Editing Fle3 (section)

{{Infobox software
  |name = Fle3 - Future Learning Environment
  |logo = Fle logo.png
  |logo size = 95px
  |developer = Fle3 Team
  |latest_release_version = 1.5
  |latest_release_date = April 2005
  | programming language   = [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
  |genre = [[Collaborative software]] for learning
  |license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
  |website = [http://fle3.uiah.fi http://fle3.uiah.fi]
}}

'''Fle3''' is a [[World Wide Web|Web]]-based learning environment or [[virtual learning environment]]. More precisely Fle3 is [[Server (computing)|server]] [[software]] for [[Computer Supported Collaborative Learning|computer supported collaborative learning]] (CSCL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mlab.uiah.fi/fle/research/eawoppaper.html|title=COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR KNOWLEDGE BUILDING|website=mlab.uiah.fi|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mlab.taik.fi/fle/research/fle_arttu.html|title=Future Learning Environment - Innovative Methods and Applications for Collaborative Learning|website=mlab.taik.fi|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref>

Fle3 is designed to support learner and group centered work that concentrates on creating and developing expressions of knowledge (i.e. knowledge artefacts). Fle3 supports study groups to implement [[knowledge building]], [[creative problem solving]] and [[scientific method]] in an inquiry learning process, for example the&nbsp;[[progressive inquiry]] method.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tutkiva oppiminen : älykkään toiminnan rajat ja niiden ylittäminen|last=Hakkarainen, Kai.|date=1999|publisher=WSOY|others=Lonka, Kirsti., Lipponen, Lasse.|isbn=9510231401|location=Porvoo|oclc=58294599}}</ref>

Fle3 user interface is translated to more than 20 languages including most of the European languages and Chinese. Fle3 is used in more than 70 countries.<ref name=":0" />

Fle3 is a [[Zope]] product, written in [[Python (programming language)|Python]]. Fle3 is [[open-source software|open-source]] and [[free software]] released under the [[GNU General Public Licence]] (GPL).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://fle3.uiah.fi/papers/fle3_guide.pdf|title=Learning with Collaborative Software - A guide to Fle3|last=Leinonen|first=Teemu|last2=Kligyte|first2=Giedre|last3=Toikkanen|first3=Tarmo|last4=Pietarila|first4=Janne|last5=Dean|first5=Philip|publisher=University of Art and Design Helsinki|year=2003|isbn=951-558-127-3|location=Helsinki}}</ref>