Langside College

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Langside College is a further and higher education college located in the Mount Florida / Battlefield region of Glasgow, Scotland.

It was established in 1947 and enrols over 5,000 students every year of whom many are from countries outwith the European Union, the college currently operates in two main campuses and in over 80 community based venues spanning much of the Southside of Glasgow.

Its web site is http://www.langside.ac.uk

Merger likely from 1 August 2013

Anniesland, Cardonald and Langside Colleges are currently working together to merge and form a new college for south and west Glasgow from 1st August 2013. The planned name for the new college is Glasgow Clyde College.

e-learning

Distance learning

The college offers at least some courses at a distance, although their website makes it difficult to know how many (http://www.langside.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=406%3Amerger-information&catid=55%3Apublications&Itemid=1&clear_banner=ok)

Online learning for on-campus students

The college library offers students access to online resources: http://www.langside.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=257&Itemid=87

Open Educational Resources (OER)

No evidence found of OERs.

VLE

Langside College makes use of both Moodle and Blackboard.

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

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