METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN OF VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS - VIRTUAL UNIVERSITIES

摘要

There is a lack of design advice on how to construct usable virtual learning environment. This paper presents an outline of a methodology for design of virtual learning environments and, more specifically, for design of virtual universities. According to the "waterfall model" for software development, the methodology has five principal phases: analysis and requirements definition; system and software design; implementation; testing; operation and maintenance. The virtual university presented in this paper has been developed in the framework of a (national project for the creation of virtual educational space in Bulgaria.