Digital Skills and Research Methods

This report explores the impact of virtual learning environment on education, the advantages and disadvantages of virtual learning, and the use of technology to enhance workplace efficiency and employability. It also discusses the proficiency in workplace data handling and the series of information sources used in universities. The report concludes that virtual learning environment is an effective tool for improving learning capacity and knowledge of students.

Digital skills and
research methods

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Virtual learning environment impact...........................................................................................3
Contemporary techniques utilisation to enhance workplace efficiency and employability........5
Proficiency in workplace data handling......................................................................................5
Series of information sources......................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Virtual learning environment is utilised in the industry of education in order to deliver
advance technology of education through web platform for the study completion. It combines of
resources, course layout, activities or interaction that is associated with several assessment. This
report covers the topic of virtual learning environment, that combines of several methodologies
through which student can obtain knowledge in these virtual classroom. It involves both
perspective negative and positive influence of VLE on employee as well as student. This report
aim towards primary and secondary method of research, in which primary is evaluated from
questionnaire survey on the other hand secondary is evaluated with the help of question through
contemporarily techniques (Wijesooriya, 2019). This aids in transformation in education
industry that benefit both student and employability. It combines set of information while
managing data. At the end, this report include questionnaire and the conclusion of the report.
MAIN BODY
Literature review
Virtual learning environment impact
Virtual learning environment moves towards effective and appealing learning pattern
implanted by employee to students. It is useful for those who are active learner and deliver
critical ability skill. Virtual learning aid in improving learning capacity and knowledge of student
(VOLEGZHANINA and et.al., 2018). Through this student can gain or upgrade knowledge at
greater level. This technology has more benefit for the shy students because they are less active
or hardly participate in classroom programme. With the help of internet connection students gets
connected with the teachers and solve their doubt in more effective way. This will lay down
more interactive session in virtual classroom. Another advantage of this virtual learning is
strengthen strong relation with community, children, teacher development. The positive impact
of this technology is cost saving because it saves travelling expense. Apart from this eliminate
several cost as well as gas fuel (What is virtual leaning environment, 2021). Technological skill
also gets impacted because of these virtual learning environment. As teacher has to has to learn
new innovative and technical skills. Through this technology students can learn or upgrade
knowledge on remote basis. Along with several advantages there also some disadvantage
associated with VLE. First biggest challenge is infrastructure, as it cost heavy budget on

arranging online classes. Some technical errors generate because of internet technical issues.
There must be appropriate set up arrangement while setting this and this require heavy
investment as it acquire more cost of equipment.
The negative influence of this technology as it covers more time consuming while training
student. Because without proper guidance students gets confused as a result this technology act
as ineffective (Tamad and et.al., 2019, October). Due to pandemic situation there is great growth
seen towards virtual learning environment. It has great influence on the perspective student and
teachers. Lots of industry has adopted this technology as teach online classes to the students.
Only online and virtual learning is the solution to deal with this pandemic situation. Both
teachers and students gets connected with this technology like Zoom calls, Webex app. It
improve connection, relation or interaction of student among teachers and managers.
In respect of VLE, great opportunity develop through virtual channel and student easily
grab the knowledge from these with using of internet without going outside their homes. This is
one of the safest option from which university can improve the level of education. It eliminates
personal engagement of student with teacher. In this research most of the students have several
issues while adopting these advance technology (Vaganova and et.al., 2017). This will facilitates
lots of confusion and problems while using these technology in the minds of students. That is
why children gets chance to learn or grab the opportunity to learn modern technology. As there
are several advantages of this virtual learning environment. As a result it shifts towards more
productive as well as creative solution in the industry of education. More profit and efficiency
level increase due to introduction of virtual learning. Both type of research method is utilise in
this report that is primary and secondary. Primary research is done with close ended
questionnaire survey. On the other hand secondary research is done with the help of literature
review that involves virtual learning environment impact. Through secondary research researcher
gets full detailed knowledge that leads towards enhancement of virtual learning in comparison of
primary research method.

Contemporary techniques utilisation to enhance workplace efficiency and employability.
The platform of virtual learning is depend on web medium so that suitable training as well
requirement education information to the student. It is difficult to improve employee
performance and low productivity in working environment will leads towards bad public image.
In the modern era universities and company adopted use of artificial intelligence so that it create
more engagement, profit and quality work. Through effective task and educational knowledge is
categories by employee to students. That is why university implement various way to improve
employee as well as company efficiency. These combines of tribe, tetra, zoom, slack, chanty etc.
With the help of websites employee connection and relation improves as it deliver efficiency in
learning practice. It has more features that provide appropriate medium in which student and
employee interact each other solve the problem related study material (Pastushenko, 2018). This
will enhance productivity and efficiency level at workplace. The tools allow student to interact
with teacher as well subordinates in more effective way. These technology deliver more cool
features that attract or grab the attention of student while learning or attending class. Due to
pandemic situation most of the teacher prefer these application like Zoom to connect with
students. The application of chanty is most preferable option that improve efficiency level in
their particular field. Slack app provides sharing useful file or document related with study in
more effective manner. It continuously improve interaction and the level of education system and
strengthen knowledge of student.
Proficiency in workplace data handling
The success of the organisation that depends on how the peoples is dependents on its skills
and its employee and staff members (Khlaisang, 2019). As well as the capabilities of the
workforce that is measured by the by the various functions within the organisation, as well as the
job competencies are one of the most that gives the important features of the organisation in
order to increase the ratio of the employability as well as the productivity and the organisational
productivity. This provides the skills of the competency that is the most important feature of the
for the particular job. This is purely considered as the completion of the Task in an effective
manner. The Job competency usually provides the clear concept that what is expected in terms of
the relations. Competencies also provides the behaviour that can maintained by the business
environment that what should be valued and what should be rewarded (Hassan and et.al., 2019).
These are the competency mainly divided into the two categories the Behaviour competency and

the functional competency. The behavioural competency is mainly concerned with the behaviour
of the employee that is related to the ability of thinking and doing same as like they are thinking.
This also provides the better strength to the employee for providing and contributing success
within the organisation. This not only defines the success as well as the ability of doing and
achieving the success within the organisation. this also helps in making the competencies
between the interpersonal skills and behavioural skills and helps to enhance the power of the
decision making. As well this takes the responsibility of the employee performance and giving
them the appropriate idea of performing within the organisation. this competency also helps in
providing the ethics to the employee that what is right and what is wrong in the culture of the
business. This can also help in the hiring of the induvial employee. The next is the functional
skills this is related with the technique skills of the employee that helps to increase the
productivity of the organisation. These are the skills also profitable for the organisational growth
because of the reason this can make the human resources decisions as well as can make the HR
planning easily and make the strategy towards the accomplishment of the goals and can build the
strong image of the organisation to gain the potential customers and make the product and
services popular. This can make the goals and objectives easier for the organisation because this
can help to give the proper idea within the organisation growth and development for its better
enrichments and make its goals and objective successful for the people of the organisation.
Series of information sources
Information source is more efficient way to handle research report. Most of the effective
source is adopted in the report (Alves, 2019). Research is done with the source of primary and
secondary. In primary source data is gather in the form of numerical and graphic format. This
will depict more accurate result. For collecting primary data, questionnaire, graphs and survey is
examine. In this 20 people are selected that combines of student as well as employee of virtual
learning. For secondary source combines of library, book as well as journals. In secondary
source researcher mainly adopted literature review that determine virtual learning environment
(Drlík, 2018).
Primary research
Questionnaire

Q1. What do you understand about Virtual learning environment?
a. Yes
b. No
Q2. As per your knowledge , what are the advantage of virtual learning environment?
a. Community building
b. Cost savings
c. Enhanced technical skills
Q3. What are the techniques utilise in order to get better employees efficiency and
employability in working environment.
a. Being teammates close to
b. Make ever moment count
c. Stay prepared upon cloud based project.
Q4. What information sources is utilise in the university.
a. Documentation catalogues
b. Article record
Q5. What dispute faced by university to put into practice virtual learning environment.
a. Technique subject
b. Adaptability fight back
c. Time management
Q1. What do you understand about Virtual learning environment? Frequency
a. Yes 15
b. No 5
a. Yes b. No
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2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Column B

Interpretation
From mention graph, it is clearly examined in this research almost out of 20, only 15
people have deep knowledge about virtual learning environment. five student does not much
awareness about this concept of technology
Q2. As per your knowledge , what are the advantage of virtual learning environment? Frequency
a. Community building 10
b. Cost savings 5
c. Enhanced technical skills 5
.
Interpretation
Interpretation
Interpretation
It has been analysed that 10 people out of 20 has prefer to community relationship and other
remaining five has benefit towards cost saving. Rest five student prefer benefit of technical skill.
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4
8
12
Column J

Q3. What are the techniques utilise in order to get better employees efficiency and
employability in working environment.
a. Being teammates close to 8
b. Make ever moment count 5
c. Stay prepared upon cloud based project. 8
Interpretation
It is clearly examined that 8 people chose teammates, 5 chose second count and rest 8
chose Stay prepared upon cloud based project in order to enhance working employability
0
2
4
6
8
Column C

Q4. What information sources is utilise in the university. Frequency
a. Documentation catalogues 10
b. Article record 10
.
Interpretation
It is examine that 10 people who chose Documentation catalogues and rest 10 people
chose Article record.
a. Library catalogues b. Article databases
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2
4
6
8
10
12
Column L

CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that virtual learning environment is most
effective and advance environment in which use of use technology is adopted by employee to
teach student. For effective employability and sustainability promotion at working place, entity
adopted several technologies. University also adopted several technologies in order to enhance
student and teacher productivity. It may combines of Chanty, Zoom, Slack etc. It will upgrade
the level of teaching and uplift understanding of students. Efficiency and productivity gets
strength with the help of virtual learning environment. While adopting these advance technology
lots of changes has to be face by the university.

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Books and Journals
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Hassan, S.U and et.al., 2019. Virtual learning environment to predict withdrawal by leveraging
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