Abstract
This paper examines the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in relation to its implication for academic libraries in the 21st century. It sheds light on how technological development has had major impacts in the academic library, with regards to how information is being constructed, transmitted and accessed by library users. In the course of this discourse it was deduced that students constitute a significant percentage of the academic library users. The technological development in the academic sphere has enabled ubiquitous interactions between students and teachers, in which students are enabled to learn and communicate with their teachers from remote locations, thus inducing the notion of VLE. The VLE is regarded as technological-based environment where learners are enabled to access learning outside the classroom. With the aid of VLE students are granted ownership of their learning process, thus ensuring positive learning outcomes. Finally, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was employed to serve as the theoretical basis of this discourse.
Highlights
The development in terms of information communication technologies (ICTs) in the 21st century has drastically remodified how people find, approach and access information, changing how individuals communicate in their daily life activities (Huang, Shu, Yeh and Zeng, 2016). Lessick and Kraft (2017) posit that the massive technological development over the years has had major impacts in the academic library, with regards to how information is being constructed, communicated and accessed by users. Ibrahim, Daghestani and Alqahtani. (2017) maintain that due to the rapid evolving nature of ICTs, the procedures entailed in construction, storage, retrieval and dissemination of knowledge is being transformed on a daily basis in the academic library
This paper examines the virtual learning environment (VLE) in relation to its implication for academic libraries in the 21st century
Daghestani and Alqahtani. (2017) maintain that due to the rapid evolving nature of ICTs, the procedures entailed in construction, storage, retrieval and dissemination of knowledge is being transformed on a daily basis in the academic library
Summary
The development in terms of information communication technologies (ICTs) in the 21st century has drastically remodified how people find, approach and access information, changing how individuals communicate in their daily life activities (Huang, Shu, Yeh and Zeng, 2016). Lessick and Kraft (2017) posit that the massive technological development over the years has had major impacts in the academic library, with regards to how information is being constructed, communicated and accessed by users. Ibrahim, Daghestani and Alqahtani. (2017) maintain that due to the rapid evolving nature of ICTs, the procedures entailed in construction, storage, retrieval and dissemination of knowledge is being transformed on a daily basis in the academic library. Lessick and Kraft (2017) posit that the massive technological development over the years has had major impacts in the academic library, with regards to how information is being constructed, communicated and accessed by users. Academic libraries are required to adopt VLE so as to remain effective repositories of knowledge in the 21st century, providing a means of rapid interaction between librarians and users
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