West Highland College

West Highland College (Scottish Gaelic: Colaiste na Gàidhealtachd an Iar) is a college of further and higher education in the West Highlands of Scotland. It operates from a number of college centres across the area, at Auchtertyre, Broadford, Fort William, Kilchoan, Kinlochleven, Mallaig, Portree, Strontian and Ullapool.

The college is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands.

West Highland College was formed in August 2010 from the merger of Lochaber College (founded in 1998) with Skye & Wester Ross College (dates to 2003).

Its web site is http://www.whc.uhi.ac.uk

e-learning

Distance learning

The college offers a number of courses at a distance: http://www.whc.uhi.ac.uk/courses?search=Search+by+keyword...&area=+&level=+&mode=y&submit=submit

Online learning for on-campus students

The college's library gives access to online resources to students: http://www.whc.uhi.ac.uk/libraries/e-resources/electronic-resources

Open Educational Resources (OER)

No evidence found of OERs.

VLE

Blackboard is the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) at West Highland College.

For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Highland_College

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