schools, and the last one has an example of survey questionnaires.
  

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Virtual Learning Environments for European Schools, a survey and commentary