History of virtual learning environments

A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a system specifically designed to facilitate the management of educational courses by teachers for their students.

In North America, this concept is commonly denoted as a "Learning Management System" (LMS).

Common terms which are useful in understanding and searching for earlier materials include: Develops the "Interactive Learning Network" ILN 1.5, and installs it at several academic institutions including Cornell University, Yale Medical School and University of Pittsburgh.

The ILN was the first e-learning system of its kind to leverage an install on top of a relational database MySqL.

Later that year in October 2000, deploy the ArsDigita Community Education System (ACES) at MIT Sloan School.