Abstract
Learning Environments are becoming established in many Schools, Colleges and Universities. This workshop session introduces the concept of a ‘Vertical Learning Environment’ and examines the issues surrounding the sharing of access to learning resources in multi-institutional contexts; and into the wider community. Following an overview of the business drivers, the implementation issues will be explored through a case study of development underway to adapt the Granada Learnwise VLE to a ‘Communitywise’ portal.