Abstract
As an example of national and international effort on this field, and concrete model of solution, the author presents TELMAE Virtual Community Environment (VCE) and Learning Object Repository (LOR), developed at Charles University in Prague. The virtual community of teachers was built mainly within the frame of two large projects (SIP 2002-2005, app. 500 teachers, New Ways to Science Education, 2006-2008, app.
350). The Telmae virtual learning environment and community space consists of (1) gateway to Telmae online courses, (2) learning object repository LOR EDUPORT and (3) SCORM based 'unified gateway' to the large variety of learning objects at all Czech universities. The learning environment is surrounded by (4) virtual community of active subscribers and consultants, discussion forums and special interest groups. We also offer (5) special consultancy services -ATOS and (6) interactive environment, including remote and virtual laboratories, for physics teachers (Telmae ROL).