David Grantham's 'Frequently asked questions on virtual learning environments' for the UKCLE provides 10 reasons why people might want a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) but many of these can clearly be extended to provide reasons for an MLE.
If you can read this text, it means you are not experiencing the Plone design at its best.
Plone makes heavy use of CSS, which means it is accessible to any internet browser,
but the design needs a
standards-compliant browser to look like we intended it.
Just so you know ;)