Written answers

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Department of Education and Skills

Educational Projects

5:00 pm

Photo of Timmy DooleyTimmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in advancing a new digital school resource; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19180/11]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring to a recommendation made in the Smart Schools = Smart Economy report in relation to the development of a national "Virtual Learning Environment" or VLE.

My officials are currently exploring ways of implementing this recommendation. As the Deputy will appreciate, this is not a straightforward undertaking. In the context of a rapidly changing and developing software environment and resultant user expectations, considerable research is required in order to identify suitable and cost-effective options which could be succesfully integrated into day-to-day practice by school communities. Having regard to the current availability of resources to my Department, it is not possible to allocate significant funding to advance this recommendation at this time.

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