http://openeducation.wiki/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=CristinaVirtual Education Wiki - User contributions [en]2026-04-29T01:15:48ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.1http://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=User:Alessandro.Caforio&diff=15987User:Alessandro.Caforio2009-07-27T16:16:15Z<p>Cristina: New page: Alessandro Caforio got University Degree in Psychology in 2001 at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" disserting the degree thesis "Graphic User Interface Usability in Learning Environmen...</p>
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<div>Alessandro Caforio got University Degree in Psychology in 2001 at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" disserting the degree thesis "Graphic User Interface Usability in Learning Environments". In 2000 <br />
he was hired in Consorzio NETTUNO; he was involved in several national and european Project in the fields of distance education and long-life learning such as Vitalagell-C, Livius, MedNet'U, Venus, ReVica. Since 2002 he collaborate with the "Teaching and Learning Technologies" and "Psychotechnologies" courses in University of Rome "La Sapienza". His skills range from information design to cognitive psychology, from distance learning to web design, usability and accessibility.</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=User:Cristina&diff=15986User:Cristina2009-07-27T16:15:56Z<p>Cristina: New page: Cristina Stefanelli is a consultant researcher at UNINETTUNO since 2005, being involved in national and EU projects focused on Teaching and Learning Technologies and Virtual Mobility. She ...</p>
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<div>Cristina Stefanelli is a consultant researcher at UNINETTUNO since 2005, being involved in national and EU projects focused on Teaching and Learning Technologies and Virtual Mobility. She received a degree in Architecture at the University IUAV of Venice disserting a thesis on distance learning in architecture, virtual design board and sedimentation of knowledge. From 1999 to 2005 she worked at the University Iuav of Venice - Research Lab in Architecture Design - being involved in several EU projects in the fields of IT, cognitive science and geo-information systems.</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Paper_1&diff=1906Talk:Paper 12008-03-11T11:12:02Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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<div>hello everybody, you can use this tool to discuss about the paper<br />
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'''For the record: we have now about 3000 to 3500 words. For the book chapter we need 7000 to 9000 words. <br />
On top of the WIKI page were the book chapter is put, I have made a link to the Chapter guidelines were an overview is given of the different subheadings that should be included in the book chapter.(Ilse)'''<br />
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I am online, I'm here to do small edits on the wiki formatting. --[[User:NikkiCortoos|NikkiCortoos]] 11:11, 11 March 2008 (CET)<br />
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Here you can talk while you are editing<br />
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Hi everbody. I am online. Is there anybody else now? Ilse<br />
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I suggest I'll make the titles actual headings, so people can edit their own section by clicking the "edit" button on the right of each section. Everybody ok with this? --[[User:NikkiCortoos|NikkiCortoos]] 12:05, 11 March 2008 (CET)<br />
Hello Ilse, I am here too. greg<br />
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Hi! This is my welcome message, i am on line. Cristina<br />
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Did you go through the text of the paper? Or do you already have suggestions of where and how you want to contribute? (Ilse)<br />
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Ilse, i got a little bit lost.<br />
I went through the text, i would suggest to add a paragraph about Virtual Campus as an opportunity for the internationalization of the Universities and intercultural dialogue (a concrete experience: the Inetrnational Telematic University UNINETTUNO). ;)<br />
What should i do? Just add it? And what about the suggestion itselfe?<br />
(Cristina)<br />
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Cristina you can add it to the text yes. With regard to the suggestion itself: it would be also one of my suggestions to add some concrete case examples of different types of Virtual Campuses, like the one of KULeuven that is already included. And UNINETTUNO would of course be a good one to add. (Ilse)<br />
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I have a suggestion: We could write about virtual campus as a tool for lifelong learning. A chapter after KU.Leuven case study. A question: what is the deadline? (Anna-Kaarina)<br />
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VC & lifelong learning: ok for me. <br />
What about a case description of Finnish Virtual University?<br />
Deadline for submitting the chapter is 31 March. (Ilse)<br />
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Lenght? (Cristina)<br />
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Ilse, I talked with Markus Bela and we propose to write a chapter about VC & GIS. Is it ok ? (greg)<br />
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Hello, this is Widad. OK, so it seems that each partner could include a section on its own experience. ULP could write about e-LERU.<br />
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@ Cristina: Length: 600 to 1000 words?? KULeuven case is about 1300 words, but that's quite long. (ilse)<br />
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@ Widad: I don't know what the problem is, might have to do with the fact that we are editing at the same time? <br />
You can include e-Leru<br />
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@ Greg: ok<br />
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Is there anybody who wants to help elaborating on the other chapters (the more general ones on definitions etc.)? Leuven/EuroPACE could add, anyone else? (ilse)<br />
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I volunteer, Ilse. But not this week. Next week please (Anna-Kaarina)<br />
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To write on more general topics maybe the sections right before KUL, I have to ask to Alain Jaillet (Widad)<br />
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OK thanks! Next week is fine. (ilse)<br />
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(Widad) So I've added a section for "the e-LERU experience" and I have to confirm another section about other e-learning experiences at ULP or general concepts...<br />
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Nikki, i've added a table of contents so that everibody can edit a single paragraf. Is that ok? (Cristina)</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Paper_1&diff=1905Paper 12008-03-11T11:10:16Z<p>Cristina: /* Virtual Campus for supporting lifelong learning */</p>
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='''RE-DEFINING VIRTUAL CAMPUSES: FROM A “FULLY-FLETCHED” VIRTUAL CAMPUS TO A BLENDED MODEL'''=<br />
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''Helena Bijnens, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Johannes De Gruyter, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium, Ilse Op de Beeck, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Paul Bacsich, Matic Media Ltd., UK, Sally Reynolds, ATiT, Belgium, Wim Van Petegem, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium''<br />
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Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility, Virtual University<br />
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=='''Introduction'''==<br />
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The European Commission has set a goal that by 2012, 3 million students should participate in Erasmus. But what about the remaining 80% of students? <br />
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Virtual Campus schemes would offer educational opportunities that are no longer location dependent and allow for collaboration with foreign students and teachers (and thus promote intercultural understanding). <br />
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Apart from these cross-cultural and mobility aspects, a Virtual Campus has a huge potential to contribute to increased participation in lifelong learning: Students learn from their homes, after work in the time that is available for them. This in fact responds to the European Commission’s “Detailed Work Programme on the follow-up of the objectives of Education and training systems in Europe”. Key issues that are mentioned to reach the implementation of strategic objective “Facilitating the access of all to education and training systems” are: “Delivering education and training so that adults can effectively participate and combine their participation in learning with other responsibilities and activities” and also “Promoting flexible learning paths for all”.<br />
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It is therefore of the utmost importance that decision makers are aware of the possibilities and pitfalls of Virtual Campuses.<br />
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=='''Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility'''==<br />
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Benefits of Virtual Mobility and Virtual Campus initiatives are obvious: <br />
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• Access: Virtual Campus enables access to new, non-traditional, remote audiences<br />
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• Flexibility: learn and teach anytime and anywhere<br />
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• Skills: through using the technology students acquire new skills necessary for today’s new work methods and business structures<br />
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• New partnerships: virtual collaboration of different institutions into the creation, delivery and support of courses; knowledge transfer; enlarged visibility of institution<br />
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Throughout the last decade, numerous initiatives have been set up to experiment with the establishment of Virtual Campuses and Virtual Mobility activities. Virtual Campuses have appeared in various forms and structures and also to varying degrees of success. But what is actually a Virtual Campus? And what do we mean by Virtual Mobility? Also a number of other phrases such as Virtual University, Open University, etc. are being used in this context.<br />
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The Virtual Campus concept is referred to by the BENVIC project as “a specific format of distance education and on-line learning in which students, teaching staff and even university administrative and technical staff mainly 'meet' or communicate through technical links.”<br />
BENVIC proposed following classification:<br />
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• Virtual Classes: teaching and learning in a virtual environment for campus based students or/and distance learners <br />
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• Virtual Campus: including virtual classes, but also research communication and collaboration as well as scientific services to the society at large - e.g. contract research and consultancy for companies and governmental bodies<br />
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• Virtual University: including student registration, student and staff administration, and eventually examination and creditation<br />
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Many other classifications exist, such as the one made by Sabine Seufert (2001): <br />
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• Alma Mater Virtualis<br />
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• Virtual Universities<br />
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• University Networks<br />
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• Corporate Universities<br />
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• Commercial Suppliers & Educational Providers<br />
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• International Education Consortia<br />
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Virtual Mobility on the other hand means, in the words of the glossary of the elearningeuropa.info portal: “The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to obtain the same benefits as one would have with physical mobility but without the need to travel”. The Being Mobile project opted for a more elaborate definition: “Virtual Mobility is a form of learning which consists of virtual components through a fully ICT supported learning environment that includes cross-border collaboration with people from different backgrounds and cultures working and studying together, having, as its main purpose, the enhancement of intercultural understanding and the exchange of knowledge”.<br />
The same project provides four main types of virtual mobility activities:<br />
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• A virtual course (as part of a programme) or seminar (series) at a Higher Education Institution<br />
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• A whole programme at a Higher Education Institution<br />
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• Virtual student placements<br />
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• Virtual support activities to physical exchange<br />
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All in all, there seems to be a common feeling a redefinition of the “Virtual Campus” concept is necessary. This will be done in the Re.ViCa project (see below) but without losing sight of the justification in terms of Erasmus aims.<br />
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=='''Redefining The Virtual Campus Concept'''==<br />
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Examples of Virtual Campus initiatives in the past are manifold. To name a few: Finnish Virtual University, Swiss Virtual Campus, FernUniversität in Hagen, African Virtual University, etc. Furthermore, several eLearning, Minerva and other projects supported by the European Commission have dealt with integrating virtual components into traditional universities. Results have been published in for example: <br />
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• Peer-Review Handbook (MASSIVE project)<br />
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• Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University (cEVU project)<br />
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• Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk (REVE project)<br />
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• Creating New Opportunities for Learning – How to organise international virtual seminars (VENUS project)<br />
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Through these previous experiences, we notice a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders, collaborate supra/intra institutionally and often (inter)nationally, and/or involve non-traditional students through e-learning. There is no strict definition of Virtual Campus anymore. Every campus becomes a Virtual Campus and “blended models” gain more interest and attention. <br />
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Nowadays most people mean by the phrase virtual university a university which carries out much of its teaching, perhaps all of it, at a distance from the learner. The phrase virtual campus is often applied to a single university which has a virtual university “fringe” round a physical campus, but there are some totally virtual campuses, such as the Open University of Catalonia.<br />
Another possible starting point is to define a Virtual Campus as: “a large-scale change initiative at a university or consortium of universities delivering a substantially increased amount of technology-enhanced learning with as part of its aim the delivery of courses to groups of learners spending all or a substantial part of their time off the campus.”<br />
In this context, several kind of models or scenario’s could thus be thought of, differing from each other by the level of collaboration between institutions and to what extent virtual components are added:<br />
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• Traditional universities open their offer through e-learning for the “distant”, “off-campus” student; the lifelong learner whereby every student becomes a student of a virtual campus on his/her own<br />
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• Virtual Communities of Practice and Virtual Learning communities are integrated into traditional universities<br />
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• Virtual classes and seminars for traditional students are organised<br />
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• Virtual collaboration between universities is stimulated for example through joint course development and joint masters degrees <br />
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• The “extended university” reaches citizens through e-learning using mostly non-formal online evening seminars<br />
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• Multiple campuses of one university collaborate in course provision by technology: the teacher teaches in one campus for local and distant student group (through for example videoconferencing).<br />
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=='''K.U.Leuven: From A Traditional To A Multicampus University.'''==<br />
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An example of a redefinition of virtual campus can be found at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium. This traditional university progressively organizes its educational support from a multicampus perspective. <br />
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In recent decades, the ‘Katholieke Universiteit Leuven’ (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium has become a multicampus university. As a result of the historic expansion of the university its three groups of faculties have become separate entities, geographically spread over Leuven: Human Sciences are housed in the centre of the city, Exact Sciences in the east and Medical Sciences in the north. Since 1965, the university also has an additional campus in Kortrijk, in the west of Belgium. And in 2002, thirteen institutions of higher education in Flanders have joined forces with the K.U.Leuven in the Association K.U.Leuven in order to occupy a position of strength within the new European educational landscape and to work together towards quality improvements in education. This Association has 23 different campuses. In addition the K.U.Leuven profiles itself as an international university. The institution has agreements with various universities worldwide to enable and support a growing number student and staff exchanges between campuses. Lastly, with the introduction of ICT the university is also facing an extended form of multicampus education. Online networks of student groups and/or teaching staff – sometimes linked to but often independent from the institution – are emerging, in learning communities or communities of practice. Each participant in these networks can be considered a small virtual ‘campus’, learning from home, work or through a mobile device.<br />
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The current structure of the university thus challenges the K.U.Leuven to organize and support its education with attention for communication and collaboration between the various campuses. Today this is most often realized through physical mobility: staff and/or student move between different locations. This is the case for interdisciplinary courses between Leuven’s three groups of faculties and for staff mobility between Kortrijk and Leuven. It is also the most common form for international exchanges. Yet the university is progressively supporting initiatives that replace or enhance physical with virtual mobility, seeking to integrate aspects of ‘virtual campuses’ into traditional education to stimulate collaboration between the sites of the Association, to support student and/or staff exchanges in Europe or in the world, to enhance communication with developing countries or to sustain virtual learning communities. <br />
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At a basic level (virtual/blended) multicampus education in Leuven is revealed in initiatives that create, offer and localize joint course materials. While teaching staff and students remain at their own campus for the entire course, specific course modules learning materials are used that have been developed, at a distance, by an inter-institutional (multicampus) teaching team. These course materials are often offered on a common website, a databank or a virtual learning environment. Recently there are also teachers who (co-)develop or use ‘Open Educational Resources’.<br />
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Not only course materials are collaboratively created or shared. Also (laboratory)-infrastructure is shared between locations to avoid a double set up of equipment. In some cases this pooled infrastructure is also virtual. Some (dangerous) laboratory experiments or experiments that require students and staff to be at different locations (students watch a complex surgical operation) can now happen thanks to virtual support to bridge the distance between the actual experiment and the audience. The infrastructure of the experiment itself is in a limited number of cases entirely digital by means of a simulation on a common virtual platform.<br />
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Furthermore, multicampus education can be about joint learning activities. For the ‘Student Business Game’ for instance, students from different institutions f the Association K.U.Leuven play a business game on their own campus after which the winning teams compete with each other via videoconferencing before a jury of teaching and company staff. Joint learning activities can also be about e-coaching, about writing an academic paper at a distance or student placements. All activities invite multiple sites to collaborate in the creation, delivery or support of the activity, with the help of technology. At K.U.Leuven joint learning activities are particularly interesting for interdisciplinary modules, courses or programs, such as activities involving both learners studying medicine or nursing, industrial or civil engineering, etc.<br />
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Building on joint learning activities, another type of multicampus are joint courses. A joint course can be (a) a course developed by one campus (institution) and offered to students at another campus (institution), (b) a course developed by one institution and used but adapted by another institution or (c) a jointly developed course offered to students of all involved institutions (Haake et al., 2006). One variation of this type are virtual seminars: co-created or co-delivered seminars set up as a single course, or in a series of courses - broadcasted over multiple sites using ICT (videoconferencing, web conferencing, streaming, etc) . The KULeuven has a strong expertise and long tradition in organizing virtual seminars. The ‘Pentalfa’ project for instance is a multidisciplinary, post-graduate distance learning initiative of the Faculty of Medicine, aimed to offer (extra) training broadcasted to various hospitals of the Flemish Hospital Network K.U.Leuven. It is currently in its 8th year and there are plans to enhance the initiative with an international component. The university is also looking into the use of virtual seminars for knowledge exchange and networking between the institutions of the Association and beyond (society in general, companies, alumni, etc.). <br />
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Next, multicampus education is also revealed in the offer of a complete, ‘multicampus’ programme, which many institutions can be contributing in. A number of Bachelors and Masters are already set up within the Association K.U.Leuven, involving multiple teaching teams from different institutions. The challenge is to streamline these programs around a common denominator, yet with respect to any local specificities of each campus involved. Virtual initiatives – joint learning materials, joint learning activities, joint courses – all play a vital part in this. Eventually a completely virtual multicampus programme comes close to the traditional form of distance education, as offered by the Open University for instance. From the perspective of more and better flexibility in education, it could be interesting to bring distance and regular education together. Regular programs could put forward a number of distance learning courses (and vice versa), in replacement of or as an enhancement to their offer: they could support or realize the transition between certain bachelors and masters in a flexible way, (work) students could enhance their own study package with a number of distance education courses. In Flanders, the current offers of both the regular universities and the Open University are still entirely separate from each other . Yet under certain conditions the Open University does already allow its students to take courses from other universities in addition to the curriculum of the own education. K.U.Leuven is currently studying the opportunity to present this interpretation of multicampus to its students.<br />
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Ultimately, multicampus education is also about a range of virtual support activities with regard to real, physical mobility. A large range of actions can be mentioned here. At the early, preparatory phase of a physical student (or staff) exchange, multicampus support can be given through the set up of community websites for future exchange students where they can meet current students who help them find housing, give them information etc. Within the Association K.U.Leuven such a platform is being created and tested for new foreign students to find a ‘(virtual) buddy’ . There is also the opportunity for teaching staff to meet the interested new students online, for a language ‘pre-selection’ or just a first get-together. This has been tested as a pilot in the REVE project for the Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physical Activity <br />
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=='''Future trends: Reviewing Virtual Campuses To Enhance Their Future: The Re.Vica Project'''==<br />
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While numerous Virtual Campus initiatives in the past decade have gained experience and know-how, there is a striking lack of validation and dissemination of this knowledge. Detailed information on Virtual Campuses is hard to come by. To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. Re.ViCa stands for “Reviewing (traces of) <br />
European Virtual Campuses”. The project runs from October 2007 to September 2009. It brings together nine partners in the field that will use their privileged strategic positions to collect vital information and open it up for the wider community of the European Higher Education Area. The project can amongst others build upon the partners’ experience with and involvement in Virtual Mobility/Virtual Campus projects (e.g. cEVU, e-LERU, VENUS, Victorious…) and initiatives (e.g. Finnish Virtual University, UNINETTUNO, UkeUniversity,…). In this respect, we can also refer to the recently published book “European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE Approach” which gives an overview of the changes that took place in the field of technology enhanced learning and of how the EuroPACE network, coordinator of Re.ViCa, has been evolving from an interactive model where universities and their partners progressed together “Towards a Virtual University for Europe” to an organisation with main focus on innovation and collaboration in learning. <br />
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The Re.ViCa project is making an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. It will not only look at currently operational Virtual Campuses, but also at the legacy and impact of those Virtual Campus initiatives that have closed down or become dormant. Relevant parameters and success factors for evaluating and comparing Virtual Campuses will be identified.<br />
In a second stage of the project in-depth discussions are organised to incorporate the input of different interest groups: including Virtual Campus management bodies, relevant networks, students, policy makers and a range of experts at a global as well as European level. This will also allow comparing European cases to selected non-European initiatives.<br />
Finally, a set of action points and guidelines for decision-makers are to be formulated that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
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Main results of Re.ViCa will be: <br />
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• A manual with guidelines, best practices, recommendations <br />
All results and information gathered during the project (manual, desktop research results, outcomes of the workshops, etc.) will be collected on the project wiki http://revica.europace.org. It will be a platform where both experts, policy makers, providers, sponsors and key actors can meet and stimulate dialogue.<br />
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As such, Re.ViCa’s added value lies not in the creation of a new Virtual Campus but in the foundations it will lay for all future or current initiatives which can learn from past and current initiatives. It will provide trustworthy research results, in which feedback from all stakeholder groups has been incorporated and which can be used as standard literature for all ongoing and future initiatives. It will help to make the most out of the knowledge gained by each initiative, to foresee hidden traps and to find ways of incorporating successful features of the initiative in the university structure itself, should the Virtual Campus in its original form have to be discontinued. Its aim is to avoid a situation whereby every new Virtual Campus proponent has to start from the beginning, and will provide them instead with a validated and comprehensive view of the Virtual Campus landscape in Europe as evidenced in the last decade.<br />
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Exchange of information, expert validation and sharing of good-practice beyond the partnership about Virtual Campus is the key objective of this project. Re.ViCa aims to look at the past of Virtual Campus initiatives to enhance their future.<br />
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=='''Conclusion'''==<br />
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In this paper we have first described the concepts of Virtual Campus and Virtual Mobility and referred to several past and present projects and initiatives in the field. Through these previous experiences, we have noticed a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders and “blended models” gain more and more interest. The K.U.Leuven case clearly demonstrates this evolution.<br />
To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. The purpose of this project is to make an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. Outputs will include a set of action points that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
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=='''Acknowledgement'''==<br />
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The Re.ViCa project is funded with support from the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus – Virtual Campuses). Project partners are: EuroPACE ivzw (BE), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE), Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications bvba (ATiT) (BE); FernUniversität in Hagen (DE); Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Koulutuskeskus Dipoli (Helsinki University of Technology, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli) (FI); Université Louis Pasteur (FR); Nyugat-Magayarországi Egyetem (University of West Hungary) (HU); Università Telematica Internazionale UNINETTUNO (International Telematic University UNINETTUNO) (IT); Matic Media Ltd (UK).<br />
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=='''References'''==<br />
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1. BENVIC Benchmarking of Virtual Campuses: http://www.benvic.odl.org<br />
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2. BIJNENS, H., BOUSSEMAERE, M., RAJAGOPAL, K., OP DE BEECK, I., VAN PETEGEM, W. (EDS.) (2006) European Cooperation in Education through Virtual Mobility. A Best-Practice Manual. Leuven, November 2006. http://www.being-mobile.net/pdf/BM_handbook_final.pdf <br />
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3. BIJNENS, K., MICHIELSENS, C., RAJAGOPAL, K. (EDS.) Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk. Leuven, December 2006. http://reve.europace.org/drupal<br />
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7. EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2001) Detailed work programme on the follow-up of the objectives of education and training systems in Europe. http://www.aic.lv/bolona/Bologna/contrib/EU/workprog.pdf <br />
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8. HAAKE, J.M., LUKOSCH, S., RAJAGOPAL, K., VAN PETEGEM, W. (2006) Models for Implementing Virtual Studies Abroad. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Vienna, June 14-17, 2006, p. 273-278. <br />
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13. VAN DEN BRANDEN, J., OPSOMER A. (2004) Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University. Report cEVU project. Leuven, January 2004. http://www.europace.org/articles%20and%20reports/cEVU_manual.pdf<br />
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14. VENUS Virtual and eMobility for Networking Universities in Society: http://www.venus-project.net</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Paper_1&diff=1903Paper 12008-03-11T11:08:06Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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='''RE-DEFINING VIRTUAL CAMPUSES: FROM A “FULLY-FLETCHED” VIRTUAL CAMPUS TO A BLENDED MODEL'''=<br />
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''Helena Bijnens, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Johannes De Gruyter, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium, Ilse Op de Beeck, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Paul Bacsich, Matic Media Ltd., UK, Sally Reynolds, ATiT, Belgium, Wim Van Petegem, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium''<br />
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=='''Abstract'''==<br />
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=='''Keywords'''==<br />
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Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility, Virtual University<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=='''Introduction'''==<br />
<br />
The European Commission has set a goal that by 2012, 3 million students should participate in Erasmus. But what about the remaining 80% of students? <br />
<br />
Virtual Campus schemes would offer educational opportunities that are no longer location dependent and allow for collaboration with foreign students and teachers (and thus promote intercultural understanding). <br />
<br />
Apart from these cross-cultural and mobility aspects, a Virtual Campus has a huge potential to contribute to increased participation in lifelong learning: Students learn from their homes, after work in the time that is available for them. This in fact responds to the European Commission’s “Detailed Work Programme on the follow-up of the objectives of Education and training systems in Europe”. Key issues that are mentioned to reach the implementation of strategic objective “Facilitating the access of all to education and training systems” are: “Delivering education and training so that adults can effectively participate and combine their participation in learning with other responsibilities and activities” and also “Promoting flexible learning paths for all”.<br />
<br />
It is therefore of the utmost importance that decision makers are aware of the possibilities and pitfalls of Virtual Campuses.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=='''Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility'''==<br />
<br />
Benefits of Virtual Mobility and Virtual Campus initiatives are obvious: <br />
<br />
• Access: Virtual Campus enables access to new, non-traditional, remote audiences<br />
<br />
• Flexibility: learn and teach anytime and anywhere<br />
<br />
• Skills: through using the technology students acquire new skills necessary for today’s new work methods and business structures<br />
<br />
• New partnerships: virtual collaboration of different institutions into the creation, delivery and support of courses; knowledge transfer; enlarged visibility of institution<br />
<br />
Throughout the last decade, numerous initiatives have been set up to experiment with the establishment of Virtual Campuses and Virtual Mobility activities. Virtual Campuses have appeared in various forms and structures and also to varying degrees of success. But what is actually a Virtual Campus? And what do we mean by Virtual Mobility? Also a number of other phrases such as Virtual University, Open University, etc. are being used in this context.<br />
<br />
The Virtual Campus concept is referred to by the BENVIC project as “a specific format of distance education and on-line learning in which students, teaching staff and even university administrative and technical staff mainly 'meet' or communicate through technical links.”<br />
BENVIC proposed following classification:<br />
<br />
• Virtual Classes: teaching and learning in a virtual environment for campus based students or/and distance learners <br />
<br />
• Virtual Campus: including virtual classes, but also research communication and collaboration as well as scientific services to the society at large - e.g. contract research and consultancy for companies and governmental bodies<br />
<br />
• Virtual University: including student registration, student and staff administration, and eventually examination and creditation<br />
<br />
Many other classifications exist, such as the one made by Sabine Seufert (2001): <br />
<br />
• Alma Mater Virtualis<br />
<br />
• Virtual Universities<br />
<br />
• University Networks<br />
<br />
• Corporate Universities<br />
<br />
• Commercial Suppliers & Educational Providers<br />
<br />
• International Education Consortia<br />
<br />
Virtual Mobility on the other hand means, in the words of the glossary of the elearningeuropa.info portal: “The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to obtain the same benefits as one would have with physical mobility but without the need to travel”. The Being Mobile project opted for a more elaborate definition: “Virtual Mobility is a form of learning which consists of virtual components through a fully ICT supported learning environment that includes cross-border collaboration with people from different backgrounds and cultures working and studying together, having, as its main purpose, the enhancement of intercultural understanding and the exchange of knowledge”.<br />
The same project provides four main types of virtual mobility activities:<br />
<br />
• A virtual course (as part of a programme) or seminar (series) at a Higher Education Institution<br />
<br />
• A whole programme at a Higher Education Institution<br />
<br />
• Virtual student placements<br />
<br />
• Virtual support activities to physical exchange<br />
<br />
All in all, there seems to be a common feeling a redefinition of the “Virtual Campus” concept is necessary. This will be done in the Re.ViCa project (see below) but without losing sight of the justification in terms of Erasmus aims.<br />
<br />
<br />
=='''The e-LERU experience'''==<br />
(ULP)<br />
<br />
<br />
=='''Redefining The Virtual Campus Concept'''==<br />
<br />
(EuroPACE/Leuven will elaborate more on this issue)<br />
<br />
<br />
Examples of Virtual Campus initiatives in the past are manifold. To name a few: Finnish Virtual University, Swiss Virtual Campus, FernUniversität in Hagen, African Virtual University, etc. Furthermore, several eLearning, Minerva and other projects supported by the European Commission have dealt with integrating virtual components into traditional universities. Results have been published in for example: <br />
<br />
• Peer-Review Handbook (MASSIVE project)<br />
<br />
• Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University (cEVU project)<br />
<br />
• Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk (REVE project)<br />
<br />
• Creating New Opportunities for Learning – How to organise international virtual seminars (VENUS project)<br />
<br />
Through these previous experiences, we notice a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders, collaborate supra/intra institutionally and often (inter)nationally, and/or involve non-traditional students through e-learning. There is no strict definition of Virtual Campus anymore. Every campus becomes a Virtual Campus and “blended models” gain more interest and attention. <br />
<br />
Nowadays most people mean by the phrase virtual university a university which carries out much of its teaching, perhaps all of it, at a distance from the learner. The phrase virtual campus is often applied to a single university which has a virtual university “fringe” round a physical campus, but there are some totally virtual campuses, such as the Open University of Catalonia.<br />
Another possible starting point is to define a Virtual Campus as: “a large-scale change initiative at a university or consortium of universities delivering a substantially increased amount of technology-enhanced learning with as part of its aim the delivery of courses to groups of learners spending all or a substantial part of their time off the campus.”<br />
In this context, several kind of models or scenario’s could thus be thought of, differing from each other by the level of collaboration between institutions and to what extent virtual components are added:<br />
<br />
• Traditional universities open their offer through e-learning for the “distant”, “off-campus” student; the lifelong learner whereby every student becomes a student of a virtual campus on his/her own<br />
<br />
• Virtual Communities of Practice and Virtual Learning communities are integrated into traditional universities<br />
<br />
• Virtual classes and seminars for traditional students are organised<br />
<br />
• Virtual collaboration between universities is stimulated for example through joint course development and joint masters degrees <br />
<br />
• The “extended university” reaches citizens through e-learning using mostly non-formal online evening seminars<br />
<br />
• Multiple campuses of one university collaborate in course provision by technology: the teacher teaches in one campus for local and distant student group (through for example videoconferencing).<br />
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=='''K.U.Leuven: From A Traditional To A Multicampus University.'''==<br />
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An example of a redefinition of virtual campus can be found at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium. This traditional university progressively organizes its educational support from a multicampus perspective. <br />
<br />
In recent decades, the ‘Katholieke Universiteit Leuven’ (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium has become a multicampus university. As a result of the historic expansion of the university its three groups of faculties have become separate entities, geographically spread over Leuven: Human Sciences are housed in the centre of the city, Exact Sciences in the east and Medical Sciences in the north. Since 1965, the university also has an additional campus in Kortrijk, in the west of Belgium. And in 2002, thirteen institutions of higher education in Flanders have joined forces with the K.U.Leuven in the Association K.U.Leuven in order to occupy a position of strength within the new European educational landscape and to work together towards quality improvements in education. This Association has 23 different campuses. In addition the K.U.Leuven profiles itself as an international university. The institution has agreements with various universities worldwide to enable and support a growing number student and staff exchanges between campuses. Lastly, with the introduction of ICT the university is also facing an extended form of multicampus education. Online networks of student groups and/or teaching staff – sometimes linked to but often independent from the institution – are emerging, in learning communities or communities of practice. Each participant in these networks can be considered a small virtual ‘campus’, learning from home, work or through a mobile device.<br />
<br />
The current structure of the university thus challenges the K.U.Leuven to organize and support its education with attention for communication and collaboration between the various campuses. Today this is most often realized through physical mobility: staff and/or student move between different locations. This is the case for interdisciplinary courses between Leuven’s three groups of faculties and for staff mobility between Kortrijk and Leuven. It is also the most common form for international exchanges. Yet the university is progressively supporting initiatives that replace or enhance physical with virtual mobility, seeking to integrate aspects of ‘virtual campuses’ into traditional education to stimulate collaboration between the sites of the Association, to support student and/or staff exchanges in Europe or in the world, to enhance communication with developing countries or to sustain virtual learning communities. <br />
<br />
At a basic level (virtual/blended) multicampus education in Leuven is revealed in initiatives that create, offer and localize joint course materials. While teaching staff and students remain at their own campus for the entire course, specific course modules learning materials are used that have been developed, at a distance, by an inter-institutional (multicampus) teaching team. These course materials are often offered on a common website, a databank or a virtual learning environment. Recently there are also teachers who (co-)develop or use ‘Open Educational Resources’.<br />
<br />
Not only course materials are collaboratively created or shared. Also (laboratory)-infrastructure is shared between locations to avoid a double set up of equipment. In some cases this pooled infrastructure is also virtual. Some (dangerous) laboratory experiments or experiments that require students and staff to be at different locations (students watch a complex surgical operation) can now happen thanks to virtual support to bridge the distance between the actual experiment and the audience. The infrastructure of the experiment itself is in a limited number of cases entirely digital by means of a simulation on a common virtual platform.<br />
<br />
Furthermore, multicampus education can be about joint learning activities. For the ‘Student Business Game’ for instance, students from different institutions f the Association K.U.Leuven play a business game on their own campus after which the winning teams compete with each other via videoconferencing before a jury of teaching and company staff. Joint learning activities can also be about e-coaching, about writing an academic paper at a distance or student placements. All activities invite multiple sites to collaborate in the creation, delivery or support of the activity, with the help of technology. At K.U.Leuven joint learning activities are particularly interesting for interdisciplinary modules, courses or programs, such as activities involving both learners studying medicine or nursing, industrial or civil engineering, etc.<br />
<br />
Building on joint learning activities, another type of multicampus are joint courses. A joint course can be (a) a course developed by one campus (institution) and offered to students at another campus (institution), (b) a course developed by one institution and used but adapted by another institution or (c) a jointly developed course offered to students of all involved institutions (Haake et al., 2006). One variation of this type are virtual seminars: co-created or co-delivered seminars set up as a single course, or in a series of courses - broadcasted over multiple sites using ICT (videoconferencing, web conferencing, streaming, etc) . The KULeuven has a strong expertise and long tradition in organizing virtual seminars. The ‘Pentalfa’ project for instance is a multidisciplinary, post-graduate distance learning initiative of the Faculty of Medicine, aimed to offer (extra) training broadcasted to various hospitals of the Flemish Hospital Network K.U.Leuven. It is currently in its 8th year and there are plans to enhance the initiative with an international component. The university is also looking into the use of virtual seminars for knowledge exchange and networking between the institutions of the Association and beyond (society in general, companies, alumni, etc.). <br />
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Next, multicampus education is also revealed in the offer of a complete, ‘multicampus’ programme, which many institutions can be contributing in. A number of Bachelors and Masters are already set up within the Association K.U.Leuven, involving multiple teaching teams from different institutions. The challenge is to streamline these programs around a common denominator, yet with respect to any local specificities of each campus involved. Virtual initiatives – joint learning materials, joint learning activities, joint courses – all play a vital part in this. Eventually a completely virtual multicampus programme comes close to the traditional form of distance education, as offered by the Open University for instance. From the perspective of more and better flexibility in education, it could be interesting to bring distance and regular education together. Regular programs could put forward a number of distance learning courses (and vice versa), in replacement of or as an enhancement to their offer: they could support or realize the transition between certain bachelors and masters in a flexible way, (work) students could enhance their own study package with a number of distance education courses. In Flanders, the current offers of both the regular universities and the Open University are still entirely separate from each other . Yet under certain conditions the Open University does already allow its students to take courses from other universities in addition to the curriculum of the own education. K.U.Leuven is currently studying the opportunity to present this interpretation of multicampus to its students.<br />
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Ultimately, multicampus education is also about a range of virtual support activities with regard to real, physical mobility. A large range of actions can be mentioned here. At the early, preparatory phase of a physical student (or staff) exchange, multicampus support can be given through the set up of community websites for future exchange students where they can meet current students who help them find housing, give them information etc. Within the Association K.U.Leuven such a platform is being created and tested for new foreign students to find a ‘(virtual) buddy’ . There is also the opportunity for teaching staff to meet the interested new students online, for a language ‘pre-selection’ or just a first get-together. This has been tested as a pilot in the REVE project for the Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physical Activity <br />
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=='''Virtual Campus as an opportunity for the internationalization of the Universities and the intercultural dialogue. A concrete experience: the Inetrnational Telematic University UNINETTUNO'''==<br />
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==Virtual Campus for supporting lifelong learning==<br />
(written by TKK)<br />
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=='''Future trends: Reviewing Virtual Campuses To Enhance Their Future: The Re.Vica Project'''==<br />
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While numerous Virtual Campus initiatives in the past decade have gained experience and know-how, there is a striking lack of validation and dissemination of this knowledge. Detailed information on Virtual Campuses is hard to come by. To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. Re.ViCa stands for “Reviewing (traces of) <br />
European Virtual Campuses”. The project runs from October 2007 to September 2009. It brings together nine partners in the field that will use their privileged strategic positions to collect vital information and open it up for the wider community of the European Higher Education Area. The project can amongst others build upon the partners’ experience with and involvement in Virtual Mobility/Virtual Campus projects (e.g. cEVU, e-LERU, VENUS, Victorious…) and initiatives (e.g. Finnish Virtual University, UNINETTUNO, UkeUniversity,…). In this respect, we can also refer to the recently published book “European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE Approach” which gives an overview of the changes that took place in the field of technology enhanced learning and of how the EuroPACE network, coordinator of Re.ViCa, has been evolving from an interactive model where universities and their partners progressed together “Towards a Virtual University for Europe” to an organisation with main focus on innovation and collaboration in learning. <br />
<br />
The Re.ViCa project is making an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. It will not only look at currently operational Virtual Campuses, but also at the legacy and impact of those Virtual Campus initiatives that have closed down or become dormant. Relevant parameters and success factors for evaluating and comparing Virtual Campuses will be identified.<br />
In a second stage of the project in-depth discussions are organised to incorporate the input of different interest groups: including Virtual Campus management bodies, relevant networks, students, policy makers and a range of experts at a global as well as European level. This will also allow comparing European cases to selected non-European initiatives.<br />
Finally, a set of action points and guidelines for decision-makers are to be formulated that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
<br />
Main results of Re.ViCa will be: <br />
<br />
• A global benchmark overview<br />
<br />
• Knowledge sharing through the organisation of discussion sessions at carefully chosen events and meetings with experts and policy makers<br />
<br />
• A manual with guidelines, best practices, recommendations <br />
All results and information gathered during the project (manual, desktop research results, outcomes of the workshops, etc.) will be collected on the project wiki http://revica.europace.org. It will be a platform where both experts, policy makers, providers, sponsors and key actors can meet and stimulate dialogue.<br />
<br />
As such, Re.ViCa’s added value lies not in the creation of a new Virtual Campus but in the foundations it will lay for all future or current initiatives which can learn from past and current initiatives. It will provide trustworthy research results, in which feedback from all stakeholder groups has been incorporated and which can be used as standard literature for all ongoing and future initiatives. It will help to make the most out of the knowledge gained by each initiative, to foresee hidden traps and to find ways of incorporating successful features of the initiative in the university structure itself, should the Virtual Campus in its original form have to be discontinued. Its aim is to avoid a situation whereby every new Virtual Campus proponent has to start from the beginning, and will provide them instead with a validated and comprehensive view of the Virtual Campus landscape in Europe as evidenced in the last decade.<br />
<br />
Exchange of information, expert validation and sharing of good-practice beyond the partnership about Virtual Campus is the key objective of this project. Re.ViCa aims to look at the past of Virtual Campus initiatives to enhance their future.<br />
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=='''Conclusion'''==<br />
<br />
In this paper we have first described the concepts of Virtual Campus and Virtual Mobility and referred to several past and present projects and initiatives in the field. Through these previous experiences, we have noticed a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders and “blended models” gain more and more interest. The K.U.Leuven case clearly demonstrates this evolution.<br />
To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. The purpose of this project is to make an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. Outputs will include a set of action points that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
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=='''Acknowledgement'''==<br />
<br />
The Re.ViCa project is funded with support from the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus – Virtual Campuses). Project partners are: EuroPACE ivzw (BE), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE), Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications bvba (ATiT) (BE); FernUniversität in Hagen (DE); Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Koulutuskeskus Dipoli (Helsinki University of Technology, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli) (FI); Université Louis Pasteur (FR); Nyugat-Magayarországi Egyetem (University of West Hungary) (HU); Università Telematica Internazionale UNINETTUNO (International Telematic University UNINETTUNO) (IT); Matic Media Ltd (UK).<br />
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=='''References'''==<br />
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1. BENVIC Benchmarking of Virtual Campuses: http://www.benvic.odl.org<br />
<br />
2. BIJNENS, H., BOUSSEMAERE, M., RAJAGOPAL, K., OP DE BEECK, I., VAN PETEGEM, W. (EDS.) (2006) European Cooperation in Education through Virtual Mobility. A Best-Practice Manual. Leuven, November 2006. http://www.being-mobile.net/pdf/BM_handbook_final.pdf <br />
<br />
3. BIJNENS, K., MICHIELSENS, C., RAJAGOPAL, K. (EDS.) Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk. Leuven, December 2006. http://reve.europace.org/drupal<br />
<br />
4. BOONEN, A., VAN PETEGEM, W. (EDS.) (2007) European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE Approach. 2007, Garant, Antwerp-Apeldoorn.<br />
<br />
5. Elearningeuropa.info glossary http://www.elearningeuropa.info/main/index.php?page=glossary<br />
<br />
6. e-LERU http://www.e-leru.leru.org/<br />
<br />
7. EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2001) Detailed work programme on the follow-up of the objectives of education and training systems in Europe. http://www.aic.lv/bolona/Bologna/contrib/EU/workprog.pdf <br />
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8. HAAKE, J.M., LUKOSCH, S., RAJAGOPAL, K., VAN PETEGEM, W. (2006) Models for Implementing Virtual Studies Abroad. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Vienna, June 14-17, 2006, p. 273-278. <br />
<br />
9. MASSIVE Modelling Advice and Support Services to Integrate the Virtual Component in Higher Education: http://cevug.ugr.es/massive<br />
<br />
10. RAJAGOPAL, K., VAN PETEGEM, W., VERJANS, S. (2006) A Need for Virtual Mobility in Mainstream Education; Case Study of the Erasmus Mundus Programmes at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Vienna, June 14-17, 2006, p. 284-289. <br />
<br />
11. Re.ViCa Reviewing (traces of) Virtual Campuses http://www.europace.org/rdrevica.php<br />
<br />
12. SEUFERT, S. (2001) E-learning Business Models, Strategies, Success Factors and Best Practice Examples In FILLIPPI, R., WANKEL,R. (EDS.) Rethinking Management Education for the 21st century. Greenwich: Info Age Press.<br />
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13. VAN DEN BRANDEN, J., OPSOMER A. (2004) Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University. Report cEVU project. Leuven, January 2004. http://www.europace.org/articles%20and%20reports/cEVU_manual.pdf<br />
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14. VENUS Virtual and eMobility for Networking Universities in Society: http://www.venus-project.net</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Paper_1&diff=1893Paper 12008-03-11T10:53:55Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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<div>'''[[Chapter guidelines|Chapter guidelines]]'''<br />
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<br />
'''RE-DEFINING VIRTUAL CAMPUSES: FROM A “FULLY-FLETCHED” VIRTUAL CAMPUS TO A BLENDED MODEL'''<br />
<br />
''Helena Bijnens, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Johannes De Gruyter, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium, Ilse Op de Beeck, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Paul Bacsich, Matic Media Ltd., UK, Sally Reynolds, ATiT, Belgium, Wim Van Petegem, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Abstract'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Keywords'''<br />
<br />
Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility, Virtual University<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Introduction'''<br />
<br />
The European Commission has set a goal that by 2012, 3 million students should participate in Erasmus. But what about the remaining 80% of students? <br />
<br />
Virtual Campus schemes would offer educational opportunities that are no longer location dependent and allow for collaboration with foreign students and teachers (and thus promote intercultural understanding). <br />
<br />
Apart from these cross-cultural and mobility aspects, a Virtual Campus has a huge potential to contribute to increased participation in lifelong learning: Students learn from their homes, after work in the time that is available for them. This in fact responds to the European Commission’s “Detailed Work Programme on the follow-up of the objectives of Education and training systems in Europe”. Key issues that are mentioned to reach the implementation of strategic objective “Facilitating the access of all to education and training systems” are: “Delivering education and training so that adults can effectively participate and combine their participation in learning with other responsibilities and activities” and also “Promoting flexible learning paths for all”.<br />
<br />
It is therefore of the utmost importance that decision makers are aware of the possibilities and pitfalls of Virtual Campuses.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility'''<br />
<br />
Benefits of Virtual Mobility and Virtual Campus initiatives are obvious: <br />
<br />
• Access: Virtual Campus enables access to new, non-traditional, remote audiences<br />
<br />
• Flexibility: learn and teach anytime and anywhere<br />
<br />
• Skills: through using the technology students acquire new skills necessary for today’s new work methods and business structures<br />
<br />
• New partnerships: virtual collaboration of different institutions into the creation, delivery and support of courses; knowledge transfer; enlarged visibility of institution<br />
<br />
Throughout the last decade, numerous initiatives have been set up to experiment with the establishment of Virtual Campuses and Virtual Mobility activities. Virtual Campuses have appeared in various forms and structures and also to varying degrees of success. But what is actually a Virtual Campus? And what do we mean by Virtual Mobility? Also a number of other phrases such as Virtual University, Open University, etc. are being used in this context.<br />
<br />
The Virtual Campus concept is referred to by the BENVIC project as “a specific format of distance education and on-line learning in which students, teaching staff and even university administrative and technical staff mainly 'meet' or communicate through technical links.”<br />
BENVIC proposed following classification:<br />
<br />
• Virtual Classes: teaching and learning in a virtual environment for campus based students or/and distance learners <br />
<br />
• Virtual Campus: including virtual classes, but also research communication and collaboration as well as scientific services to the society at large - e.g. contract research and consultancy for companies and governmental bodies<br />
<br />
• Virtual University: including student registration, student and staff administration, and eventually examination and creditation<br />
<br />
Many other classifications exist, such as the one made by Sabine Seufert (2001): <br />
<br />
• Alma Mater Virtualis<br />
<br />
• Virtual Universities<br />
<br />
• University Networks<br />
<br />
• Corporate Universities<br />
<br />
• Commercial Suppliers & Educational Providers<br />
<br />
• International Education Consortia<br />
<br />
Virtual Mobility on the other hand means, in the words of the glossary of the elearningeuropa.info portal: “The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to obtain the same benefits as one would have with physical mobility but without the need to travel”. The Being Mobile project opted for a more elaborate definition: “Virtual Mobility is a form of learning which consists of virtual components through a fully ICT supported learning environment that includes cross-border collaboration with people from different backgrounds and cultures working and studying together, having, as its main purpose, the enhancement of intercultural understanding and the exchange of knowledge”.<br />
The same project provides four main types of virtual mobility activities:<br />
<br />
• A virtual course (as part of a programme) or seminar (series) at a Higher Education Institution<br />
<br />
• A whole programme at a Higher Education Institution<br />
<br />
• Virtual student placements<br />
<br />
• Virtual support activities to physical exchange<br />
<br />
All in all, there seems to be a common feeling a redefinition of the “Virtual Campus” concept is necessary. This will be done in the Re.ViCa project (see below) but without losing sight of the justification in terms of Erasmus aims.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Redefining The Virtual Campus Concept'''<br />
<br />
(EuroPACE/Leuven will elaborate more on this issue)<br />
<br />
<br />
Examples of Virtual Campus initiatives in the past are manifold. To name a few: Finnish Virtual University, Swiss Virtual Campus, FernUniversität in Hagen, African Virtual University, etc. Furthermore, several eLearning, Minerva and other projects supported by the European Commission have dealt with integrating virtual components into traditional universities. Results have been published in for example: <br />
<br />
• Peer-Review Handbook (MASSIVE project)<br />
<br />
• Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University (cEVU project)<br />
<br />
• Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk (REVE project)<br />
<br />
• Creating New Opportunities for Learning – How to organise international virtual seminars (VENUS project)<br />
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Through these previous experiences, we notice a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders, collaborate supra/intra institutionally and often (inter)nationally, and/or involve non-traditional students through e-learning. There is no strict definition of Virtual Campus anymore. Every campus becomes a Virtual Campus and “blended models” gain more interest and attention. <br />
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Nowadays most people mean by the phrase virtual university a university which carries out much of its teaching, perhaps all of it, at a distance from the learner. The phrase virtual campus is often applied to a single university which has a virtual university “fringe” round a physical campus, but there are some totally virtual campuses, such as the Open University of Catalonia.<br />
Another possible starting point is to define a Virtual Campus as: “a large-scale change initiative at a university or consortium of universities delivering a substantially increased amount of technology-enhanced learning with as part of its aim the delivery of courses to groups of learners spending all or a substantial part of their time off the campus.”<br />
In this context, several kind of models or scenario’s could thus be thought of, differing from each other by the level of collaboration between institutions and to what extent virtual components are added:<br />
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• Traditional universities open their offer through e-learning for the “distant”, “off-campus” student; the lifelong learner whereby every student becomes a student of a virtual campus on his/her own<br />
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• Virtual Communities of Practice and Virtual Learning communities are integrated into traditional universities<br />
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• Virtual classes and seminars for traditional students are organised<br />
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• Virtual collaboration between universities is stimulated for example through joint course development and joint masters degrees <br />
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• The “extended university” reaches citizens through e-learning using mostly non-formal online evening seminars<br />
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• Multiple campuses of one university collaborate in course provision by technology: the teacher teaches in one campus for local and distant student group (through for example videoconferencing).<br />
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'''K.U.Leuven: From A Traditional To A Multicampus University.'''<br />
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An example of a redefinition of virtual campus can be found at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium. This traditional university progressively organizes its educational support from a multicampus perspective. <br />
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In recent decades, the ‘Katholieke Universiteit Leuven’ (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium has become a multicampus university. As a result of the historic expansion of the university its three groups of faculties have become separate entities, geographically spread over Leuven: Human Sciences are housed in the centre of the city, Exact Sciences in the east and Medical Sciences in the north. Since 1965, the university also has an additional campus in Kortrijk, in the west of Belgium. And in 2002, thirteen institutions of higher education in Flanders have joined forces with the K.U.Leuven in the Association K.U.Leuven in order to occupy a position of strength within the new European educational landscape and to work together towards quality improvements in education. This Association has 23 different campuses. In addition the K.U.Leuven profiles itself as an international university. The institution has agreements with various universities worldwide to enable and support a growing number student and staff exchanges between campuses. Lastly, with the introduction of ICT the university is also facing an extended form of multicampus education. Online networks of student groups and/or teaching staff – sometimes linked to but often independent from the institution – are emerging, in learning communities or communities of practice. Each participant in these networks can be considered a small virtual ‘campus’, learning from home, work or through a mobile device.<br />
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The current structure of the university thus challenges the K.U.Leuven to organize and support its education with attention for communication and collaboration between the various campuses. Today this is most often realized through physical mobility: staff and/or student move between different locations. This is the case for interdisciplinary courses between Leuven’s three groups of faculties and for staff mobility between Kortrijk and Leuven. It is also the most common form for international exchanges. Yet the university is progressively supporting initiatives that replace or enhance physical with virtual mobility, seeking to integrate aspects of ‘virtual campuses’ into traditional education to stimulate collaboration between the sites of the Association, to support student and/or staff exchanges in Europe or in the world, to enhance communication with developing countries or to sustain virtual learning communities. <br />
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At a basic level (virtual/blended) multicampus education in Leuven is revealed in initiatives that create, offer and localize joint course materials. While teaching staff and students remain at their own campus for the entire course, specific course modules learning materials are used that have been developed, at a distance, by an inter-institutional (multicampus) teaching team. These course materials are often offered on a common website, a databank or a virtual learning environment. Recently there are also teachers who (co-)develop or use ‘Open Educational Resources’.<br />
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Not only course materials are collaboratively created or shared. Also (laboratory)-infrastructure is shared between locations to avoid a double set up of equipment. In some cases this pooled infrastructure is also virtual. Some (dangerous) laboratory experiments or experiments that require students and staff to be at different locations (students watch a complex surgical operation) can now happen thanks to virtual support to bridge the distance between the actual experiment and the audience. The infrastructure of the experiment itself is in a limited number of cases entirely digital by means of a simulation on a common virtual platform.<br />
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Furthermore, multicampus education can be about joint learning activities. For the ‘Student Business Game’ for instance, students from different institutions f the Association K.U.Leuven play a business game on their own campus after which the winning teams compete with each other via videoconferencing before a jury of teaching and company staff. Joint learning activities can also be about e-coaching, about writing an academic paper at a distance or student placements. All activities invite multiple sites to collaborate in the creation, delivery or support of the activity, with the help of technology. At K.U.Leuven joint learning activities are particularly interesting for interdisciplinary modules, courses or programs, such as activities involving both learners studying medicine or nursing, industrial or civil engineering, etc.<br />
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Building on joint learning activities, another type of multicampus are joint courses. A joint course can be (a) a course developed by one campus (institution) and offered to students at another campus (institution), (b) a course developed by one institution and used but adapted by another institution or (c) a jointly developed course offered to students of all involved institutions (Haake et al., 2006). One variation of this type are virtual seminars: co-created or co-delivered seminars set up as a single course, or in a series of courses - broadcasted over multiple sites using ICT (videoconferencing, web conferencing, streaming, etc) . The KULeuven has a strong expertise and long tradition in organizing virtual seminars. The ‘Pentalfa’ project for instance is a multidisciplinary, post-graduate distance learning initiative of the Faculty of Medicine, aimed to offer (extra) training broadcasted to various hospitals of the Flemish Hospital Network K.U.Leuven. It is currently in its 8th year and there are plans to enhance the initiative with an international component. The university is also looking into the use of virtual seminars for knowledge exchange and networking between the institutions of the Association and beyond (society in general, companies, alumni, etc.). <br />
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Next, multicampus education is also revealed in the offer of a complete, ‘multicampus’ programme, which many institutions can be contributing in. A number of Bachelors and Masters are already set up within the Association K.U.Leuven, involving multiple teaching teams from different institutions. The challenge is to streamline these programs around a common denominator, yet with respect to any local specificities of each campus involved. Virtual initiatives – joint learning materials, joint learning activities, joint courses – all play a vital part in this. Eventually a completely virtual multicampus programme comes close to the traditional form of distance education, as offered by the Open University for instance. From the perspective of more and better flexibility in education, it could be interesting to bring distance and regular education together. Regular programs could put forward a number of distance learning courses (and vice versa), in replacement of or as an enhancement to their offer: they could support or realize the transition between certain bachelors and masters in a flexible way, (work) students could enhance their own study package with a number of distance education courses. In Flanders, the current offers of both the regular universities and the Open University are still entirely separate from each other . Yet under certain conditions the Open University does already allow its students to take courses from other universities in addition to the curriculum of the own education. K.U.Leuven is currently studying the opportunity to present this interpretation of multicampus to its students.<br />
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Ultimately, multicampus education is also about a range of virtual support activities with regard to real, physical mobility. A large range of actions can be mentioned here. At the early, preparatory phase of a physical student (or staff) exchange, multicampus support can be given through the set up of community websites for future exchange students where they can meet current students who help them find housing, give them information etc. Within the Association K.U.Leuven such a platform is being created and tested for new foreign students to find a ‘(virtual) buddy’ . There is also the opportunity for teaching staff to meet the interested new students online, for a language ‘pre-selection’ or just a first get-together. This has been tested as a pilot in the REVE project for the Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physical Activity <br />
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'''Virtual Campus as an opportunity for the internationalization of the Universities and the intercultural dialogue. A concrete experience: the Inetrnational Telematic University UNINETTUNO'''<br />
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Virtual Campus for supporting lifelong learning<br />
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'''Future trends: Reviewing Virtual Campuses To Enhance Their Future: The Re.Vica Project'''<br />
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While numerous Virtual Campus initiatives in the past decade have gained experience and know-how, there is a striking lack of validation and dissemination of this knowledge. Detailed information on Virtual Campuses is hard to come by. To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. Re.ViCa stands for “Reviewing (traces of) <br />
European Virtual Campuses”. The project runs from October 2007 to September 2009. It brings together nine partners in the field that will use their privileged strategic positions to collect vital information and open it up for the wider community of the European Higher Education Area. The project can amongst others build upon the partners’ experience with and involvement in Virtual Mobility/Virtual Campus projects (e.g. cEVU, e-LERU, VENUS, Victorious…) and initiatives (e.g. Finnish Virtual University, UNINETTUNO, UkeUniversity,…). In this respect, we can also refer to the recently published book “European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE Approach” which gives an overview of the changes that took place in the field of technology enhanced learning and of how the EuroPACE network, coordinator of Re.ViCa, has been evolving from an interactive model where universities and their partners progressed together “Towards a Virtual University for Europe” to an organisation with main focus on innovation and collaboration in learning. <br />
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The Re.ViCa project is making an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. It will not only look at currently operational Virtual Campuses, but also at the legacy and impact of those Virtual Campus initiatives that have closed down or become dormant. Relevant parameters and success factors for evaluating and comparing Virtual Campuses will be identified.<br />
In a second stage of the project in-depth discussions are organised to incorporate the input of different interest groups: including Virtual Campus management bodies, relevant networks, students, policy makers and a range of experts at a global as well as European level. This will also allow comparing European cases to selected non-European initiatives.<br />
Finally, a set of action points and guidelines for decision-makers are to be formulated that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
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Main results of Re.ViCa will be: <br />
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• A global benchmark overview<br />
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• Knowledge sharing through the organisation of discussion sessions at carefully chosen events and meetings with experts and policy makers<br />
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• A manual with guidelines, best practices, recommendations <br />
All results and information gathered during the project (manual, desktop research results, outcomes of the workshops, etc.) will be collected on the project wiki http://revica.europace.org. It will be a platform where both experts, policy makers, providers, sponsors and key actors can meet and stimulate dialogue.<br />
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As such, Re.ViCa’s added value lies not in the creation of a new Virtual Campus but in the foundations it will lay for all future or current initiatives which can learn from past and current initiatives. It will provide trustworthy research results, in which feedback from all stakeholder groups has been incorporated and which can be used as standard literature for all ongoing and future initiatives. It will help to make the most out of the knowledge gained by each initiative, to foresee hidden traps and to find ways of incorporating successful features of the initiative in the university structure itself, should the Virtual Campus in its original form have to be discontinued. Its aim is to avoid a situation whereby every new Virtual Campus proponent has to start from the beginning, and will provide them instead with a validated and comprehensive view of the Virtual Campus landscape in Europe as evidenced in the last decade.<br />
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Exchange of information, expert validation and sharing of good-practice beyond the partnership about Virtual Campus is the key objective of this project. Re.ViCa aims to look at the past of Virtual Campus initiatives to enhance their future.<br />
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'''Conclusion'''<br />
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In this paper we have first described the concepts of Virtual Campus and Virtual Mobility and referred to several past and present projects and initiatives in the field. Through these previous experiences, we have noticed a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders and “blended models” gain more and more interest. The K.U.Leuven case clearly demonstrates this evolution.<br />
To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. The purpose of this project is to make an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. Outputs will include a set of action points that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
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'''Acknowledgement'''<br />
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The Re.ViCa project is funded with support from the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus – Virtual Campuses). Project partners are: EuroPACE ivzw (BE), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE), Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications bvba (ATiT) (BE); FernUniversität in Hagen (DE); Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Koulutuskeskus Dipoli (Helsinki University of Technology, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli) (FI); Université Louis Pasteur (FR); Nyugat-Magayarországi Egyetem (University of West Hungary) (HU); Università Telematica Internazionale UNINETTUNO (International Telematic University UNINETTUNO) (IT); Matic Media Ltd (UK).<br />
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'''References'''<br />
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1. BENVIC Benchmarking of Virtual Campuses: http://www.benvic.odl.org<br />
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2. BIJNENS, H., BOUSSEMAERE, M., RAJAGOPAL, K., OP DE BEECK, I., VAN PETEGEM, W. (EDS.) (2006) European Cooperation in Education through Virtual Mobility. A Best-Practice Manual. Leuven, November 2006. http://www.being-mobile.net/pdf/BM_handbook_final.pdf <br />
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3. BIJNENS, K., MICHIELSENS, C., RAJAGOPAL, K. (EDS.) Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk. Leuven, December 2006. http://reve.europace.org/drupal<br />
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4. BOONEN, A., VAN PETEGEM, W. (EDS.) (2007) European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE Approach. 2007, Garant, Antwerp-Apeldoorn.<br />
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5. Elearningeuropa.info glossary http://www.elearningeuropa.info/main/index.php?page=glossary<br />
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6. e-LERU http://www.e-leru.leru.org/<br />
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7. EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2001) Detailed work programme on the follow-up of the objectives of education and training systems in Europe. http://www.aic.lv/bolona/Bologna/contrib/EU/workprog.pdf <br />
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8. HAAKE, J.M., LUKOSCH, S., RAJAGOPAL, K., VAN PETEGEM, W. (2006) Models for Implementing Virtual Studies Abroad. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Vienna, June 14-17, 2006, p. 273-278. <br />
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9. MASSIVE Modelling Advice and Support Services to Integrate the Virtual Component in Higher Education: http://cevug.ugr.es/massive<br />
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10. RAJAGOPAL, K., VAN PETEGEM, W., VERJANS, S. (2006) A Need for Virtual Mobility in Mainstream Education; Case Study of the Erasmus Mundus Programmes at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Vienna, June 14-17, 2006, p. 284-289. <br />
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11. Re.ViCa Reviewing (traces of) Virtual Campuses http://www.europace.org/rdrevica.php<br />
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12. SEUFERT, S. (2001) E-learning Business Models, Strategies, Success Factors and Best Practice Examples In FILLIPPI, R., WANKEL,R. (EDS.) Rethinking Management Education for the 21st century. Greenwich: Info Age Press.<br />
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13. VAN DEN BRANDEN, J., OPSOMER A. (2004) Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University. Report cEVU project. Leuven, January 2004. http://www.europace.org/articles%20and%20reports/cEVU_manual.pdf<br />
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14. VENUS Virtual and eMobility for Networking Universities in Society: http://www.venus-project.net</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Paper_1&diff=1891Talk:Paper 12008-03-11T10:52:28Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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Did you go through the text of the paper? Or do you already have suggestions of where and how you want to contribute? (Ilse)<br />
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Ilse, i got a little bit lost.<br />
I went through the text, i would suggest to add a paragraph about Virtual Campus as an opportunity for the internationalization of the Universities and intercultural dialogue (a concrete experience: the Inetrnational Telematic University UNINETTUNO). ;)<br />
What should i do? Just add it? And what about the suggestion itselfe?<br />
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Cristina you can add it to the text yes. With regard to the suggestion itself: it would be also one of my suggestions to add some concrete case examples of different types of Virtual Campuses, like the one of KULeuven that is already included. And UNINETTUNO would of course be a good one to add. (Ilse)<br />
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I have a suggestion: We could write about virtual campus as a tool for lifelong learning. A chapter after KU.Leuven case study. A question: what is the deadline? (Anna-Kaarina)<br />
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VC & lifelong learning: ok for me. <br />
What about a case description of Finnish Virtual University?<br />
Deadline for submitting the chapter is 31 March. (Ilse)<br />
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Lenght? (Cristina)<br />
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Ilse, I talked with Markus Bela and we propose to write a chapter about VC & GIS. Is it ok ? (greg)<br />
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Hello, this is Widad. OK, so it seems that each partner could include a section on its own experience. ULP could write about e-LERU.<br />
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@ Cristina: Length: 600 to 1000 words?? KULeuven case is about 1300 words, but that's quite long. (ilse)<br />
@ Widad: I don't know what the problem is, might have to do with the fact that we are editing at the same time? <br />
You can include e-Leru<br />
@ Greg: ok</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Paper_1&diff=1889Talk:Paper 12008-03-11T10:50:27Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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'''For the record: we have now about 3000 to 3500 words. For the book chapter we need 7000 to 9000 words. <br />
On top of the WIKI page were the book chapter is put, I have made a link to the Chapter guidelines were an overview is given of the different subheadings that should be included in the book chapter.(Ilse)'''<br />
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Hi everbody. I am online. Is there anybody else now? Ilse<br />
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Hello Ilse, I am here too. greg<br />
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Hi! This is my welcome message, i am on line. Cristina<br />
<br />
Did you go through the text of the paper? Or do you already have suggestions of where and how you want to contribute? (Ilse)<br />
<br />
Ilse, i got a little bit lost.<br />
I went through the text, i would suggest to add a paragraph about Virtual Campus as an opportunity for the internationalization of the Universities and intercultural dialogue (a concrete experience: the Inetrnational Telematic University UNINETTUNO). ;)<br />
What should i do? Just add it? And what about the suggestion itselfe?<br />
(Cristina)<br />
<br />
Cristina you can add it to the text yes. With regard to the suggestion itself: it would be also one of my suggestions to add some concrete case examples of different types of Virtual Campuses, like the one of KULeuven that is already included. And UNINETTUNO would of course be a good one to add. (Ilse)<br />
<br />
I have a suggestion: We could write about virtual campus as a tool for lifelong learning. A chapter after KU.Leuven case study. A question: what is the deadline? (Anna-Kaarina)<br />
<br />
VC & lifelong learning: ok for me. <br />
What about a case description of Finnish Virtual University?<br />
Deadline for submitting the chapter is 31 March. (Ilse)<br />
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'''Lenght?''' (Cristina)<br />
<br />
Ilse, I talked with Markus Bela and we propose to write a chapter about VC & GIS. Is it ok ? (greg)<br />
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Hello, this is Widad. OK, so it seems that each partner could include a section on its own experience. ULP could write about e-LERU.</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Paper_1&diff=1883Talk:Paper 12008-03-11T10:42:17Z<p>Cristina: /* Here you can talk while you edit */</p>
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'''For the record: we have now about 3000 to 3500 words. For the book chapter we need 7000 to 9000 words. <br />
On top of the WIKI page were the book chapter is put, I have made a link to the Chapter guidelines were an overview is given of the different subheadings that should be included in the book chapter.(Ilse)'''<br />
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Here you can talk while you are editing<br />
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Hi everbody. I am online. Is there anybody else now? Ilse<br />
<br />
Hello Ilse, I am here too. greg<br />
<br />
Hi! This is my welcome message, i am on line. Cristina<br />
<br />
Did you go through the text of the paper? Or do you already have suggestions of where and how you want to contribute? (Ilse)<br />
<br />
Ilse, i got a little bit lost.<br />
I went through the text, i would suggest to add a paragraph about Virtual Campus as an opportunity for the internationalization of the Universities and intercultural dialogue (a concrete experience: the Inetrnational Telematic University UNINETTUNO). ;)<br />
What should i do? Just add it? And what about the suggestion itselfe?<br />
(Cristina)<br />
<br />
Cristina you can add it to the text yes. With regard to the suggestion itself: it would be also one of my suggestions to add some concrete case examples of different types of Virtual Campuses, like the one of KULeuven that is already included. And UNINETTUNO would of course be a good one to add. (Ilse)<br />
<br />
I have a suggestion: We could write about virtual campus as a tool for lifelong learning. A chapter after KU.Leuven case study. A question: what is the deadline? (Anna-Kaarina)<br />
<br />
VC & lifelong learning: ok for me. <br />
What about a case description of Finnish Virtual University?<br />
Deadline for submitting the chapter is 31 March. (Ilse)<br />
<br />
Lenght? (Cristina)</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Paper_1&diff=1881Paper 12008-03-11T10:36:07Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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'''RE-DEFINING VIRTUAL CAMPUSES: FROM A “FULLY-FLETCHED” VIRTUAL CAMPUS TO A BLENDED MODEL'''<br />
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''Helena Bijnens, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Johannes De Gruyter, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium, Ilse Op de Beeck, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Paul Bacsich, Matic Media Ltd., UK, Sally Reynolds, ATiT, Belgium, Wim Van Petegem, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium''<br />
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'''Abstract'''<br />
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'''Keywords'''<br />
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Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility, Virtual University<br />
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'''Introduction'''<br />
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The European Commission has set a goal that by 2012, 3 million students should participate in Erasmus. But what about the remaining 80% of students? <br />
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Virtual Campus schemes would offer educational opportunities that are no longer location dependent and allow for collaboration with foreign students and teachers (and thus promote intercultural understanding). <br />
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Apart from these cross-cultural and mobility aspects, a Virtual Campus has a huge potential to contribute to increased participation in lifelong learning: Students learn from their homes, after work in the time that is available for them. This in fact responds to the European Commission’s “Detailed Work Programme on the follow-up of the objectives of Education and training systems in Europe”. Key issues that are mentioned to reach the implementation of strategic objective “Facilitating the access of all to education and training systems” are: “Delivering education and training so that adults can effectively participate and combine their participation in learning with other responsibilities and activities” and also “Promoting flexible learning paths for all”.<br />
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It is therefore of the utmost importance that decision makers are aware of the possibilities and pitfalls of Virtual Campuses.<br />
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'''Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility'''<br />
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Benefits of Virtual Mobility and Virtual Campus initiatives are obvious: <br />
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• Access: Virtual Campus enables access to new, non-traditional, remote audiences<br />
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• Flexibility: learn and teach anytime and anywhere<br />
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• Skills: through using the technology students acquire new skills necessary for today’s new work methods and business structures<br />
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• New partnerships: virtual collaboration of different institutions into the creation, delivery and support of courses; knowledge transfer; enlarged visibility of institution<br />
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Throughout the last decade, numerous initiatives have been set up to experiment with the establishment of Virtual Campuses and Virtual Mobility activities. Virtual Campuses have appeared in various forms and structures and also to varying degrees of success. But what is actually a Virtual Campus? And what do we mean by Virtual Mobility? Also a number of other phrases such as Virtual University, Open University, etc. are being used in this context.<br />
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The Virtual Campus concept is referred to by the BENVIC project as “a specific format of distance education and on-line learning in which students, teaching staff and even university administrative and technical staff mainly 'meet' or communicate through technical links.”<br />
BENVIC proposed following classification:<br />
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• Virtual Classes: teaching and learning in a virtual environment for campus based students or/and distance learners <br />
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• Virtual Campus: including virtual classes, but also research communication and collaboration as well as scientific services to the society at large - e.g. contract research and consultancy for companies and governmental bodies<br />
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• Virtual University: including student registration, student and staff administration, and eventually examination and creditation<br />
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Many other classifications exist, such as the one made by Sabine Seufert (2001): <br />
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• Alma Mater Virtualis<br />
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• Virtual Universities<br />
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• University Networks<br />
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• Corporate Universities<br />
<br />
• Commercial Suppliers & Educational Providers<br />
<br />
• International Education Consortia<br />
<br />
Virtual Mobility on the other hand means, in the words of the glossary of the elearningeuropa.info portal: “The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to obtain the same benefits as one would have with physical mobility but without the need to travel”. The Being Mobile project opted for a more elaborate definition: “Virtual Mobility is a form of learning which consists of virtual components through a fully ICT supported learning environment that includes cross-border collaboration with people from different backgrounds and cultures working and studying together, having, as its main purpose, the enhancement of intercultural understanding and the exchange of knowledge”.<br />
The same project provides four main types of virtual mobility activities:<br />
<br />
• A virtual course (as part of a programme) or seminar (series) at a Higher Education Institution<br />
<br />
• A whole programme at a Higher Education Institution<br />
<br />
• Virtual student placements<br />
<br />
• Virtual support activities to physical exchange<br />
<br />
All in all, there seems to be a common feeling a redefinition of the “Virtual Campus” concept is necessary. This will be done in the Re.ViCa project (see below) but without losing sight of the justification in terms of Erasmus aims.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Redefining The Virtual Campus Concept'''<br />
<br />
Examples of Virtual Campus initiatives in the past are manifold. To name a few: Finnish Virtual University, Swiss Virtual Campus, FernUniversität in Hagen, African Virtual University, etc. Furthermore, several eLearning, Minerva and other projects supported by the European Commission have dealt with integrating virtual components into traditional universities. Results have been published in for example: <br />
<br />
• Peer-Review Handbook (MASSIVE project)<br />
<br />
• Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University (cEVU project)<br />
<br />
• Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk (REVE project)<br />
<br />
• Creating New Opportunities for Learning – How to organise international virtual seminars (VENUS project)<br />
<br />
Through these previous experiences, we notice a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders, collaborate supra/intra institutionally and often (inter)nationally, and/or involve non-traditional students through e-learning. There is no strict definition of Virtual Campus anymore. Every campus becomes a Virtual Campus and “blended models” gain more interest and attention. <br />
<br />
Nowadays most people mean by the phrase virtual university a university which carries out much of its teaching, perhaps all of it, at a distance from the learner. The phrase virtual campus is often applied to a single university which has a virtual university “fringe” round a physical campus, but there are some totally virtual campuses, such as the Open University of Catalonia.<br />
Another possible starting point is to define a Virtual Campus as: “a large-scale change initiative at a university or consortium of universities delivering a substantially increased amount of technology-enhanced learning with as part of its aim the delivery of courses to groups of learners spending all or a substantial part of their time off the campus.”<br />
In this context, several kind of models or scenario’s could thus be thought of, differing from each other by the level of collaboration between institutions and to what extent virtual components are added:<br />
<br />
• Traditional universities open their offer through e-learning for the “distant”, “off-campus” student; the lifelong learner whereby every student becomes a student of a virtual campus on his/her own<br />
<br />
• Virtual Communities of Practice and Virtual Learning communities are integrated into traditional universities<br />
<br />
• Virtual classes and seminars for traditional students are organised<br />
<br />
• Virtual collaboration between universities is stimulated for example through joint course development and joint masters degrees <br />
<br />
• The “extended university” reaches citizens through e-learning using mostly non-formal online evening seminars<br />
<br />
• Multiple campuses of one university collaborate in course provision by technology: the teacher teaches in one campus for local and distant student group (through for example videoconferencing).<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''K.U.Leuven: From A Traditional To A Multicampus University.'''<br />
<br />
An example of a redefinition of virtual campus can be found at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium. This traditional university progressively organizes its educational support from a multicampus perspective. <br />
<br />
In recent decades, the ‘Katholieke Universiteit Leuven’ (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium has become a multicampus university. As a result of the historic expansion of the university its three groups of faculties have become separate entities, geographically spread over Leuven: Human Sciences are housed in the centre of the city, Exact Sciences in the east and Medical Sciences in the north. Since 1965, the university also has an additional campus in Kortrijk, in the west of Belgium. And in 2002, thirteen institutions of higher education in Flanders have joined forces with the K.U.Leuven in the Association K.U.Leuven in order to occupy a position of strength within the new European educational landscape and to work together towards quality improvements in education. This Association has 23 different campuses. In addition the K.U.Leuven profiles itself as an international university. The institution has agreements with various universities worldwide to enable and support a growing number student and staff exchanges between campuses. Lastly, with the introduction of ICT the university is also facing an extended form of multicampus education. Online networks of student groups and/or teaching staff – sometimes linked to but often independent from the institution – are emerging, in learning communities or communities of practice. Each participant in these networks can be considered a small virtual ‘campus’, learning from home, work or through a mobile device.<br />
<br />
The current structure of the university thus challenges the K.U.Leuven to organize and support its education with attention for communication and collaboration between the various campuses. Today this is most often realized through physical mobility: staff and/or student move between different locations. This is the case for interdisciplinary courses between Leuven’s three groups of faculties and for staff mobility between Kortrijk and Leuven. It is also the most common form for international exchanges. Yet the university is progressively supporting initiatives that replace or enhance physical with virtual mobility, seeking to integrate aspects of ‘virtual campuses’ into traditional education to stimulate collaboration between the sites of the Association, to support student and/or staff exchanges in Europe or in the world, to enhance communication with developing countries or to sustain virtual learning communities. <br />
<br />
At a basic level (virtual/blended) multicampus education in Leuven is revealed in initiatives that create, offer and localize joint course materials. While teaching staff and students remain at their own campus for the entire course, specific course modules learning materials are used that have been developed, at a distance, by an inter-institutional (multicampus) teaching team. These course materials are often offered on a common website, a databank or a virtual learning environment. Recently there are also teachers who (co-)develop or use ‘Open Educational Resources’.<br />
<br />
Not only course materials are collaboratively created or shared. Also (laboratory)-infrastructure is shared between locations to avoid a double set up of equipment. In some cases this pooled infrastructure is also virtual. Some (dangerous) laboratory experiments or experiments that require students and staff to be at different locations (students watch a complex surgical operation) can now happen thanks to virtual support to bridge the distance between the actual experiment and the audience. The infrastructure of the experiment itself is in a limited number of cases entirely digital by means of a simulation on a common virtual platform.<br />
<br />
Furthermore, multicampus education can be about joint learning activities. For the ‘Student Business Game’ for instance, students from different institutions f the Association K.U.Leuven play a business game on their own campus after which the winning teams compete with each other via videoconferencing before a jury of teaching and company staff. Joint learning activities can also be about e-coaching, about writing an academic paper at a distance or student placements. All activities invite multiple sites to collaborate in the creation, delivery or support of the activity, with the help of technology. At K.U.Leuven joint learning activities are particularly interesting for interdisciplinary modules, courses or programs, such as activities involving both learners studying medicine or nursing, industrial or civil engineering, etc.<br />
<br />
Building on joint learning activities, another type of multicampus are joint courses. A joint course can be (a) a course developed by one campus (institution) and offered to students at another campus (institution), (b) a course developed by one institution and used but adapted by another institution or (c) a jointly developed course offered to students of all involved institutions (Haake et al., 2006). One variation of this type are virtual seminars: co-created or co-delivered seminars set up as a single course, or in a series of courses - broadcasted over multiple sites using ICT (videoconferencing, web conferencing, streaming, etc) . The KULeuven has a strong expertise and long tradition in organizing virtual seminars. The ‘Pentalfa’ project for instance is a multidisciplinary, post-graduate distance learning initiative of the Faculty of Medicine, aimed to offer (extra) training broadcasted to various hospitals of the Flemish Hospital Network K.U.Leuven. It is currently in its 8th year and there are plans to enhance the initiative with an international component. The university is also looking into the use of virtual seminars for knowledge exchange and networking between the institutions of the Association and beyond (society in general, companies, alumni, etc.). <br />
<br />
Next, multicampus education is also revealed in the offer of a complete, ‘multicampus’ programme, which many institutions can be contributing in. A number of Bachelors and Masters are already set up within the Association K.U.Leuven, involving multiple teaching teams from different institutions. The challenge is to streamline these programs around a common denominator, yet with respect to any local specificities of each campus involved. Virtual initiatives – joint learning materials, joint learning activities, joint courses – all play a vital part in this. Eventually a completely virtual multicampus programme comes close to the traditional form of distance education, as offered by the Open University for instance. From the perspective of more and better flexibility in education, it could be interesting to bring distance and regular education together. Regular programs could put forward a number of distance learning courses (and vice versa), in replacement of or as an enhancement to their offer: they could support or realize the transition between certain bachelors and masters in a flexible way, (work) students could enhance their own study package with a number of distance education courses. In Flanders, the current offers of both the regular universities and the Open University are still entirely separate from each other . Yet under certain conditions the Open University does already allow its students to take courses from other universities in addition to the curriculum of the own education. K.U.Leuven is currently studying the opportunity to present this interpretation of multicampus to its students.<br />
<br />
Ultimately, multicampus education is also about a range of virtual support activities with regard to real, physical mobility. A large range of actions can be mentioned here. At the early, preparatory phase of a physical student (or staff) exchange, multicampus support can be given through the set up of community websites for future exchange students where they can meet current students who help them find housing, give them information etc. Within the Association K.U.Leuven such a platform is being created and tested for new foreign students to find a ‘(virtual) buddy’ . There is also the opportunity for teaching staff to meet the interested new students online, for a language ‘pre-selection’ or just a first get-together. This has been tested as a pilot in the REVE project for the Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physical Activity <br />
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'''Virtual Campus as an opportunity for the internationalization of the Universities and the intercultural dialogue. A concrete experience: the Inetrnational Telematic University UNINETTUNO'''<br />
(written by UNINETTUNO)<br />
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Virtual Campus for supporting lifelong learning<br />
(written by TKK)<br />
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'''Future trends: Reviewing Virtual Campuses To Enhance Their Future: The Re.Vica Project'''<br />
<br />
While numerous Virtual Campus initiatives in the past decade have gained experience and know-how, there is a striking lack of validation and dissemination of this knowledge. Detailed information on Virtual Campuses is hard to come by. To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. Re.ViCa stands for “Reviewing (traces of) <br />
European Virtual Campuses”. The project runs from October 2007 to September 2009. It brings together nine partners in the field that will use their privileged strategic positions to collect vital information and open it up for the wider community of the European Higher Education Area. The project can amongst others build upon the partners’ experience with and involvement in Virtual Mobility/Virtual Campus projects (e.g. cEVU, e-LERU, VENUS, Victorious…) and initiatives (e.g. Finnish Virtual University, UNINETTUNO, UkeUniversity,…). In this respect, we can also refer to the recently published book “European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE Approach” which gives an overview of the changes that took place in the field of technology enhanced learning and of how the EuroPACE network, coordinator of Re.ViCa, has been evolving from an interactive model where universities and their partners progressed together “Towards a Virtual University for Europe” to an organisation with main focus on innovation and collaboration in learning. <br />
<br />
The Re.ViCa project is making an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. It will not only look at currently operational Virtual Campuses, but also at the legacy and impact of those Virtual Campus initiatives that have closed down or become dormant. Relevant parameters and success factors for evaluating and comparing Virtual Campuses will be identified.<br />
In a second stage of the project in-depth discussions are organised to incorporate the input of different interest groups: including Virtual Campus management bodies, relevant networks, students, policy makers and a range of experts at a global as well as European level. This will also allow comparing European cases to selected non-European initiatives.<br />
Finally, a set of action points and guidelines for decision-makers are to be formulated that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
<br />
Main results of Re.ViCa will be: <br />
<br />
• A global benchmark overview<br />
<br />
• Knowledge sharing through the organisation of discussion sessions at carefully chosen events and meetings with experts and policy makers<br />
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• A manual with guidelines, best practices, recommendations <br />
All results and information gathered during the project (manual, desktop research results, outcomes of the workshops, etc.) will be collected on the project wiki http://revica.europace.org. It will be a platform where both experts, policy makers, providers, sponsors and key actors can meet and stimulate dialogue.<br />
<br />
As such, Re.ViCa’s added value lies not in the creation of a new Virtual Campus but in the foundations it will lay for all future or current initiatives which can learn from past and current initiatives. It will provide trustworthy research results, in which feedback from all stakeholder groups has been incorporated and which can be used as standard literature for all ongoing and future initiatives. It will help to make the most out of the knowledge gained by each initiative, to foresee hidden traps and to find ways of incorporating successful features of the initiative in the university structure itself, should the Virtual Campus in its original form have to be discontinued. Its aim is to avoid a situation whereby every new Virtual Campus proponent has to start from the beginning, and will provide them instead with a validated and comprehensive view of the Virtual Campus landscape in Europe as evidenced in the last decade.<br />
<br />
Exchange of information, expert validation and sharing of good-practice beyond the partnership about Virtual Campus is the key objective of this project. Re.ViCa aims to look at the past of Virtual Campus initiatives to enhance their future.<br />
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<br />
<br />
'''Conclusion'''<br />
<br />
In this paper we have first described the concepts of Virtual Campus and Virtual Mobility and referred to several past and present projects and initiatives in the field. Through these previous experiences, we have noticed a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders and “blended models” gain more and more interest. The K.U.Leuven case clearly demonstrates this evolution.<br />
To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. The purpose of this project is to make an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. Outputs will include a set of action points that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
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'''Acknowledgement'''<br />
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The Re.ViCa project is funded with support from the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus – Virtual Campuses). Project partners are: EuroPACE ivzw (BE), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE), Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications bvba (ATiT) (BE); FernUniversität in Hagen (DE); Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Koulutuskeskus Dipoli (Helsinki University of Technology, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli) (FI); Université Louis Pasteur (FR); Nyugat-Magayarországi Egyetem (University of West Hungary) (HU); Università Telematica Internazionale UNINETTUNO (International Telematic University UNINETTUNO) (IT); Matic Media Ltd (UK).<br />
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'''References'''<br />
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1. BENVIC Benchmarking of Virtual Campuses: http://www.benvic.odl.org<br />
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2. BIJNENS, H., BOUSSEMAERE, M., RAJAGOPAL, K., OP DE BEECK, I., VAN PETEGEM, W. (EDS.) (2006) European Cooperation in Education through Virtual Mobility. A Best-Practice Manual. Leuven, November 2006. http://www.being-mobile.net/pdf/BM_handbook_final.pdf <br />
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3. BIJNENS, K., MICHIELSENS, C., RAJAGOPAL, K. (EDS.) Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk. Leuven, December 2006. http://reve.europace.org/drupal<br />
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4. BOONEN, A., VAN PETEGEM, W. (EDS.) (2007) European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE Approach. 2007, Garant, Antwerp-Apeldoorn.<br />
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5. Elearningeuropa.info glossary http://www.elearningeuropa.info/main/index.php?page=glossary<br />
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6. e-LERU http://www.e-leru.leru.org/<br />
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7. EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2001) Detailed work programme on the follow-up of the objectives of education and training systems in Europe. http://www.aic.lv/bolona/Bologna/contrib/EU/workprog.pdf <br />
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8. HAAKE, J.M., LUKOSCH, S., RAJAGOPAL, K., VAN PETEGEM, W. (2006) Models for Implementing Virtual Studies Abroad. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Vienna, June 14-17, 2006, p. 273-278. <br />
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9. MASSIVE Modelling Advice and Support Services to Integrate the Virtual Component in Higher Education: http://cevug.ugr.es/massive<br />
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10. RAJAGOPAL, K., VAN PETEGEM, W., VERJANS, S. (2006) A Need for Virtual Mobility in Mainstream Education; Case Study of the Erasmus Mundus Programmes at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Vienna, June 14-17, 2006, p. 284-289. <br />
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11. Re.ViCa Reviewing (traces of) Virtual Campuses http://www.europace.org/rdrevica.php<br />
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12. SEUFERT, S. (2001) E-learning Business Models, Strategies, Success Factors and Best Practice Examples In FILLIPPI, R., WANKEL,R. (EDS.) Rethinking Management Education for the 21st century. Greenwich: Info Age Press.<br />
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13. VAN DEN BRANDEN, J., OPSOMER A. (2004) Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University. Report cEVU project. Leuven, January 2004. http://www.europace.org/articles%20and%20reports/cEVU_manual.pdf<br />
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14. VENUS Virtual and eMobility for Networking Universities in Society: http://www.venus-project.net</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Paper_1&diff=1875Paper 12008-03-11T10:30:39Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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'''RE-DEFINING VIRTUAL CAMPUSES: FROM A “FULLY-FLETCHED” VIRTUAL CAMPUS TO A BLENDED MODEL'''<br />
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''Helena Bijnens, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Johannes De Gruyter, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium, Ilse Op de Beeck, EuroPACE ivzw, Belgium, Paul Bacsich, Matic Media Ltd., UK, Sally Reynolds, ATiT, Belgium, Wim Van Petegem, AVNet – K.U.Leuven, Belgium''<br />
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'''Abstract'''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Keywords'''<br />
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Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility, Virtual University<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Introduction'''<br />
<br />
The European Commission has set a goal that by 2012, 3 million students should participate in Erasmus. But what about the remaining 80% of students? <br />
<br />
Virtual Campus schemes would offer educational opportunities that are no longer location dependent and allow for collaboration with foreign students and teachers (and thus promote intercultural understanding). <br />
<br />
Apart from these cross-cultural and mobility aspects, a Virtual Campus has a huge potential to contribute to increased participation in lifelong learning: Students learn from their homes, after work in the time that is available for them. This in fact responds to the European Commission’s “Detailed Work Programme on the follow-up of the objectives of Education and training systems in Europe”. Key issues that are mentioned to reach the implementation of strategic objective “Facilitating the access of all to education and training systems” are: “Delivering education and training so that adults can effectively participate and combine their participation in learning with other responsibilities and activities” and also “Promoting flexible learning paths for all”.<br />
<br />
It is therefore of the utmost importance that decision makers are aware of the possibilities and pitfalls of Virtual Campuses.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Virtual Campus, Virtual Mobility'''<br />
<br />
Benefits of Virtual Mobility and Virtual Campus initiatives are obvious: <br />
<br />
• Access: Virtual Campus enables access to new, non-traditional, remote audiences<br />
<br />
• Flexibility: learn and teach anytime and anywhere<br />
<br />
• Skills: through using the technology students acquire new skills necessary for today’s new work methods and business structures<br />
<br />
• New partnerships: virtual collaboration of different institutions into the creation, delivery and support of courses; knowledge transfer; enlarged visibility of institution<br />
<br />
Throughout the last decade, numerous initiatives have been set up to experiment with the establishment of Virtual Campuses and Virtual Mobility activities. Virtual Campuses have appeared in various forms and structures and also to varying degrees of success. But what is actually a Virtual Campus? And what do we mean by Virtual Mobility? Also a number of other phrases such as Virtual University, Open University, etc. are being used in this context.<br />
<br />
The Virtual Campus concept is referred to by the BENVIC project as “a specific format of distance education and on-line learning in which students, teaching staff and even university administrative and technical staff mainly 'meet' or communicate through technical links.”<br />
BENVIC proposed following classification:<br />
<br />
• Virtual Classes: teaching and learning in a virtual environment for campus based students or/and distance learners <br />
<br />
• Virtual Campus: including virtual classes, but also research communication and collaboration as well as scientific services to the society at large - e.g. contract research and consultancy for companies and governmental bodies<br />
<br />
• Virtual University: including student registration, student and staff administration, and eventually examination and creditation<br />
<br />
Many other classifications exist, such as the one made by Sabine Seufert (2001): <br />
<br />
• Alma Mater Virtualis<br />
<br />
• Virtual Universities<br />
<br />
• University Networks<br />
<br />
• Corporate Universities<br />
<br />
• Commercial Suppliers & Educational Providers<br />
<br />
• International Education Consortia<br />
<br />
Virtual Mobility on the other hand means, in the words of the glossary of the elearningeuropa.info portal: “The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to obtain the same benefits as one would have with physical mobility but without the need to travel”. The Being Mobile project opted for a more elaborate definition: “Virtual Mobility is a form of learning which consists of virtual components through a fully ICT supported learning environment that includes cross-border collaboration with people from different backgrounds and cultures working and studying together, having, as its main purpose, the enhancement of intercultural understanding and the exchange of knowledge”.<br />
The same project provides four main types of virtual mobility activities:<br />
<br />
• A virtual course (as part of a programme) or seminar (series) at a Higher Education Institution<br />
<br />
• A whole programme at a Higher Education Institution<br />
<br />
• Virtual student placements<br />
<br />
• Virtual support activities to physical exchange<br />
<br />
All in all, there seems to be a common feeling a redefinition of the “Virtual Campus” concept is necessary. This will be done in the Re.ViCa project (see below) but without losing sight of the justification in terms of Erasmus aims.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Redefining The Virtual Campus Concept'''<br />
<br />
Examples of Virtual Campus initiatives in the past are manifold. To name a few: Finnish Virtual University, Swiss Virtual Campus, FernUniversität in Hagen, African Virtual University, etc. Furthermore, several eLearning, Minerva and other projects supported by the European Commission have dealt with integrating virtual components into traditional universities. Results have been published in for example: <br />
<br />
• Peer-Review Handbook (MASSIVE project)<br />
<br />
• Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University (cEVU project)<br />
<br />
• Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk (REVE project)<br />
<br />
• Creating New Opportunities for Learning – How to organise international virtual seminars (VENUS project)<br />
<br />
Through these previous experiences, we notice a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders, collaborate supra/intra institutionally and often (inter)nationally, and/or involve non-traditional students through e-learning. There is no strict definition of Virtual Campus anymore. Every campus becomes a Virtual Campus and “blended models” gain more interest and attention. <br />
<br />
Nowadays most people mean by the phrase virtual university a university which carries out much of its teaching, perhaps all of it, at a distance from the learner. The phrase virtual campus is often applied to a single university which has a virtual university “fringe” round a physical campus, but there are some totally virtual campuses, such as the Open University of Catalonia.<br />
Another possible starting point is to define a Virtual Campus as: “a large-scale change initiative at a university or consortium of universities delivering a substantially increased amount of technology-enhanced learning with as part of its aim the delivery of courses to groups of learners spending all or a substantial part of their time off the campus.”<br />
In this context, several kind of models or scenario’s could thus be thought of, differing from each other by the level of collaboration between institutions and to what extent virtual components are added:<br />
<br />
• Traditional universities open their offer through e-learning for the “distant”, “off-campus” student; the lifelong learner whereby every student becomes a student of a virtual campus on his/her own<br />
<br />
• Virtual Communities of Practice and Virtual Learning communities are integrated into traditional universities<br />
<br />
• Virtual classes and seminars for traditional students are organised<br />
<br />
• Virtual collaboration between universities is stimulated for example through joint course development and joint masters degrees <br />
<br />
• The “extended university” reaches citizens through e-learning using mostly non-formal online evening seminars<br />
<br />
• Multiple campuses of one university collaborate in course provision by technology: the teacher teaches in one campus for local and distant student group (through for example videoconferencing).<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''K.U.Leuven: From A Traditional To A Multicampus University.'''<br />
<br />
An example of a redefinition of virtual campus can be found at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium. This traditional university progressively organizes its educational support from a multicampus perspective. <br />
<br />
In recent decades, the ‘Katholieke Universiteit Leuven’ (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium has become a multicampus university. As a result of the historic expansion of the university its three groups of faculties have become separate entities, geographically spread over Leuven: Human Sciences are housed in the centre of the city, Exact Sciences in the east and Medical Sciences in the north. Since 1965, the university also has an additional campus in Kortrijk, in the west of Belgium. And in 2002, thirteen institutions of higher education in Flanders have joined forces with the K.U.Leuven in the Association K.U.Leuven in order to occupy a position of strength within the new European educational landscape and to work together towards quality improvements in education. This Association has 23 different campuses. In addition the K.U.Leuven profiles itself as an international university. The institution has agreements with various universities worldwide to enable and support a growing number student and staff exchanges between campuses. Lastly, with the introduction of ICT the university is also facing an extended form of multicampus education. Online networks of student groups and/or teaching staff – sometimes linked to but often independent from the institution – are emerging, in learning communities or communities of practice. Each participant in these networks can be considered a small virtual ‘campus’, learning from home, work or through a mobile device.<br />
<br />
The current structure of the university thus challenges the K.U.Leuven to organize and support its education with attention for communication and collaboration between the various campuses. Today this is most often realized through physical mobility: staff and/or student move between different locations. This is the case for interdisciplinary courses between Leuven’s three groups of faculties and for staff mobility between Kortrijk and Leuven. It is also the most common form for international exchanges. Yet the university is progressively supporting initiatives that replace or enhance physical with virtual mobility, seeking to integrate aspects of ‘virtual campuses’ into traditional education to stimulate collaboration between the sites of the Association, to support student and/or staff exchanges in Europe or in the world, to enhance communication with developing countries or to sustain virtual learning communities. <br />
<br />
At a basic level (virtual/blended) multicampus education in Leuven is revealed in initiatives that create, offer and localize joint course materials. While teaching staff and students remain at their own campus for the entire course, specific course modules learning materials are used that have been developed, at a distance, by an inter-institutional (multicampus) teaching team. These course materials are often offered on a common website, a databank or a virtual learning environment. Recently there are also teachers who (co-)develop or use ‘Open Educational Resources’.<br />
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Not only course materials are collaboratively created or shared. Also (laboratory)-infrastructure is shared between locations to avoid a double set up of equipment. In some cases this pooled infrastructure is also virtual. Some (dangerous) laboratory experiments or experiments that require students and staff to be at different locations (students watch a complex surgical operation) can now happen thanks to virtual support to bridge the distance between the actual experiment and the audience. The infrastructure of the experiment itself is in a limited number of cases entirely digital by means of a simulation on a common virtual platform.<br />
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Furthermore, multicampus education can be about joint learning activities. For the ‘Student Business Game’ for instance, students from different institutions f the Association K.U.Leuven play a business game on their own campus after which the winning teams compete with each other via videoconferencing before a jury of teaching and company staff. Joint learning activities can also be about e-coaching, about writing an academic paper at a distance or student placements. All activities invite multiple sites to collaborate in the creation, delivery or support of the activity, with the help of technology. At K.U.Leuven joint learning activities are particularly interesting for interdisciplinary modules, courses or programs, such as activities involving both learners studying medicine or nursing, industrial or civil engineering, etc.<br />
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Building on joint learning activities, another type of multicampus are joint courses. A joint course can be (a) a course developed by one campus (institution) and offered to students at another campus (institution), (b) a course developed by one institution and used but adapted by another institution or (c) a jointly developed course offered to students of all involved institutions (Haake et al., 2006). One variation of this type are virtual seminars: co-created or co-delivered seminars set up as a single course, or in a series of courses - broadcasted over multiple sites using ICT (videoconferencing, web conferencing, streaming, etc) . The KULeuven has a strong expertise and long tradition in organizing virtual seminars. The ‘Pentalfa’ project for instance is a multidisciplinary, post-graduate distance learning initiative of the Faculty of Medicine, aimed to offer (extra) training broadcasted to various hospitals of the Flemish Hospital Network K.U.Leuven. It is currently in its 8th year and there are plans to enhance the initiative with an international component. The university is also looking into the use of virtual seminars for knowledge exchange and networking between the institutions of the Association and beyond (society in general, companies, alumni, etc.). <br />
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Next, multicampus education is also revealed in the offer of a complete, ‘multicampus’ programme, which many institutions can be contributing in. A number of Bachelors and Masters are already set up within the Association K.U.Leuven, involving multiple teaching teams from different institutions. The challenge is to streamline these programs around a common denominator, yet with respect to any local specificities of each campus involved. Virtual initiatives – joint learning materials, joint learning activities, joint courses – all play a vital part in this. Eventually a completely virtual multicampus programme comes close to the traditional form of distance education, as offered by the Open University for instance. From the perspective of more and better flexibility in education, it could be interesting to bring distance and regular education together. Regular programs could put forward a number of distance learning courses (and vice versa), in replacement of or as an enhancement to their offer: they could support or realize the transition between certain bachelors and masters in a flexible way, (work) students could enhance their own study package with a number of distance education courses. In Flanders, the current offers of both the regular universities and the Open University are still entirely separate from each other . Yet under certain conditions the Open University does already allow its students to take courses from other universities in addition to the curriculum of the own education. K.U.Leuven is currently studying the opportunity to present this interpretation of multicampus to its students.<br />
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Ultimately, multicampus education is also about a range of virtual support activities with regard to real, physical mobility. A large range of actions can be mentioned here. At the early, preparatory phase of a physical student (or staff) exchange, multicampus support can be given through the set up of community websites for future exchange students where they can meet current students who help them find housing, give them information etc. Within the Association K.U.Leuven such a platform is being created and tested for new foreign students to find a ‘(virtual) buddy’ . There is also the opportunity for teaching staff to meet the interested new students online, for a language ‘pre-selection’ or just a first get-together. This has been tested as a pilot in the REVE project for the Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physical Activity <br />
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'''Virtual Campus as an opportunity for the internationalization of the Universities and the intercultural dialogue. A concrete experience: the Inetrnational Telematic University UNINETTUNO)'''<br />
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'''Reviewing Virtual Campuses To Enhance Their Future: The Re.Vica Project'''<br />
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While numerous Virtual Campus initiatives in the past decade have gained experience and know-how, there is a striking lack of validation and dissemination of this knowledge. Detailed information on Virtual Campuses is hard to come by. To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. Re.ViCa stands for “Reviewing (traces of) <br />
European Virtual Campuses”. The project runs from October 2007 to September 2009. It brings together nine partners in the field that will use their privileged strategic positions to collect vital information and open it up for the wider community of the European Higher Education Area. The project can amongst others build upon the partners’ experience with and involvement in Virtual Mobility/Virtual Campus projects (e.g. cEVU, e-LERU, VENUS, Victorious…) and initiatives (e.g. Finnish Virtual University, UNINETTUNO, UkeUniversity,…). In this respect, we can also refer to the recently published book “European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE Approach” which gives an overview of the changes that took place in the field of technology enhanced learning and of how the EuroPACE network, coordinator of Re.ViCa, has been evolving from an interactive model where universities and their partners progressed together “Towards a Virtual University for Europe” to an organisation with main focus on innovation and collaboration in learning. <br />
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The Re.ViCa project is making an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. It will not only look at currently operational Virtual Campuses, but also at the legacy and impact of those Virtual Campus initiatives that have closed down or become dormant. Relevant parameters and success factors for evaluating and comparing Virtual Campuses will be identified.<br />
In a second stage of the project in-depth discussions are organised to incorporate the input of different interest groups: including Virtual Campus management bodies, relevant networks, students, policy makers and a range of experts at a global as well as European level. This will also allow comparing European cases to selected non-European initiatives.<br />
Finally, a set of action points and guidelines for decision-makers are to be formulated that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
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Main results of Re.ViCa will be: <br />
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• Knowledge sharing through the organisation of discussion sessions at carefully chosen events and meetings with experts and policy makers<br />
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• A manual with guidelines, best practices, recommendations <br />
All results and information gathered during the project (manual, desktop research results, outcomes of the workshops, etc.) will be collected on the project wiki http://revica.europace.org. It will be a platform where both experts, policy makers, providers, sponsors and key actors can meet and stimulate dialogue.<br />
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As such, Re.ViCa’s added value lies not in the creation of a new Virtual Campus but in the foundations it will lay for all future or current initiatives which can learn from past and current initiatives. It will provide trustworthy research results, in which feedback from all stakeholder groups has been incorporated and which can be used as standard literature for all ongoing and future initiatives. It will help to make the most out of the knowledge gained by each initiative, to foresee hidden traps and to find ways of incorporating successful features of the initiative in the university structure itself, should the Virtual Campus in its original form have to be discontinued. Its aim is to avoid a situation whereby every new Virtual Campus proponent has to start from the beginning, and will provide them instead with a validated and comprehensive view of the Virtual Campus landscape in Europe as evidenced in the last decade.<br />
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Exchange of information, expert validation and sharing of good-practice beyond the partnership about Virtual Campus is the key objective of this project. Re.ViCa aims to look at the past of Virtual Campus initiatives to enhance their future.<br />
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'''Conclusion'''<br />
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In this paper we have first described the concepts of Virtual Campus and Virtual Mobility and referred to several past and present projects and initiatives in the field. Through these previous experiences, we have noticed a shift of concepts: from the "well-defined" clear, 100% online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders and “blended models” gain more and more interest. The K.U.Leuven case clearly demonstrates this evolution.<br />
To raise awareness and redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up. The purpose of this project is to make an inventory and systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels. Outputs will include a set of action points that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.<br />
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'''Acknowledgement'''<br />
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The Re.ViCa project is funded with support from the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus – Virtual Campuses). Project partners are: EuroPACE ivzw (BE), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE), Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications bvba (ATiT) (BE); FernUniversität in Hagen (DE); Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Koulutuskeskus Dipoli (Helsinki University of Technology, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli) (FI); Université Louis Pasteur (FR); Nyugat-Magayarországi Egyetem (University of West Hungary) (HU); Università Telematica Internazionale UNINETTUNO (International Telematic University UNINETTUNO) (IT); Matic Media Ltd (UK).<br />
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'''References'''<br />
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1. BENVIC Benchmarking of Virtual Campuses: http://www.benvic.odl.org<br />
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2. BIJNENS, H., BOUSSEMAERE, M., RAJAGOPAL, K., OP DE BEECK, I., VAN PETEGEM, W. (EDS.) (2006) European Cooperation in Education through Virtual Mobility. A Best-Practice Manual. Leuven, November 2006. http://www.being-mobile.net/pdf/BM_handbook_final.pdf <br />
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3. BIJNENS, K., MICHIELSENS, C., RAJAGOPAL, K. (EDS.) Virtual Mobility Manual. How to teach internationally from your own desk. Leuven, December 2006. http://reve.europace.org/drupal<br />
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4. BOONEN, A., VAN PETEGEM, W. (EDS.) (2007) European Networking and Learning for the Future. The EuroPACE Approach. 2007, Garant, Antwerp-Apeldoorn.<br />
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5. Elearningeuropa.info glossary http://www.elearningeuropa.info/main/index.php?page=glossary<br />
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6. e-LERU http://www.e-leru.leru.org/<br />
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7. EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2001) Detailed work programme on the follow-up of the objectives of education and training systems in Europe. http://www.aic.lv/bolona/Bologna/contrib/EU/workprog.pdf <br />
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8. HAAKE, J.M., LUKOSCH, S., RAJAGOPAL, K., VAN PETEGEM, W. (2006) Models for Implementing Virtual Studies Abroad. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Vienna, June 14-17, 2006, p. 273-278. <br />
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9. MASSIVE Modelling Advice and Support Services to Integrate the Virtual Component in Higher Education: http://cevug.ugr.es/massive<br />
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10. RAJAGOPAL, K., VAN PETEGEM, W., VERJANS, S. (2006) A Need for Virtual Mobility in Mainstream Education; Case Study of the Erasmus Mundus Programmes at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Proceedings of the EDEN 2006 Annual Conference. Vienna, June 14-17, 2006, p. 284-289. <br />
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11. Re.ViCa Reviewing (traces of) Virtual Campuses http://www.europace.org/rdrevica.php<br />
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12. SEUFERT, S. (2001) E-learning Business Models, Strategies, Success Factors and Best Practice Examples In FILLIPPI, R., WANKEL,R. (EDS.) Rethinking Management Education for the 21st century. Greenwich: Info Age Press.<br />
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13. VAN DEN BRANDEN, J., OPSOMER A. (2004) Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University. Report cEVU project. Leuven, January 2004. http://www.europace.org/articles%20and%20reports/cEVU_manual.pdf<br />
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14. VENUS Virtual and eMobility for Networking Universities in Society: http://www.venus-project.net</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Paper_1&diff=1868Talk:Paper 12008-03-11T10:17:53Z<p>Cristina: /* Here you can talk while you edit */</p>
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<div>''Cristina Stefanelli'' is a consultant researcher at [[UNINETTUNO]] since 2005, being involved in national and EU projects focused on Teaching and Learning Technologies and Virtual Mobility. She received a degree in Architecture at the University IUAV of Venice disserting a thesis on distance learning in architecture, virtual design board and sedimentation of knowledge. From 1999 to 2005 she worked at the [http://www.iuav.it University Iuav of Venice] - Research Lab in Architecture Design - being involved in several EU projects in the fields of IT, cognitive science and geo-information systems.<br />
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<div>''Cristina Stefanelli'' is a consultant researcher at UNINETTUNO since 2005, being involved in national and EU projects focused on Teaching and Learning Technologies and Virtual Mobility. She received a degree in Architecture at the University IUAV of Venice disserting a thesis on distance learning in architecture, virtual design board and sedimentation of knowledge. From 1999 to 2005 she worked at the University Iuav of Venice - Research Lab in Architecture Design - being involved in several EU projects in the fields of IT, cognitive science and geo-information systems.<br />
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> [[People]]</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=UNINETTUNO&diff=1764UNINETTUNO2008-03-04T17:45:08Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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<div>The [http://www.uninettunouniversity.net International Telematic University UNINETTUNO], established by Ministry Decree (April 2005) has been realised to valorise and enlarge the telematic didactic system settled by [http://www.consorzionettuno.it Consorzio NETTUNO] (founded in 1992), enlarged at Euro-Mediterranean level thanks to the [http://www.consorzionettuno.it/mednetu Med Net’U] Project (Mediterranean Network of Universities- Eumedis Programme) in which a network was established among 31 partners of 11 countries of the Euromediterranean area, aimed at designing and realizing university courses at a distance in a multilingual format.<br />
The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO is a unique great institution where prestigious professors from the most important universities in the world teach in various languages in the real and virtual spaces on the Internet. The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO is fully owned by Consorzio NETTUNO and makes use of its experience, professional contents, technologies and financial resources.<br />
With UNINETTUNO, the Universities of the different countries are actually creating shared knowledge networks together and cooperate to deliver multilingual international university degrees at a distance. The courses are completely on-line, delivered trough the learning environment on the Internet, developed by the University in a multilingual format: both contents and interfaces are available in Arabic, French, English, Italian and Spanish. The University has also two satellite television channels (RAINETTUNO SAT 1 and 2) that broadcast 48 hours at day didactic materials produced by the University. The didactic offer of the University (5 Faculty and 7 Degrees) is designed and realised according to the Bologna Declaration (3+2) and structured in Credits (ECTS).<br />
The University has a long experience in international research programme cooperation started in 1994. A particularly important aspect has been the experience of designing common curricula shared a the European and Euromediterranean level implemented by the LIVIUS (Learning in Virtual Integrated University System) and Med Net’U projects.<br />
The University also operate in the research and in the training field in the framework of Virtual Mobility, started in 2003, with the cooperation in several European projects in the sector Virtual Campuses of the E-learning programme (HEAL - Higher Education E-Learning courses Assessment and Label, [http://reve.europace.org REVE], REal Virtaul Erasmus Project; [http://www.eadtu.nl/e-move E-MOVE], An Operational Conception of Virtual Mobility; [http://www.venus-project.net VENUS], Virtual and E-mobility for Networking Universities in Society). <br />
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''UNINETTUNO'' is Partner 8 of the project, based in IT (Italy). Its short name is '''UTIU'''.<br />
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Its web site is http://www.uninettunouniversity.net<br />
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<div>The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, established by Ministry Decree (April 2005) has been realised to valorise and enlarge the telematic didactic system settled by Consorzio NETTUNO (founded in 1992), enlarged at Euro-Mediterranean level thanks to the Med Net’U Project (Mediterranean Network of Universities- Eumedis Programme) in which a network was established among 31 partners of 11 countries of the Euromediterranean area, aimed at designing and realizing university courses at a distance in a multilingual format.<br />
The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO is a unique great institution where prestigious professors from the most important universities in the world teach in various languages in the real and virtual spaces on the Internet. The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO is fully owned by Consorzio NETTUNO and makes use of its experience, professional contents, technologies and financial resources.<br />
With UNINETTUNO, the Universities of the different countries are actually creating shared knowledge networks together and cooperate to deliver multilingual international university degrees at a distance. The courses are completely on-line, delivered trough the learning environment on the Internet (www.uninettunouniversity.net), developed by the University in a multilingual format: both contents and interfaces are available in Arabic, French, English, Italian and Spanish. The University has also two satellite television channels (RAINETTUNO SAT 1 and 2) that broadcast 48 hours at day didactic materials produced by the University. The didactic offer of the University (5 Faculty and 7 Degrees) is designed and realised according to the Bologna Declaration (3+2) and structured in Credits (ECTS).<br />
The University has a long experience in international research programme cooperation started in 1994. A particularly important aspect has been the experience of designing common curricula shared a the European and Euromediterranean level implemented by the LIVIUS (Learning in Virtual Integrated University System) and Med Net’U projects.<br />
The University also operate in the research and in the training field in the framework of Virtual Mobility, started in 2003, with the cooperation in several European projects in the sector Virtual Campuses of the E-learning programme (HEAL - Higher Education E-Learning courses Assessment and Label, REVE - REal Virtaul Erasmus Project; E-MOVE, An Operational Conception of Virtual Mobility; VENUS, Virtual and E-mobility for Networking Universities in Society). <br />
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''UNINETTUNO'' is Partner 8 of the project, based in IT (Italy). Its short name is '''UTIU'''.<br />
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<div>The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, established by Ministry Decree (April 2005) has been realised to valorise and enlarge the telematic didactic system settled by Consorzio NETTUNO (founded in 1992), enlarged at Euro-Mediterranean level thanks to the Med Net’U Project (Mediterranean Network of Universities- Eumedis Programme) in which a network was established among 31 partners of 11 countries of the Euromediterranean area, aimed at designing and realizing university courses at a distance in a multilingual format.<br />
The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO is a unique great institution where prestigious professors from the most important universities in the world teach in various languages in the real and virtual spaces on the Internet. The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO is fully owned by Consorzio NETTUNO and makes use of its experience, professional contents, technologies and financial resources.<br />
With UNINETTUNO, the Universities of the different countries are actually creating shared knowledge networks together and cooperate to deliver multilingual international university degrees at a distance. The courses are completely on-line, delivered trough the learning environment on the Internet (www.uninettunouniversity.net), developed by the University in a multilingual format: both contents and interfaces are available in Arabic, French, English, Italian and Spanish. The University has also two satellite television channels (RAINETTUNO SAT 1 and 2) that broadcast 48 hours at day didactic materials produced by the University. The didactic offer of the University (5 Faculty and 7 Degrees) is designed and realised according to the Bologna Declaration (3+2) and structured in Credits (ECTS).<br />
The University has a long experience in international research programme cooperation started in 1994. A particularly important aspect has been the experience of designing common curricula shared a the European and Euromediterranean level implemented by the LIVIUS (Learning in Virtual Integrated University System) and Med Net’U projects.<br />
The University also operate in the research and in the training field in the framework of Virtual Mobility, started in 2003, with the cooperation in several European projects in the sector Virtual Campuses of the E-learning programme (HEAL - Higher Education E-Learning courses Assessment and Label, REVE - REal Virtaul Erasmus Project; E-MOVE, An Operational Conception of Virtual Mobility; VENUS, Virtual and E-mobility for Networking Universities in Society). Therefore the UNINETTUNO have the capacity, the experience and the expertise to carry out the respective tasks foreseen in the project.<br />
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''UNINETTUNO'' is Partner 8 of the project, based in IT (Italy). Its short name is '''UTIU'''.<br />
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<div>This is a list of suggested members for the Advisory Committee, some of these people will be invited to take part in one or more of the key meetings which will be organised during ReViCa. The first of these will take place in June 2008, Lisbon, right before the EDEN conference. <br />
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| Dr. || Antti || Auer || [http://www.jyu.fi/en/ University of Jyväskylä] || [[Finland]] || Information Management Services, Chair of IT-Peda network || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo ||<br />
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| || Ari-Matti || Auvinen [http://www.checkpoint-elearning.com/article/4965.html] || [http://www.hci.fi/website_en.nsf/CompanyFrameset?OpenFrameset HCI Productions] || [[Finland]] || Managing Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo ||<br />
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| || [[Tony Bates| Tony]] || [[Tony Bates| Bates]] || [http://www.tonybates.ca Tony Bates Associates Ltd.] || [[Canada]] || Independent Consultant || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || Peter || Baumgartner [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/aktuell/news/archiv/06445/index.php] || [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/ University of Krems] || [[Austria ]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| Prof. || [[Betty Collis| Betty]] || [[Betty Collis| Collis]] || [[University_of_Twente| University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || Bas || [[Cordewener]] || [[SURF| SURF Foundation]] || [[The Netherlands]] ||Manager of International Collaboration for the SURF Foundation ||Bas has a good overview of activities within the Netherlands and the work of SURF in particular. Leads many of SURF's transnational activities.|| Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| || [[Derrick de Kerckhove | Derrick]] || [[Derrick de Kerckhove |de Kerckhove]] [http://www.utoronto.ca/mcluhan/derrickdekerckhove.htm] || [http://www.utoronto.ca University of Toronto] || [[Canada]] || Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology || || Helena Bijnens ||<br />
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| || Christian || Depover || [http://www.umh.ac.be/ Université de de Mons], UTE || [[Belgium]] || || || Widad Benhabiles ||<br />
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| || [[Jim Devine| Jim]]|| [[Jim Devine| Devine]] || [http://www.iadt.ie/en Dunlaoghaire Institute Art/Design/Technology]|| [[Ireland]] || IADT Director || very close to strategic thinking in Ireland vis-a-vis virtual campus and related activities, also an experienced reviewer and speaker on the European scene|| Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| Dr. || Bakary || [[Diallo]] || [http://www.avu.org/ African Virtual University] || [[Kenya]] ||Rector of the African Virtual University ||Virtual campus in Francophone and Anglophone Africa in particular and ICT4D generally in Sub-Sahara Africa || Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| Dr.|| Claudio || [[Dondi]] || [[SCIENTER]] || [[Italy]] ||President of Scienter ||Involved in numerous activities related to VC on both a European and International basis, particularly experienced in relation to policy and EU activities. || Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| || Tom || Dousma [http://www.extranet.ou.nl/inter-studie-alg-o31411/Symposium4/sprekers.htm] || [[SURF]] || [[The Netherlands]] || Platform manager ICT and Education || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || Jan || Eelen || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens ||<br />
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| Prof. || Maria Amata || Garito || [[Uninettuno| UNINETTUNO]] || [[Italy]] ||President and Rector of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO and full professor of Teaching and Learning Technologies at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”|| || Helena Bijnens ||<br />
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| || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Lawrence]] || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Hamburg]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || Assistant Director e-learning|| || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || [[Jeff Haywood| Jef]]|| [[Jeff Haywood| Haywood]] || [[University of Edinburgh]] || [[UK]] || || || Helena Bijnens ||<br />
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| Prof. Dr. || Wilfried || [[Hendricks]] ||[http://www..ibi.tu-berlin.de IBI] - [http://www.tu-berlin.de/en Technische Universität Berlin] || [[Germany]] ||Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and Head of the IBI - Institut für Bildung in der Informationsgesellschaft e.V. (Institute for Education in the Information Society). || Has a very good overvew of activities in this field in Germany and active in many regional and national networks. Familiar with many of the National policy disussions.|| Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| Dr. || Carl || [[Holmberg]] || [http://www.cfl.se/cfl_utvecklar_larandet/toppmeny/about_cfl/ Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning] || [[Sweden]] || Adviser to the Director-General ||Very experienced in Adult and Higher Education, strong on policy-related activities and very active at European level. || Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| || [[Áine Hyland| Áine ]] || [[Áine Hyland| Hyland]] || || [[Ireland]] || recently retired Deputy VC || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || [[Terence Karran| Terence]]|| [[Terence Karran| Karran]] || [http://www.lincoln.ac.uk Lincoln University] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || Thierry || [[Karsenti]] || [http://www.umontreal.ca/english Université de Montréal] || [[Canada]] || Chaire de recherche sur les technologies dans l’enseignement || || Widad Benhabiles ||<br />
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| Dr.|| Nikitas || [[Kastis]] || [http://www.menon.org/ MENON Network] & [http://www.lrf.gr/ Lambrakis Research Foundation] || [[Greece]] ||Deputy Director General, Lambrakis and President of the MENON Network || Knowledgeable in respect to Greek activities, active at European level, interest in policy|| Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| Prof. || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Denise]] || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Kirkpatrick]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || Pro-Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || Paul || Kirschner [http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/public/group/symposium/programme/profiles/profile_kirschner_paul.htm] || [http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/1757main.html University of Utrecht] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || Piet || Kommers [http://users.edte.utwente.nl/kommers/] [http://www.gw.utwente.nl/mco/en/emp/kommers/] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || [[Rob Koper| Rob]]|| [[Rob Koper| Koper]] || [[Open Universiteit Nederland| Open University of The Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Helena Bijnens ||<br />
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| Dr.|| [[Kugemann| Walter]] || [[Kugemann]] || [http://www.ilinet.org/ Institute for Innovation in Learning] ([http://www.fim.uni-erlangen.de/en/ FIM-NewLearning]), [http://www.uni-erlangen.org/ University of Erlangen-Nuremberg] || [[Germany]] ||Head of FIM-NewLearning ||Active for many years at European and German level, quite familiar with German VC activities including the Bavarian Virtual University || Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| Ms. || Tae Rim || Lee [http://faculty.knou.ac.kr/~trlee/main02.htm] || [[KNOU| Korea National Open University]] || [[South Korea]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || [[Fred Litto| Fred]] || [[Fred Litto| Litto]] || [http://www.abed.org.br/ ABED] || [[Brazil]]||Founder and Scientific Coordinator of the “School of the Future” of the University of São Paulo, senior role in ABED ||Knows the Brazilian VC and TeL context very well as well as Latin America generally, now actively re-engaged in ICDE || Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| || Pierre-Jean || Loiret [http://www.elearning-africa.com/cv/loiret.php] || [http://www.auf.org/ Agence universitaire de la Francophonie] || [[France]]/[[Africa]] || || || Widad Benhabiles ||<br />
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| || Joost || Lowyck [http://cwisdb.kuleuven.be/persdb-bin/persdb?lang=N&oproep=persoon&fnaam=u0006041&detail=1&ingelogd=1] || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens ||<br />
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| Dr. || Jyri || Manninen || [http://www.helsinki.fi/university/ University of Helsinki], [http://www.helsinki.fi/palmenia/english/ Palmenia] || [[Finland]] || Research Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo ||<br />
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| Prof. || [[Robin Mason| Robin]]|| [[Robin Mason| Mason]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || also evaluator of Swiss Virtual Campus || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || Herman || Maurer [http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw96/keynotes.htm#second_generation old bio] [http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/maurer German bio] || [http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/E/ University of Graz] || [[Austria]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| Prof. || [[Terry Mayes| Terry]] || [[Terry Mayes| Mayes]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || head of the evaluation and support team for e-learning || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || [[Jef Moonen| Jef]] || [[Jef Moonen| Moonen]] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || Fred || Mulder [http://www.ou.nl/eCache/DEF/1/49/025.html Dutch] [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:vZeOUHXZrFsJ:www.eadtu.nl/conference-2006/files/keynotes/CV%2520Fred%2520Mulder.pdf+Fred+Mulder+OUNL&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=be English] || [[OUNL| Open University of the Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || [[Clive Mulholland| Clive]]|| [[Clive Mulholland| Mulholland]] || [http://www.glam.ac.uk/ University of Glamorgan]] || [[UK]] || PVC at Glamorgan U || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || Morten Flate || Paulsen [http://home.nettskolen.com/~morten/] || [[NKI Distance Education]] || [[Norway]] || Professor of Online Education, Director of Development|| || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo ||<br />
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| || [[Daniel Peraya| Daniel]]|| [[Daniel Peraya| Peraya]] || [http://www.unige.ch/international/index_en.html Université de Genève], [http://tecfa.unige.ch/ TECFA] || [[Switzerland]] || || || Widad Benhabiles ||<br />
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| || [[Jim Petch| Jim]]|| [[Jim Petch| Petch]] || [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ Manchester University] || [[UK]] || Head of Distributed Learning || || Markus Bela ||<br />
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| || Otto || Peters [http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ZIFF/petersbi.htm old bio] || [[FernUniversität in Hagen]] || [[Germany]] || Professor Emeritus of Distance-Education Methodology || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || [[Vanessa Pittard| Vanessa]]|| [[Vanessa Pittard| Pittard]] || [[Becta]] || [[UK]] || Director of Research || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || Juha || Pohjonen [http://edu.ouka.fi/~mjo/isa99/Pohjonen_CV.htm] || [http://www.oulu.fi/english/ University of Oulu],[http://www.kotu.oulu.fi/avoin/opiskelijapalvelut/introduction.htm Open University] || [[Finland]] || Development Manager || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo ||<br />
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| || Garry [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page472.html] [http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/home/cache/offonce/pid/395] || [[Putland]] || [http://www.educationau.edu.au education.au], [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/ Education Network Australia (edna)] || [[Australia]] || General Manager - Business Development ||Garry is a key link with what is happening in all sectors in Australia including Higher education. || Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| || [[Malcolm Read| Malcolm]]|| [[Malcolm Read| Read]] || [[JISC]] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || Vitor || Rocio || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || [[Spain]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || [[Caitriona Ryan| Caitriona]] || [[Caitriona Ryan| Ryan]] || [[Higher Education Authority]] || [[Ireland]] || || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| Prof. || [[Gilly Salmon| Gilly]]|| [[Gilly Salmon| Salmon]] || [http://www.le.ac.uk University of Leicester] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich ||<br />
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| || Albert || Sangrà [http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/author_asangra.php] [http://www.eden-online.org/contents/conferences/annual/Budapest/BpestAS.html] || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || Spain || Director Educational Innovation and Methodology, Director of Edu Lab || || Helena Bijnens ||<br />
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| || Rolf || Schulmeister [http://sciltest.unisg.ch/congress-2003/cv/cv-schulmeister-en.html] || [http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html University of Hamburg] || [[Germany]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || [[Niall Sclater| Niall]] || [[Niall Sclater| Sclater]] || || || || || Helena Bijnens ||<br />
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| Dr.|| Ramesh || [[Sharma]] || [http://www.ignou.ac.in/ Indira Gandhi National Open University] || [[India]] ||Regional Director at Regional Center – Karnal of Indira Gandhi National Open University. ||VC related activities in India|| Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| || Josef || Strobl [http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=142,127090&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL] || [http://www.uni-salzburg.at Salzburg University] || [[Austria]] || Head of Z_GIS || || Markus Bela ||<br />
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| || [[András Szûcs| András]]|| [[András Szûcs| Szûcs]] || [http://www.bme.hu/en Budapest University of Technology and Economics] || [[Hungary]] || Secretary General || EDEN || Markus Bela ||<br />
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| || Ene || Tammeoru||Estonian e-Learning Development Centre || [Estonia]||Head at Estonian e-Learning Development Centre ||closely associated with [[Estonian e-University]]|| Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| || Martin || Valcke [http://users.ugent.be/~mvalcke/CV/CVMVA.htm] || [http://www.ugent.be/en/ Ghent University] || [[Belgium]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| || Michiel || van Geloven || [[Dutch Digital University]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens ||<br />
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| Prof. || Tapio || Varis [http://www.uta.fi/~titava/] [http://eqibelt.srce.hr/lectures/varis.html] [http://www.unevoc.net/wiki.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_drwiki_pi1%5Bkeyword%5D=Prof.%20Tapio%20Varis] || [http://www.uta.fi/english/ University of Tampere], Faculty of Education || [[Finland]] || Professor of Vocational Education, with particular reference to Global Learning Environments and UNESCO Chair in global e-learning with applications to multiple domains || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo ||<br />
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| || Martine || Vidal ||Centre national d'enseignement à distance ([[CNED]]) ||France ||Chargée de mission recherche ||well-known figure in French VC context, VP [[EDEN]] || Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| Dr. || Erwin B.|| [[Wagner]] || [http://www.uni-hildesheim.de/en University of Hildesheim] and [[EDEN]]||[[Germany]] ||Director of the Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education at Hildesheim University, Germany ||particular experience of Multicampus VC in Germany || Sally Reynolds || <br />
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| || Jacques || Wallet || [http://www.univ-rouen.fr/ Université de Rouen], [http://www.sciencedu.org/ Campus numérique FORSE] || [[France]] || || || Widad Benhabiles ||<br />
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| Prof. || Herman || [[van der Merwe]] || [http://www.tut.ac.za/ Tshwane University of Technology] || [[South Africa]] || Director of the Department of Telematic Education at Technikon Pretoria and Manager of the Centre for the Utilisation of Technology in Education (CUTE) in Technikom.||International expert on the utilisation and management of technology in education and serves on various national and international workgroups. Specific interest in mobile learning what is happening in South Africa. || Sally Reynolds || <br />
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| || Wojciech || [[Zielinski]] || [http://www.wshe.lodz.pl/index.php?j=eng Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz], [http://www.puw.pl/english/ Polish Virtual University] || [[Poland]] ||Pro Vice Chancellor for Information Systems (CIO) at The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (AHE) and co-author and a co-organizer of Polish Virtual University (PVU) ||very knowledgable on developments in Poland and the set up and progress of the PVU || Sally Reynolds ||<br />
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| Prof. || Sebastiano ||[[Bagnara]]|| [http://www.architettura.uniss.it University of Sassari-Alghero] || [[Italy]] ||Chair of Cognitive Psychology at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Sassari-Alghero, Italy. He is fellow of the International Ergonomics Association and he is scientific Director of the journal Ergonomia. He is member of the Editorial Board of Applied Ergonomics, Cognition Technology and Work, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Travail Humain, Intelligen System. He is associated editor of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.||His research interest is in the field of human computer interaction, ergonomics, organisational psychology, human factors in shaping technology || Cristina Stefanelli ||<br />
|}<br />
> [[People]].</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Sebastiano_Bagnara&diff=1760Sebastiano Bagnara2008-03-04T17:13:57Z<p>Cristina: New page: Sebastiano Bagnara Present activity: Chair of Cognitive Psychology, Department of Architecture and Unrban Planning, University of Sassari-Alghero, Italy Main previous activities: · Ch...</p>
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<div>Sebastiano Bagnara<br />
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Present activity: Chair of Cognitive Psychology, Department of Architecture and Unrban Planning, University of Sassari-Alghero, Italy<br />
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Main previous activities: <br />
· Chair of Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics at Politecnico of Milan, Italy (2001-2006);<br />
· Chair of Psychology, Università di Siena (1986-2001);<br />
· Head of Degree Program in Sciences of Communication at the University of Siena (1992-2000); <br />
· Director of Multimedia Communication Lab. University of Siena (1992-2000);<br />
· Director of (Institute of Psychology, National Research Council 1995-8); <br />
· Director Of Department of Sciences of Communication. Università di Siena (2000-2001); <br />
· Member of CIVR (Comitato di Indirizzo per la Valutazione della Ricerca -Committee for the evaluation of the research) of the Italian Ministery of Education University and Reasearch (2000-3); <br />
· Member of the Steering Committee of the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (2003-5); <br />
· Coordinator of the WG "Methodology" of Permanent Interministerial Commission for the employement of ICT in favour of weak or disadvantaged categories (.2003-2004); <br />
· Member of the Council of IEA (International Ergonomics Association) (1980-86);<br />
· Secretary General International Ergonomics Association (2003-6);<br />
· President of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE) (1990-1994);<br />
· President of the Italian Society of Ergonomics (1994-8); <br />
· Expert and Evaluators of R&D Programs (Esprit, Environment) of the European Union; <br />
· Scientific Responsible of a numer of European Projects:, e.g., Heat, Palio, Multed, QLis, Qualit, Mirti, Pannonia, Humanities, Pegasus, Comunicar, Orglearn, Socose.<br />
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Present research areas: human error; interaction design; knowledge society.<br />
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Membership in scientific societies: Associazione Italiana di Comunicazione Pubblica; Association for Computing Machinery; European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics; European Association for Work and Organizational Psychology; Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of USA; Società Italiana di e-Learning; Società Italiana di Ergonomia; Società Italiana di Psicologia Scientifica; Società Italiana di Scienze Cognitve.<br />
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Awards: Fellow of International Ergonomics Association Distinguished International Colleague Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of USA.<br />
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Editorial activities: <br />
Director of Ergonomia, <br />
Associate Editor of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomic Sciences, <br />
Member of the Editorial Board of Applied Ergonomics; Cognition, Technology, and Work; Comunicazione Pubblica; International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing; International Journal of Applied Psychology; International Journal of Human Computer Interaction; International Journal of Virtual Technology and Multimedia; Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society; Journal of Science Communication; Sistemi Intelligenti; Sistemi Organizzativi; The Open Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Journal; Travail Humain.<br />
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Consultant to: Abi, Agip, Aipa, Chamber of Deputees, CNIPA, Elsag, ENEA, Enel, Fiat, Formez, IBM, Ina-Assitalia, Infocamere, Infostrada, IOL, Isfol, IRI Management, Macquarie, Montell, MPI, Olivetti, Omnitel, Macquarie, Monte Paschi di Siena, Pfizer, Poste, Rai, Regione Lombardia, Regione Toscana, Sogei, Technimont, Telecom, Tim, Vodafone, Wind.</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Committee&diff=1753Advisory Committee2008-03-04T16:11:05Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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<div>This is a list of suggested members for the Advisory Committee, some of these people will be invited to take part in one or more of the key meetings which will be organised during ReViCa. The first of these will take place in June 2008, Lisbon, right before the EDEN conference. <br />
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Back to [[People]].<br />
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== Table I. ==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:11px;"<br />
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!width="3%"|'''Title'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''First Name'''<br />
!width="12,5%"|'''Last Name'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Institution'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Country'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Function'''<br />
!width="14,5%"|'''Experience'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Suggested by'''<br />
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| Dr. || Antti || Auer || [http://www.jyu.fi/en/ University of Jyväskylä] || [[Finland]] || Information Management Services, Chair of IT-Peda network || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || Ari-Matti || Auvinen [http://www.checkpoint-elearning.com/article/4965.html] || [http://www.hci.fi/website_en.nsf/CompanyFrameset?OpenFrameset HCI Productions] || [[Finland]] || Managing Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || [[Tony Bates| Tony]] || [[Tony Bates| Bates]] || [http://www.tonybates.ca Tony Bates Associates Ltd.] || [[Canada]] || Independent Consultant || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Peter || Baumgartner [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/aktuell/news/archiv/06445/index.php] || [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/ University of Krems] || [[Austria ]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| Prof. || [[Betty Collis| Betty]] || [[Betty Collis| Collis]] || [[University_of_Twente| University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Bas || [[Cordewener]] || [[SURF| SURF Foundation]] || [[The Netherlands]] ||Manager of International Collaboration for the SURF Foundation ||Bas has a good overview of activities within the Netherlands and the work of SURF in particular. Leads many of SURF's transnational activities.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
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| || [[Derrick de Kerckhove | Derrick]] || [[Derrick de Kerckhove |de Kerckhove]] [http://www.utoronto.ca/mcluhan/derrickdekerckhove.htm] || [http://www.utoronto.ca University of Toronto] || [[Canada]] || Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| || Christian || Depover || [http://www.umh.ac.be/ Université de de Mons], UTE || [[Belgium]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
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| || [[Jim Devine| Jim]]|| [[Jim Devine| Devine]] || [http://www.iadt.ie/en Dunlaoghaire Institute Art/Design/Technology]|| [[Ireland]] || IADT Director || very close to strategic thinking in Ireland vis-a-vis virtual campus and related activities, also an experienced reviewer and speaker on the European scene|| Sally Reynolds<br />
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| Dr. || Bakary || [[Diallo]] || [http://www.avu.org/ African Virtual University] || [[Kenya]] ||Rector of the African Virtual University ||Virtual campus in Francophone and Anglophone Africa in particular and ICT4D generally in Sub-Sahara Africa || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| Dr.|| Claudio || [[Dondi]] || [[SCIENTER]] || [[Italy]] ||President of Scienter ||Involved in numerous activities related to VC on both a European and International basis, particularly experienced in relation to policy and EU activities. || Sally Reynolds<br />
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| || Tom || Dousma [http://www.extranet.ou.nl/inter-studie-alg-o31411/Symposium4/sprekers.htm] || [[SURF]] || [[The Netherlands]] || Platform manager ICT and Education || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || Jan || Eelen || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| Prof. || Maria Amata || Garito || [[Uninettuno| UNINETTUNO]] || [[Italy]] ||President and Rector of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO and full professor of Teaching and Learning Technologies at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”|| || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Lawrence]] || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Hamburg]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || Assistant Director e-learning|| || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || [[Jeff Haywood| Jef]]|| [[Jeff Haywood| Haywood]] || [[University of Edinburgh]] || [[UK]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| Prof. Dr. || Wilfried || [[Hendricks]] ||[http://www..ibi.tu-berlin.de IBI] - [http://www.tu-berlin.de/en Technische Universität Berlin] || [[Germany]] ||Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and Head of the IBI - Institut für Bildung in der Informationsgesellschaft e.V. (Institute for Education in the Information Society). || Has a very good overvew of activities in this field in Germany and active in many regional and national networks. Familiar with many of the National policy disussions.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
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| Dr. || Carl || [[Holmberg]] || [http://www.cfl.se/cfl_utvecklar_larandet/toppmeny/about_cfl/ Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning] || [[Sweden]] || Adviser to the Director-General ||Very experienced in Adult and Higher Education, strong on policy-related activities and very active at European level. || Sally Reynolds<br />
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| || [[Áine Hyland| Áine ]] || [[Áine Hyland| Hyland]] || || [[Ireland]] || recently retired Deputy VC || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || [[Terence Karran| Terence]]|| [[Terence Karran| Karran]] || [http://www.lincoln.ac.uk Lincoln University] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Thierry || [[Karsenti]] || [http://www.umontreal.ca/english Université de Montréal] || [[Canada]] || Chaire de recherche sur les technologies dans l’enseignement || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
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| Dr.|| Nikitas || [[Kastis]] || [http://www.menon.org/ MENON Network] & [http://www.lrf.gr/ Lambrakis Research Foundation] || [[Greece]] ||Deputy Director General, Lambrakis and President of the MENON Network || Knowledgeable in respect to Greek activities, active at European level, interest in policy|| Sally Reynolds <br />
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| Prof. || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Denise]] || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Kirkpatrick]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || Pro-Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Paul || Kirschner [http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/public/group/symposium/programme/profiles/profile_kirschner_paul.htm] || [http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/1757main.html University of Utrecht] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || Piet || Kommers [http://users.edte.utwente.nl/kommers/] [http://www.gw.utwente.nl/mco/en/emp/kommers/] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Rob Koper| Rob]]|| [[Rob Koper| Koper]] || [[Open Universiteit Nederland| Open University of The Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| Dr.|| [[Kugemann| Walter]] || [[Kugemann]] || [http://www.ilinet.org/ Institute for Innovation in Learning] ([http://www.fim.uni-erlangen.de/en/ FIM-NewLearning]), [http://www.uni-erlangen.org/ University of Erlangen-Nuremberg] || [[Germany]] ||Head of FIM-NewLearning ||Active for many years at European and German level, quite familiar with German VC activities including the Bavarian Virtual University || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| Ms. || Tae Rim || Lee [http://faculty.knou.ac.kr/~trlee/main02.htm] || [[KNOU| Korea National Open University]] || [[South Korea]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Fred Litto| Fred]] || [[Fred Litto| Litto]] || [http://www.abed.org.br/ ABED] || [[Brazil]]||Founder and Scientific Coordinator of the “School of the Future” of the University of São Paulo, senior role in ABED ||Knows the Brazilian VC and TeL context very well as well as Latin America generally, now actively re-engaged in ICDE || Sally Reynolds<br />
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| || Pierre-Jean || Loiret [http://www.elearning-africa.com/cv/loiret.php] || [http://www.auf.org/ Agence universitaire de la Francophonie] || [[France]]/[[Africa]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
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|Prof. || Joost || Lowyck [http://cwisdb.kuleuven.be/persdb-bin/persdb?lang=N&oproep=persoon&fnaam=u0006041&detail=1&ingelogd=1] || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] ||Professor of Psychology and Educational Science, Department of Educational Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and member of the Evaluation Board of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO|| || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| Dr. || Jyri || Manninen || [http://www.helsinki.fi/university/ University of Helsinki], [http://www.helsinki.fi/palmenia/english/ Palmenia] || [[Finland]] || Research Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| Prof. || [[Robin Mason| Robin]]|| [[Robin Mason| Mason]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || also evaluator of Swiss Virtual Campus || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Herman || Maurer [http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw96/keynotes.htm#second_generation old bio] [http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/maurer German bio] || [http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/E/ University of Graz] || [[Austria]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| Prof. || [[Terry Mayes| Terry]] || [[Terry Mayes| Mayes]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || head of the evaluation and support team for e-learning || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || [[Jef Moonen| Jef]] || [[Jef Moonen| Moonen]] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || Fred || Mulder [http://www.ou.nl/eCache/DEF/1/49/025.html Dutch] [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:vZeOUHXZrFsJ:www.eadtu.nl/conference-2006/files/keynotes/CV%2520Fred%2520Mulder.pdf+Fred+Mulder+OUNL&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=be English] || [[OUNL| Open University of the Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Clive Mulholland| Clive]]|| [[Clive Mulholland| Mulholland]] || [http://www.glam.ac.uk/ University of Glamorgan]] || [[UK]] || PVC at Glamorgan U || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Morten Flate || Paulsen [http://home.nettskolen.com/~morten/] || [[NKI Distance Education]] || [[Norway]] || Professor of Online Education, Director of Development|| || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || [[Daniel Peraya| Daniel]]|| [[Daniel Peraya| Peraya]] || [http://www.unige.ch/international/index_en.html Université de Genève], [http://tecfa.unige.ch/ TECFA] || [[Switzerland]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
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| || [[Jim Petch| Jim]]|| [[Jim Petch| Petch]] || [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ Manchester University] || [[UK]] || Head of Distributed Learning || || Markus Bela<br />
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| || Otto || Peters [http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ZIFF/petersbi.htm old bio] || [[FernUniversität in Hagen]] || [[Germany]] || Professor Emeritus of Distance-Education Methodology || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Vanessa Pittard| Vanessa]]|| [[Vanessa Pittard| Pittard]] || [[Becta]] || [[UK]] || Director of Research || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Juha || Pohjonen [http://edu.ouka.fi/~mjo/isa99/Pohjonen_CV.htm] || [http://www.oulu.fi/english/ University of Oulu],[http://www.kotu.oulu.fi/avoin/opiskelijapalvelut/introduction.htm Open University] || [[Finland]] || Development Manager || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || Garry [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page472.html] [http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/home/cache/offonce/pid/395] || [[Putland]] || [http://www.educationau.edu.au education.au], [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/ Education Network Australia (edna)] || [[Australia]] || General Manager - Business Development ||Garry is a key link with what is happening in all sectors in Australia including Higher education. || Sally Reynolds<br />
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| || [[Malcolm Read| Malcolm]]|| [[Malcolm Read| Read]] || [[JISC]] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Vitor || Rocio || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || [[Spain]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Caitriona Ryan| Caitriona]] || [[Caitriona Ryan| Ryan]] || [[Higher Education Authority]] || [[Ireland]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| Prof. || [[Gilly Salmon| Gilly]]|| [[Gilly Salmon| Salmon]] || [http://www.le.ac.uk University of Leicester] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Albert || Sangrà [http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/author_asangra.php] [http://www.eden-online.org/contents/conferences/annual/Budapest/BpestAS.html] || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || Spain || Director Educational Innovation and Methodology, Director of Edu Lab || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| || Rolf || Schulmeister [http://sciltest.unisg.ch/congress-2003/cv/cv-schulmeister-en.html] || [http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html University of Hamburg] || [[Germany]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Niall Sclater| Niall]] || [[Niall Sclater| Sclater]] || || || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| Dr.|| Ramesh || [[Sharma]] || [http://www.ignou.ac.in/ Indira Gandhi National Open University] || [[India]] ||Regional Director at Regional Center – Karnal of Indira Gandhi National Open University. ||VC related activities in India|| Sally Reynolds<br />
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| || Josef || Strobl [http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=142,127090&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL] || [http://www.uni-salzburg.at Salzburg University] || [[Austria]] || Head of Z_GIS || || Markus Bela<br />
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| || [[András Szûcs| András]]|| [[András Szûcs| Szûcs]] || [http://www.bme.hu/en Budapest University of Technology and Economics] || [[Hungary]] || Secretary General || EDEN || Markus Bela<br />
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| || Ene || Tammeoru||Estonian e-Learning Development Centre || [Estonia]||Head at Estonian e-Learning Development Centre ||closely associated with [[Estonian e-University]]|| Sally Reynolds <br />
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| || Martin || Valcke [http://users.ugent.be/~mvalcke/CV/CVMVA.htm] || [http://www.ugent.be/en/ Ghent University] || [[Belgium]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || Michiel || van Geloven || [[Dutch Digital University]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| Prof. || Tapio || Varis [http://www.uta.fi/~titava/] [http://eqibelt.srce.hr/lectures/varis.html] [http://www.unevoc.net/wiki.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_drwiki_pi1%5Bkeyword%5D=Prof.%20Tapio%20Varis] || [http://www.uta.fi/english/ University of Tampere], Faculty of Education || [[Finland]] || Professor of Vocational Education, with particular reference to Global Learning Environments and UNESCO Chair in global e-learning with applications to multiple domains || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || Martine || Vidal ||Centre national d'enseignement à distance ([[CNED]]) ||France ||Chargée de mission recherche ||well-known figure in French VC context, VP [[EDEN]] || Sally Reynolds<br />
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| Dr. || Erwin B.|| [[Wagner]] || [http://www.uni-hildesheim.de/en University of Hildesheim] and [[EDEN]]||[[Germany]] ||Director of the Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education at Hildesheim University, Germany ||particular experience of Multicampus VC in Germany || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Jacques || Wallet || [http://www.univ-rouen.fr/ Université de Rouen], [http://www.sciencedu.org/ Campus numérique FORSE] || [[France]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
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| Prof. || Herman || [[van der Merwe]] || [http://www.tut.ac.za/ Tshwane University of Technology] || [[South Africa]] || Director of the Department of Telematic Education at Technikon Pretoria and Manager of the Centre for the Utilisation of Technology in Education (CUTE) in Technikom.||International expert on the utilisation and management of technology in education and serves on various national and international workgroups. Specific interest in mobile learning what is happening in South Africa. || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| || Wojciech || [[Zielinski]] || [http://www.wshe.lodz.pl/index.php?j=eng Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz], [http://www.puw.pl/english/ Polish Virtual University] || [[Poland]] ||Pro Vice Chancellor for Information Systems (CIO) at The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (AHE) and co-author and a co-organizer of Polish Virtual University (PVU) ||very knowledgable on developments in Poland and the set up and progress of the PVU || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| Prof. || Sebastiano || Bagnara || [[ University of Sassari-Alghero]] || [[Italy]] ||Chair of Cognitive Psychology at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Sassari-Alghero, Italy. He is fellow of the International Ergonomics Association and he is scientific Director of the journal Ergonomia. He is member of the Editorial Board of Applied Ergonomics, Cognition Technology and Work, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Travail Humain, Intelligen System. He is associated editor of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.||His research interest is in the field of human computer interaction, ergonomics, organisational psychology, human factors in shaping technology || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
|}<br />
> [[People]].</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Committee&diff=1748Advisory Committee2008-03-04T15:56:21Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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<div>This is a list of suggested members for the Advisory Committee, some of these people will be invited to take part in one or more of the key meetings which will be organised during ReViCa. The first of these will take place in June 2008, Lisbon, right before the EDEN conference. <br />
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Back to [[People]].<br />
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== Table I. ==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:11px;"<br />
|-valign="top" style="background: #ECE5B6;"<br />
!width="3%"|'''Title'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''First Name'''<br />
!width="12,5%"|'''Last Name'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Institution'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Country'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Function'''<br />
!width="14,5%"|'''Experience'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Suggested by'''<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Antti || Auer || [http://www.jyu.fi/en/ University of Jyväskylä] || [[Finland]] || Information Management Services, Chair of IT-Peda network || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || Ari-Matti || Auvinen [http://www.checkpoint-elearning.com/article/4965.html] || [http://www.hci.fi/website_en.nsf/CompanyFrameset?OpenFrameset HCI Productions] || [[Finland]] || Managing Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Tony Bates| Tony]] || [[Tony Bates| Bates]] || [http://www.tonybates.ca Tony Bates Associates Ltd.] || [[Canada]] || Independent Consultant || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Peter || Baumgartner [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/aktuell/news/archiv/06445/index.php] || [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/ University of Krems] || [[Austria ]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Betty Collis| Betty]] || [[Betty Collis| Collis]] || [[University_of_Twente| University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Bas || [[Cordewener]] || [[SURF| SURF Foundation]] || [[The Netherlands]] ||Manager of International Collaboration for the SURF Foundation ||Bas has a good overview of activities within the Netherlands and the work of SURF in particular. Leads many of SURF's transnational activities.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Derrick || de Kerckhove || [http://www.utoronto.ca University of Toronto] || [[Canada]] || Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Christian || Depover || [http://www.umh.ac.be/ Université de de Mons], UTE || [[Belgium]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jim Devine| Jim]]|| [[Jim Devine| Devine]] || [http://www.iadt.ie/en Dunlaoghaire Institute Art/Design/Technology]|| [[Ireland]] || IADT Director || very close to strategic thinking in Ireland vis-a-vis virtual campus and related activities, also an experienced reviewer and speaker on the European scene|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Bakary || [[Diallo]] || [http://www.avu.org/ African Virtual University] || [[Kenya]] ||Rector of the African Virtual University ||Virtual campus in Francophone and Anglophone Africa in particular and ICT4D generally in Sub-Sahara Africa || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Claudio || [[Dondi]] || [[SCIENTER]] || [[Italy]] ||President of Scienter ||Involved in numerous activities related to VC on both a European and International basis, particularly experienced in relation to policy and EU activities. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Tom || Dousma [http://www.extranet.ou.nl/inter-studie-alg-o31411/Symposium4/sprekers.htm] || [[SURF]] || [[The Netherlands]] || Platform manager ICT and Education || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Jan || Eelen || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || Maria Amata || Garito || [[Uninettuno| UNINETTUNO]] || [[Italy]] ||President and Rector of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO and full professor of Teaching and Learning Technologies at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”|| || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Lawrence]] || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Hamburg]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || Assistant Director e-learning|| || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jeff Haywood| Jef]]|| [[Jeff Haywood| Haywood]] || [[University of Edinburgh]] || [[UK]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. Dr. || Wilfried || [[Hendricks]] ||[http://www..ibi.tu-berlin.de IBI] - [http://www.tu-berlin.de/en Technische Universität Berlin] || [[Germany]] ||Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and Head of the IBI - Institut für Bildung in der Informationsgesellschaft e.V. (Institute for Education in the Information Society). || Has a very good overvew of activities in this field in Germany and active in many regional and national networks. Familiar with many of the National policy disussions.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Carl || [[Holmberg]] || [http://www.cfl.se/cfl_utvecklar_larandet/toppmeny/about_cfl/ Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning] || [[Sweden]] || Adviser to the Director-General ||Very experienced in Adult and Higher Education, strong on policy-related activities and very active at European level. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Áine Hyland| Áine ]] || [[Áine Hyland| Hyland]] || || [[Ireland]] || recently retired Deputy VC || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Terence Karran| Terence]]|| [[Terence Karran| Karran]] || [http://www.lincoln.ac.uk Lincoln University] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Thierry || [[Karsenti]] || [http://www.umontreal.ca/english Université de Montréal] || [[Canada]] || Chaire de recherche sur les technologies dans l’enseignement || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Nikitas || [[Kastis]] || [http://www.menon.org/ MENON Network] & [http://www.lrf.gr/ Lambrakis Research Foundation] || [[Greece]] ||Deputy Director General, Lambrakis and President of the MENON Network || Knowledgeable in respect to Greek activities, active at European level, interest in policy|| Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Denise]] || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Kirkpatrick]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || Pro-Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Paul || Kirschner [http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/public/group/symposium/programme/profiles/profile_kirschner_paul.htm] || [http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/1757main.html University of Utrecht] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Piet || Kommers [http://users.edte.utwente.nl/kommers/] [http://www.gw.utwente.nl/mco/en/emp/kommers/] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Rob Koper| Rob]]|| [[Rob Koper| Koper]] || [[Open Universiteit Nederland| Open University of The Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| [[Kugemann| Walter]] || [[Kugemann]] || [http://www.ilinet.org/ Institute for Innovation in Learning] ([http://www.fim.uni-erlangen.de/en/ FIM-NewLearning]), [http://www.uni-erlangen.org/ University of Erlangen-Nuremberg] || [[Germany]] ||Head of FIM-NewLearning ||Active for many years at European and German level, quite familiar with German VC activities including the Bavarian Virtual University || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Ms. || Tae Rim || Lee [http://faculty.knou.ac.kr/~trlee/main02.htm] || [[KNOU| Korea National Open University]] || [[South Korea]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Fred Litto| Fred]] || [[Fred Litto| Litto]] || [http://www.abed.org.br/ ABED] || [[Brazil]]||Founder and Scientific Coordinator of the “School of the Future” of the University of São Paulo, senior role in ABED ||Knows the Brazilian VC and TeL context very well as well as Latin America generally, now actively re-engaged in ICDE || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Pierre-Jean || Loiret [http://www.elearning-africa.com/cv/loiret.php] || [http://www.auf.org/ Agence universitaire de la Francophonie] || [[France]]/[[Africa]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Joost || Lowyck [http://cwisdb.kuleuven.be/persdb-bin/persdb?lang=N&oproep=persoon&fnaam=u0006041&detail=1&ingelogd=1] || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Jyri || Manninen || [http://www.helsinki.fi/university/ University of Helsinki], [http://www.helsinki.fi/palmenia/english/ Palmenia] || [[Finland]] || Research Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Robin Mason| Robin]]|| [[Robin Mason| Mason]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || also evaluator of Swiss Virtual Campus || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Herman || Maurer [http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw96/keynotes.htm#second_generation old bio] [http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/maurer German bio] || [http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/E/ University of Graz] || [[Austria]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Terry Mayes| Terry]] || [[Terry Mayes| Mayes]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || head of the evaluation and support team for e-learning || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jef Moonen| Jef]] || [[Jef Moonen| Moonen]] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Fred || Mulder [http://www.ou.nl/eCache/DEF/1/49/025.html Dutch] [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:vZeOUHXZrFsJ:www.eadtu.nl/conference-2006/files/keynotes/CV%2520Fred%2520Mulder.pdf+Fred+Mulder+OUNL&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=be English] || [[OUNL| Open University of the Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Clive Mulholland| Clive]]|| [[Clive Mulholland| Mulholland]] || [http://www.glam.ac.uk/ University of Glamorgan]] || [[UK]] || PVC at Glamorgan U || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Morten Flate || Paulsen [http://home.nettskolen.com/~morten/] || [[NKI Distance Education]] || [[Norway]] || Professor of Online Education, Director of Development|| || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Daniel Peraya| Daniel]]|| [[Daniel Peraya| Peraya]] || [http://www.unige.ch/international/index_en.html Université de Genève], [http://tecfa.unige.ch/ TECFA] || [[Switzerland]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jim Petch| Jim]]|| [[Jim Petch| Petch]] || [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ Manchester University] || [[UK]] || Head of Distributed Learning || || Markus Bela<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Otto || Peters [http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ZIFF/petersbi.htm old bio] || [[FernUniversität in Hagen]] || [[Germany]] || Professor Emeritus of Distance-Education Methodology || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Vanessa Pittard| Vanessa]]|| [[Vanessa Pittard| Pittard]] || [[Becta]] || [[UK]] || Director of Research || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Juha || Pohjonen [http://edu.ouka.fi/~mjo/isa99/Pohjonen_CV.htm] || [http://www.oulu.fi/english/ University of Oulu],[http://www.kotu.oulu.fi/avoin/opiskelijapalvelut/introduction.htm Open University] || [[Finland]] || Development Manager || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Garry [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page472.html] [http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/home/cache/offonce/pid/395] || [[Putland]] || [http://www.educationau.edu.au education.au], [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/ Education Network Australia (edna)] || [[Australia]] || General Manager - Business Development ||Garry is a key link with what is happening in all sectors in Australia including Higher education. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Malcolm Read| Malcolm]]|| [[Malcolm Read| Read]] || [[JISC]] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Vitor || Rocio || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || [[Spain]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Caitriona Ryan| Caitriona]] || [[Caitriona Ryan| Ryan]] || [[Higher Education Authority]] || [[Ireland]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| Prof. || [[Gilly Salmon| Gilly]]|| [[Gilly Salmon| Salmon]] || [http://www.le.ac.uk University of Leicester] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Albert || Sangrà [http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/author_asangra.php] [http://www.eden-online.org/contents/conferences/annual/Budapest/BpestAS.html] || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || Spain || Director Educational Innovation and Methodology, Director of Edu Lab || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Rolf || Schulmeister [http://sciltest.unisg.ch/congress-2003/cv/cv-schulmeister-en.html] || [http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html University of Hamburg] || [[Germany]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Niall Sclater| Niall]] || [[Niall Sclater| Sclater]] || || || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Ramesh || [[Sharma]] || [http://www.ignou.ac.in/ Indira Gandhi National Open University] || [[India]] ||Regional Director at Regional Center – Karnal of Indira Gandhi National Open University. ||VC related activities in India|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Josef || Strobl [http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=142,127090&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL] || [http://www.uni-salzburg.at Salzburg University] || [[Austria]] || Head of Z_GIS || || Markus Bela<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[András Szûcs| András]]|| [[András Szûcs| Szûcs]] || [http://www.bme.hu/en Budapest University of Technology and Economics] || [[Hungary]] || Secretary General || EDEN || Markus Bela<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Ene || Tammeoru||Estonian e-Learning Development Centre || [Estonia]||Head at Estonian e-Learning Development Centre ||closely associated with [[Estonian e-University]]|| Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Martin || Valcke [http://users.ugent.be/~mvalcke/CV/CVMVA.htm] || [http://www.ugent.be/en/ Ghent University] || [[Belgium]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || Michiel || van Geloven || [[Dutch Digital University]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| Prof. || Tapio || Varis [http://www.uta.fi/~titava/] [http://eqibelt.srce.hr/lectures/varis.html] [http://www.unevoc.net/wiki.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_drwiki_pi1%5Bkeyword%5D=Prof.%20Tapio%20Varis] || [http://www.uta.fi/english/ University of Tampere], Faculty of Education || [[Finland]] || Professor of Vocational Education, with particular reference to Global Learning Environments and UNESCO Chair in global e-learning with applications to multiple domains || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Martine || Vidal ||Centre national d'enseignement à distance ([[CNED]]) ||France ||Chargée de mission recherche ||well-known figure in French VC context, VP [[EDEN]] || Sally Reynolds<br />
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| Dr. || Erwin B.|| [[Wagner]] || [http://www.uni-hildesheim.de/en University of Hildesheim] and [[EDEN]]||[[Germany]] ||Director of the Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education at Hildesheim University, Germany ||particular experience of Multicampus VC in Germany || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Jacques || Wallet || [http://www.univ-rouen.fr/ Université de Rouen], [http://www.sciencedu.org/ Campus numérique FORSE] || [[France]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
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| Prof. || Herman || [[van der Merwe]] || [http://www.tut.ac.za/ Tshwane University of Technology] || [[South Africa]] || Director of the Department of Telematic Education at Technikon Pretoria and Manager of the Centre for the Utilisation of Technology in Education (CUTE) in Technikom.||International expert on the utilisation and management of technology in education and serves on various national and international workgroups. Specific interest in mobile learning what is happening in South Africa. || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| || Wojciech || [[Zielinski]] || [http://www.wshe.lodz.pl/index.php?j=eng Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz], [http://www.puw.pl/english/ Polish Virtual University] || [[Poland]] ||Pro Vice Chancellor for Information Systems (CIO) at The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (AHE) and co-author and a co-organizer of Polish Virtual University (PVU) ||very knowledgable on developments in Poland and the set up and progress of the PVU || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| Prof. || Sebastiano || Bagnara || [[ University of Sassari-Alghero]] || [[Italy]] ||Chair of Cognitive Psychology at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Sassari-Alghero, Italy. He is fellow of the International Ergonomics Association and he is scientific Director of the journal Ergonomia. He is member of the Editorial Board of Applied Ergonomics, Cognition Technology and Work, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Travail Humain, Intelligen System. He is associated editor of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.||His research interest is in the field of human computer interaction, ergonomics, organisational psychology, human factors in shaping technology || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
|}<br />
> [[People]].</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Committee&diff=1746Advisory Committee2008-03-04T15:53:48Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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<div>This is a list of suggested members for the Advisory Committee, some of these people will be invited to take part in one or more of the key meetings which will be organised during ReViCa. The first of these will take place in June 2008, Lisbon, right before the EDEN conference. <br />
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Back to [[People]].<br />
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== Table I. ==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:11px;"<br />
|-valign="top" style="background: #ECE5B6;"<br />
!width="3%"|'''Title'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''First Name'''<br />
!width="12,5%"|'''Last Name'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Institution'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Country'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Function'''<br />
!width="14,5%"|'''Experience'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Suggested by'''<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Antti || Auer || [http://www.jyu.fi/en/ University of Jyväskylä] || [[Finland]] || Information Management Services, Chair of IT-Peda network || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || Ari-Matti || Auvinen [http://www.checkpoint-elearning.com/article/4965.html] || [http://www.hci.fi/website_en.nsf/CompanyFrameset?OpenFrameset HCI Productions] || [[Finland]] || Managing Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Tony Bates| Tony]] || [[Tony Bates| Bates]] || [http://www.tonybates.ca Tony Bates Associates Ltd.] || [[Canada]] || Independent Consultant || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Peter || Baumgartner [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/aktuell/news/archiv/06445/index.php] || [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/ University of Krems] || [[Austria ]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Houcine || Chebli || [http://www.uvt.rnu.tn/uvt/en/ Virtual University of Tunisia] || [[Tunisia]] || || || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Betty Collis| Betty]] || [[Betty Collis| Collis]] || [[University_of_Twente| University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Bas || [[Cordewener]] || [[SURF| SURF Foundation]] || [[The Netherlands]] ||Manager of International Collaboration for the SURF Foundation ||Bas has a good overview of activities within the Netherlands and the work of SURF in particular. Leads many of SURF's transnational activities.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Derrick || de Kerckhove || [http://www.utoronto.ca University of Toronto] || [[Canada]] || Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Christian || Depover || [http://www.umh.ac.be/ Université de de Mons], UTE || [[Belgium]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jim Devine| Jim]]|| [[Jim Devine| Devine]] || [http://www.iadt.ie/en Dunlaoghaire Institute Art/Design/Technology]|| [[Ireland]] || IADT Director || very close to strategic thinking in Ireland vis-a-vis virtual campus and related activities, also an experienced reviewer and speaker on the European scene|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Bakary || [[Diallo]] || [http://www.avu.org/ African Virtual University] || [[Kenya]] ||Rector of the African Virtual University ||Virtual campus in Francophone and Anglophone Africa in particular and ICT4D generally in Sub-Sahara Africa || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Claudio || [[Dondi]] || [[SCIENTER]] || [[Italy]] ||President of Scienter ||Involved in numerous activities related to VC on both a European and International basis, particularly experienced in relation to policy and EU activities. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Tom || Dousma [http://www.extranet.ou.nl/inter-studie-alg-o31411/Symposium4/sprekers.htm] || [[SURF]] || [[The Netherlands]] || Platform manager ICT and Education || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Jan || Eelen || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || Maria Amata || Garito || [[Uninettuno| UNINETTUNO]] || [[Italy]] ||President and Rector of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO and full professor of Teaching and Learning Technologies at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”|| || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Lawrence]] || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Hamburg]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || Assistant Director e-learning|| || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jeff Haywood| Jef]]|| [[Jeff Haywood| Haywood]] || [[University of Edinburgh]] || [[UK]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. Dr. || Wilfried || [[Hendricks]] ||[http://www..ibi.tu-berlin.de IBI] - [http://www.tu-berlin.de/en Technische Universität Berlin] || [[Germany]] ||Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and Head of the IBI - Institut für Bildung in der Informationsgesellschaft e.V. (Institute for Education in the Information Society). || Has a very good overvew of activities in this field in Germany and active in many regional and national networks. Familiar with many of the National policy disussions.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Carl || [[Holmberg]] || [http://www.cfl.se/cfl_utvecklar_larandet/toppmeny/about_cfl/ Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning] || [[Sweden]] || Adviser to the Director-General ||Very experienced in Adult and Higher Education, strong on policy-related activities and very active at European level. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Áine Hyland| Áine ]] || [[Áine Hyland| Hyland]] || || [[Ireland]] || recently retired Deputy VC || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Terence Karran| Terence]]|| [[Terence Karran| Karran]] || [http://www.lincoln.ac.uk Lincoln University] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Thierry || [[Karsenti]] || [http://www.umontreal.ca/english Université de Montréal] || [[Canada]] || Chaire de recherche sur les technologies dans l’enseignement || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Nikitas || [[Kastis]] || [http://www.menon.org/ MENON Network] & [http://www.lrf.gr/ Lambrakis Research Foundation] || [[Greece]] ||Deputy Director General, Lambrakis and President of the MENON Network || Knowledgeable in respect to Greek activities, active at European level, interest in policy|| Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Denise]] || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Kirkpatrick]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || Pro-Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Paul || Kirschner [http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/public/group/symposium/programme/profiles/profile_kirschner_paul.htm] || [http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/1757main.html University of Utrecht] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Piet || Kommers [http://users.edte.utwente.nl/kommers/] [http://www.gw.utwente.nl/mco/en/emp/kommers/] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Rob Koper| Rob]]|| [[Rob Koper| Koper]] || [[Open Universiteit Nederland| Open University of The Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| [[Kugemann| Walter]] || [[Kugemann]] || [http://www.ilinet.org/ Institute for Innovation in Learning] ([http://www.fim.uni-erlangen.de/en/ FIM-NewLearning]), [http://www.uni-erlangen.org/ University of Erlangen-Nuremberg] || [[Germany]] ||Head of FIM-NewLearning ||Active for many years at European and German level, quite familiar with German VC activities including the Bavarian Virtual University || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Ms. || Tae Rim || Lee [http://faculty.knou.ac.kr/~trlee/main02.htm] || [[KNOU| Korea National Open University]] || [[South Korea]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Fred Litto| Fred]] || [[Fred Litto| Litto]] || [http://www.abed.org.br/ ABED] || [[Brazil]]||Founder and Scientific Coordinator of the “School of the Future” of the University of São Paulo, senior role in ABED ||Knows the Brazilian VC and TeL context very well as well as Latin America generally, now actively re-engaged in ICDE || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Pierre-Jean || Loiret [http://www.elearning-africa.com/cv/loiret.php] || [http://www.auf.org/ Agence universitaire de la Francophonie] || [[France]]/[[Africa]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Joost || Lowyck [http://cwisdb.kuleuven.be/persdb-bin/persdb?lang=N&oproep=persoon&fnaam=u0006041&detail=1&ingelogd=1] || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Jyri || Manninen || [http://www.helsinki.fi/university/ University of Helsinki], [http://www.helsinki.fi/palmenia/english/ Palmenia] || [[Finland]] || Research Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Robin Mason| Robin]]|| [[Robin Mason| Mason]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || also evaluator of Swiss Virtual Campus || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Herman || Maurer [http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw96/keynotes.htm#second_generation old bio] [http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/maurer German bio] || [http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/E/ University of Graz] || [[Austria]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Terry Mayes| Terry]] || [[Terry Mayes| Mayes]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || head of the evaluation and support team for e-learning || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jef Moonen| Jef]] || [[Jef Moonen| Moonen]] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Fred || Mulder [http://www.ou.nl/eCache/DEF/1/49/025.html Dutch] [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:vZeOUHXZrFsJ:www.eadtu.nl/conference-2006/files/keynotes/CV%2520Fred%2520Mulder.pdf+Fred+Mulder+OUNL&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=be English] || [[OUNL| Open University of the Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Clive Mulholland| Clive]]|| [[Clive Mulholland| Mulholland]] || [http://www.glam.ac.uk/ University of Glamorgan]] || [[UK]] || PVC at Glamorgan U || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Morten Flate || Paulsen [http://home.nettskolen.com/~morten/] || [[NKI Distance Education]] || [[Norway]] || Professor of Online Education, Director of Development|| || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Daniel Peraya| Daniel]]|| [[Daniel Peraya| Peraya]] || [http://www.unige.ch/international/index_en.html Université de Genève], [http://tecfa.unige.ch/ TECFA] || [[Switzerland]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jim Petch| Jim]]|| [[Jim Petch| Petch]] || [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ Manchester University] || [[UK]] || Head of Distributed Learning || || Markus Bela<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Otto || Peters [http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ZIFF/petersbi.htm old bio] || [[FernUniversität in Hagen]] || [[Germany]] || Professor Emeritus of Distance-Education Methodology || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Vanessa Pittard| Vanessa]]|| [[Vanessa Pittard| Pittard]] || [[Becta]] || [[UK]] || Director of Research || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Juha || Pohjonen [http://edu.ouka.fi/~mjo/isa99/Pohjonen_CV.htm] || [http://www.oulu.fi/english/ University of Oulu],[http://www.kotu.oulu.fi/avoin/opiskelijapalvelut/introduction.htm Open University] || [[Finland]] || Development Manager || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Garry [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page472.html] [http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/home/cache/offonce/pid/395] || [[Putland]] || [http://www.educationau.edu.au education.au], [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/ Education Network Australia (edna)] || [[Australia]] || General Manager - Business Development ||Garry is a key link with what is happening in all sectors in Australia including Higher education. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Malcolm Read| Malcolm]]|| [[Malcolm Read| Read]] || [[JISC]] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Vitor || Rocio || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || [[Spain]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Caitriona Ryan| Caitriona]] || [[Caitriona Ryan| Ryan]] || [[Higher Education Authority]] || [[Ireland]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Gilly Salmon| Gilly]]|| [[Gilly Salmon| Salmon]] || [http://www.le.ac.uk University of Leicester] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Albert || Sangrà [http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/author_asangra.php] [http://www.eden-online.org/contents/conferences/annual/Budapest/BpestAS.html] || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || Spain || Director Educational Innovation and Methodology, Director of Edu Lab || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Rolf || Schulmeister [http://sciltest.unisg.ch/congress-2003/cv/cv-schulmeister-en.html] || [http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html University of Hamburg] || [[Germany]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Niall Sclater| Niall]] || [[Niall Sclater| Sclater]] || || || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Ramesh || [[Sharma]] || [http://www.ignou.ac.in/ Indira Gandhi National Open University] || [[India]] ||Regional Director at Regional Center – Karnal of Indira Gandhi National Open University. ||VC related activities in India|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Talal || Sheik || [http://www.svuonline.org/sy/eng/ Syrian Virtual University] || [[Syria]] || || || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Josef || Strobl [http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=142,127090&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL] || [http://www.uni-salzburg.at Salzburg University] || [[Austria]] || Head of Z_GIS || || Markus Bela<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[András Szûcs| András]]|| [[András Szûcs| Szûcs]] || [http://www.bme.hu/en Budapest University of Technology and Economics] || [[Hungary]] || Secretary General || EDEN || Markus Bela<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Ene || Tammeoru||Estonian e-Learning Development Centre || [Estonia]||Head at Estonian e-Learning Development Centre ||closely associated with [[Estonian e-University]]|| Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Martin || Valcke [http://users.ugent.be/~mvalcke/CV/CVMVA.htm] || [http://www.ugent.be/en/ Ghent University] || [[Belgium]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Michiel || van Geloven || [[Dutch Digital University]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || Tapio || Varis [http://www.uta.fi/~titava/] [http://eqibelt.srce.hr/lectures/varis.html] [http://www.unevoc.net/wiki.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_drwiki_pi1%5Bkeyword%5D=Prof.%20Tapio%20Varis] || [http://www.uta.fi/english/ University of Tampere], Faculty of Education || [[Finland]] || Professor of Vocational Education, with particular reference to Global Learning Environments and UNESCO Chair in global e-learning with applications to multiple domains || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Martine || Vidal ||Centre national d'enseignement à distance ([[CNED]]) ||France ||Chargée de mission recherche ||well-known figure in French VC context, VP [[EDEN]] || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Erwin B.|| [[Wagner]] || [http://www.uni-hildesheim.de/en University of Hildesheim] and [[EDEN]]||[[Germany]] ||Director of the Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education at Hildesheim University, Germany ||particular experience of Multicampus VC in Germany || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Jacques || Wallet || [http://www.univ-rouen.fr/ Université de Rouen], [http://www.sciencedu.org/ Campus numérique FORSE] || [[France]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || Herman || [[van der Merwe]] || [http://www.tut.ac.za/ Tshwane University of Technology] || [[South Africa]] || Director of the Department of Telematic Education at Technikon Pretoria and Manager of the Centre for the Utilisation of Technology in Education (CUTE) in Technikom.||International expert on the utilisation and management of technology in education and serves on various national and international workgroups. Specific interest in mobile learning what is happening in South Africa. || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Wojciech || [[Zielinski]] || [http://www.wshe.lodz.pl/index.php?j=eng Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz], [http://www.puw.pl/english/ Polish Virtual University] || [[Poland]] ||Pro Vice Chancellor for Information Systems (CIO) at The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (AHE) and co-author and a co-organizer of Polish Virtual University (PVU) ||very knowledgable on developments in Poland and the set up and progress of the PVU || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || Sebastiano || Bagnara || [[ University of Sassari-Alghero]] || [[Italy]] ||Chair of Cognitive Psychology at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Sassari-Alghero, Italy. He is fellow of the International Ergonomics Association and he is scientific Director of the journal Ergonomia. He is member of the Editorial Board of Applied Ergonomics, Cognition Technology and Work, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Travail Humain, Intelligen System. He is associated editor of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.||His research interest is in the field of human computer interaction, ergonomics, organisational psychology, human factors in shaping technology || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
|}<br />
> [[People]].</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Committee&diff=1744Advisory Committee2008-03-04T15:49:59Z<p>Cristina: </p>
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<div>This is a list of suggested members for the Advisory Committee, some of these people will be invited to take part in one or more of the key meetings which will be organised during ReViCa. The first of these will take place in June 2008, Lisbon, right before the EDEN conference. <br />
<br />
Back to [[People]].<br />
<br />
== Table I. ==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:11px;"<br />
|-valign="top" style="background: #ECE5B6;"<br />
!width="3%"|'''Title'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''First Name'''<br />
!width="12,5%"|'''Last Name'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Institution'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Country'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Function'''<br />
!width="14,5%"|'''Experience'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Suggested by'''<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Antti || Auer || [http://www.jyu.fi/en/ University of Jyväskylä] || [[Finland]] || Information Management Services, Chair of IT-Peda network || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Ari-Matti || Auvinen [http://www.checkpoint-elearning.com/article/4965.html] || [http://www.hci.fi/website_en.nsf/CompanyFrameset?OpenFrameset HCI Productions] || [[Finland]] || Managing Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Tony Bates| Tony]] || [[Tony Bates| Bates]] || [http://www.tonybates.ca Tony Bates Associates Ltd.] || [[Canada]] || Independent Consultant || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Peter || Baumgartner [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/aktuell/news/archiv/06445/index.php] || [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/ University of Krems] || [[Austria ]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Houcine || Chebli || [http://www.uvt.rnu.tn/uvt/en/ Virtual University of Tunisia] || [[Tunisia]] || || || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Betty Collis| Betty]] || [[Betty Collis| Collis]] || [[University_of_Twente| University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Bas || [[Cordewener]] || [[SURF| SURF Foundation]] || [[The Netherlands]] ||Manager of International Collaboration for the SURF Foundation ||Bas has a good overview of activities within the Netherlands and the work of SURF in particular. Leads many of SURF's transnational activities.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Derrick || de Kerckhove || [http://www.utoronto.ca University of Toronto] || [[Canada]] || Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Christian || Depover || [http://www.umh.ac.be/ Université de de Mons], UTE || [[Belgium]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jim Devine| Jim]]|| [[Jim Devine| Devine]] || [http://www.iadt.ie/en Dunlaoghaire Institute Art/Design/Technology]|| [[Ireland]] || IADT Director || very close to strategic thinking in Ireland vis-a-vis virtual campus and related activities, also an experienced reviewer and speaker on the European scene|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Bakary || [[Diallo]] || [http://www.avu.org/ African Virtual University] || [[Kenya]] ||Rector of the African Virtual University ||Virtual campus in Francophone and Anglophone Africa in particular and ICT4D generally in Sub-Sahara Africa || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Claudio || [[Dondi]] || [[SCIENTER]] || [[Italy]] ||President of Scienter ||Involved in numerous activities related to VC on both a European and International basis, particularly experienced in relation to policy and EU activities. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Tom || Dousma [http://www.extranet.ou.nl/inter-studie-alg-o31411/Symposium4/sprekers.htm] || [[SURF]] || [[The Netherlands]] || Platform manager ICT and Education || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Jan || Eelen || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || Maria Amata || Garito || [[Uninettuno| UNINETTUNO]] || [[Italy]] ||President and Rector of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO and full professor of Teaching and Learning Technologies at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”|| || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Lawrence]] || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Hamburg]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || Assistant Director e-learning|| || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jeff Haywood| Jef]]|| [[Jeff Haywood| Haywood]] || [[University of Edinburgh]] || [[UK]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. Dr. || Wilfried || [[Hendricks]] ||[http://www..ibi.tu-berlin.de IBI] - [http://www.tu-berlin.de/en Technische Universität Berlin] || [[Germany]] ||Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and Head of the IBI - Institut für Bildung in der Informationsgesellschaft e.V. (Institute for Education in the Information Society). || Has a very good overvew of activities in this field in Germany and active in many regional and national networks. Familiar with many of the National policy disussions.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Carl || [[Holmberg]] || [http://www.cfl.se/cfl_utvecklar_larandet/toppmeny/about_cfl/ Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning] || [[Sweden]] || Adviser to the Director-General ||Very experienced in Adult and Higher Education, strong on policy-related activities and very active at European level. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Áine Hyland| Áine ]] || [[Áine Hyland| Hyland]] || || [[Ireland]] || recently retired Deputy VC || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Terence Karran| Terence]]|| [[Terence Karran| Karran]] || [http://www.lincoln.ac.uk Lincoln University] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Thierry || [[Karsenti]] || [http://www.umontreal.ca/english Université de Montréal] || [[Canada]] || Chaire de recherche sur les technologies dans l’enseignement || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Nikitas || [[Kastis]] || [http://www.menon.org/ MENON Network] & [http://www.lrf.gr/ Lambrakis Research Foundation] || [[Greece]] ||Deputy Director General, Lambrakis and President of the MENON Network || Knowledgeable in respect to Greek activities, active at European level, interest in policy|| Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Denise]] || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Kirkpatrick]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || Pro-Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Paul || Kirschner [http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/public/group/symposium/programme/profiles/profile_kirschner_paul.htm] || [http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/1757main.html University of Utrecht] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Piet || Kommers [http://users.edte.utwente.nl/kommers/] [http://www.gw.utwente.nl/mco/en/emp/kommers/] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Rob Koper| Rob]]|| [[Rob Koper| Koper]] || [[Open Universiteit Nederland| Open University of The Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| [[Kugemann| Walter]] || [[Kugemann]] || [http://www.ilinet.org/ Institute for Innovation in Learning] ([http://www.fim.uni-erlangen.de/en/ FIM-NewLearning]), [http://www.uni-erlangen.org/ University of Erlangen-Nuremberg] || [[Germany]] ||Head of FIM-NewLearning ||Active for many years at European and German level, quite familiar with German VC activities including the Bavarian Virtual University || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Ms. || Tae Rim || Lee [http://faculty.knou.ac.kr/~trlee/main02.htm] || [[KNOU| Korea National Open University]] || [[South Korea]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Fred Litto| Fred]] || [[Fred Litto| Litto]] || [http://www.abed.org.br/ ABED] || [[Brazil]]||Founder and Scientific Coordinator of the “School of the Future” of the University of São Paulo, senior role in ABED ||Knows the Brazilian VC and TeL context very well as well as Latin America generally, now actively re-engaged in ICDE || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Pierre-Jean || Loiret [http://www.elearning-africa.com/cv/loiret.php] || [http://www.auf.org/ Agence universitaire de la Francophonie] || [[France]]/[[Africa]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Joost || Lowyck [http://cwisdb.kuleuven.be/persdb-bin/persdb?lang=N&oproep=persoon&fnaam=u0006041&detail=1&ingelogd=1] || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Jyri || Manninen || [http://www.helsinki.fi/university/ University of Helsinki], [http://www.helsinki.fi/palmenia/english/ Palmenia] || [[Finland]] || Research Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Robin Mason| Robin]]|| [[Robin Mason| Mason]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || also evaluator of Swiss Virtual Campus || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Herman || Maurer [http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw96/keynotes.htm#second_generation old bio] [http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/maurer German bio] || [http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/E/ University of Graz] || [[Austria]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Terry Mayes| Terry]] || [[Terry Mayes| Mayes]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || head of the evaluation and support team for e-learning || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jef Moonen| Jef]] || [[Jef Moonen| Moonen]] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Fred || Mulder [http://www.ou.nl/eCache/DEF/1/49/025.html Dutch] [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:vZeOUHXZrFsJ:www.eadtu.nl/conference-2006/files/keynotes/CV%2520Fred%2520Mulder.pdf+Fred+Mulder+OUNL&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=be English] || [[OUNL| Open University of the Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Clive Mulholland| Clive]]|| [[Clive Mulholland| Mulholland]] || [http://www.glam.ac.uk/ University of Glamorgan]] || [[UK]] || PVC at Glamorgan U || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Morten Flate || Paulsen [http://home.nettskolen.com/~morten/] || [[NKI Distance Education]] || [[Norway]] || Professor of Online Education, Director of Development|| || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Daniel Peraya| Daniel]]|| [[Daniel Peraya| Peraya]] || [http://www.unige.ch/international/index_en.html Université de Genève], [http://tecfa.unige.ch/ TECFA] || [[Switzerland]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jim Petch| Jim]]|| [[Jim Petch| Petch]] || [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ Manchester University] || [[UK]] || Head of Distributed Learning || || Markus Bela<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Otto || Peters [http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ZIFF/petersbi.htm old bio] || [[FernUniversität in Hagen]] || [[Germany]] || Professor Emeritus of Distance-Education Methodology || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Vanessa Pittard| Vanessa]]|| [[Vanessa Pittard| Pittard]] || [[Becta]] || [[UK]] || Director of Research || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Juha || Pohjonen [http://edu.ouka.fi/~mjo/isa99/Pohjonen_CV.htm] || [http://www.oulu.fi/english/ University of Oulu],[http://www.kotu.oulu.fi/avoin/opiskelijapalvelut/introduction.htm Open University] || [[Finland]] || Development Manager || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Garry [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page472.html] [http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/home/cache/offonce/pid/395] || [[Putland]] || [http://www.educationau.edu.au education.au], [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/ Education Network Australia (edna)] || [[Australia]] || General Manager - Business Development ||Garry is a key link with what is happening in all sectors in Australia including Higher education. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Malcolm Read| Malcolm]]|| [[Malcolm Read| Read]] || [[JISC]] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Vitor || Rocio || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || [[Spain]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Caitriona Ryan| Caitriona]] || [[Caitriona Ryan| Ryan]] || [[Higher Education Authority]] || [[Ireland]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Gilly Salmon| Gilly]]|| [[Gilly Salmon| Salmon]] || [http://www.le.ac.uk University of Leicester] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Albert || Sangrà [http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/author_asangra.php] [http://www.eden-online.org/contents/conferences/annual/Budapest/BpestAS.html] || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || Spain || Director Educational Innovation and Methodology, Director of Edu Lab || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Rolf || Schulmeister [http://sciltest.unisg.ch/congress-2003/cv/cv-schulmeister-en.html] || [http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html University of Hamburg] || [[Germany]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Niall Sclater| Niall]] || [[Niall Sclater| Sclater]] || || || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Ramesh || [[Sharma]] || [http://www.ignou.ac.in/ Indira Gandhi National Open University] || [[India]] ||Regional Director at Regional Center – Karnal of Indira Gandhi National Open University. ||VC related activities in India|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Talal || Sheik || [http://www.svuonline.org/sy/eng/ Syrian Virtual University] || [[Syria]] || || || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Josef || Strobl [http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=142,127090&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL] || [http://www.uni-salzburg.at Salzburg University] || [[Austria]] || Head of Z_GIS || || Markus Bela<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[András Szûcs| András]]|| [[András Szûcs| Szûcs]] || [http://www.bme.hu/en Budapest University of Technology and Economics] || [[Hungary]] || Secretary General || EDEN || Markus Bela<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Ene || Tammeoru||Estonian e-Learning Development Centre || [Estonia]||Head at Estonian e-Learning Development Centre ||closely associated with [[Estonian e-University]]|| Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Martin || Valcke [http://users.ugent.be/~mvalcke/CV/CVMVA.htm] || [http://www.ugent.be/en/ Ghent University] || [[Belgium]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Michiel || van Geloven || [[Dutch Digital University]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || Tapio || Varis [http://www.uta.fi/~titava/] [http://eqibelt.srce.hr/lectures/varis.html] [http://www.unevoc.net/wiki.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_drwiki_pi1%5Bkeyword%5D=Prof.%20Tapio%20Varis] || [http://www.uta.fi/english/ University of Tampere], Faculty of Education || [[Finland]] || Professor of Vocational Education, with particular reference to Global Learning Environments and UNESCO Chair in global e-learning with applications to multiple domains || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Martine || Vidal ||Centre national d'enseignement à distance ([[CNED]]) ||France ||Chargée de mission recherche ||well-known figure in French VC context, VP [[EDEN]] || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Erwin B.|| [[Wagner]] || [http://www.uni-hildesheim.de/en University of Hildesheim] and [[EDEN]]||[[Germany]] ||Director of the Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education at Hildesheim University, Germany ||particular experience of Multicampus VC in Germany || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Jacques || Wallet || [http://www.univ-rouen.fr/ Université de Rouen], [http://www.sciencedu.org/ Campus numérique FORSE] || [[France]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || Herman || [[van der Merwe]] || [http://www.tut.ac.za/ Tshwane University of Technology] || [[South Africa]] || Director of the Department of Telematic Education at Technikon Pretoria and Manager of the Centre for the Utilisation of Technology in Education (CUTE) in Technikom.||International expert on the utilisation and management of technology in education and serves on various national and international workgroups. Specific interest in mobile learning what is happening in South Africa. || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Wojciech || [[Zielinski]] || [http://www.wshe.lodz.pl/index.php?j=eng Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz], [http://www.puw.pl/english/ Polish Virtual University] || [[Poland]] ||Pro Vice Chancellor for Information Systems (CIO) at The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (AHE) and co-author and a co-organizer of Polish Virtual University (PVU) ||very knowledgable on developments in Poland and the set up and progress of the PVU || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || Sebastiano || Bagnara || [[Uninettuno| UNINETTUNO]] || [[Italy]] || || || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
|}<br />
> [[People]].</div>Cristinahttp://openeducation.wiki/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Committee&diff=1743Advisory Committee2008-03-04T15:38:52Z<p>Cristina: </p>
<hr />
<div>This is a list of suggested members for the Advisory Committee, some of these people will be invited to take part in one or more of the key meetings which will be organised during ReViCa. The first of these will take place in June 2008, Lisbon, right before the EDEN conference. <br />
<br />
Back to [[People]].<br />
<br />
== Table I. ==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:11px;"<br />
|-valign="top" style="background: #ECE5B6;"<br />
!width="3%"|'''Title'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''First Name'''<br />
!width="12,5%"|'''Last Name'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Institution'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Country'''<br />
!width="20%"|'''Function'''<br />
!width="14,5%"|'''Experience'''<br />
!width="10%"|'''Suggested by'''<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Antti || Auer || [http://www.jyu.fi/en/ University of Jyväskylä] || [[Finland]] || Information Management Services, Chair of IT-Peda network || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Ari-Matti || Auvinen [http://www.checkpoint-elearning.com/article/4965.html] || [http://www.hci.fi/website_en.nsf/CompanyFrameset?OpenFrameset HCI Productions] || [[Finland]] || Managing Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Tony Bates| Tony]] || [[Tony Bates| Bates]] || [http://www.tonybates.ca Tony Bates Associates Ltd.] || [[Canada]] || Independent Consultant || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Peter || Baumgartner [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/aktuell/news/archiv/06445/index.php] || [http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/ University of Krems] || [[Austria ]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Houcine || Chebli || [http://www.uvt.rnu.tn/uvt/en/ Virtual University of Tunisia] || [[Tunisia]] || || || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Betty Collis| Betty]] || [[Betty Collis| Collis]] || [[University_of_Twente| University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Bas || [[Cordewener]] || [[SURF| SURF Foundation]] || [[The Netherlands]] ||Manager of International Collaboration for the SURF Foundation ||Bas has a good overview of activities within the Netherlands and the work of SURF in particular. Leads many of SURF's transnational activities.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Derrick || de Kerckhove || [http://www.utoronto.ca University of Toronto] || [[Canada]] || Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Christian || Depover || [http://www.umh.ac.be/ Université de de Mons], UTE || [[Belgium]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jim Devine| Jim]]|| [[Jim Devine| Devine]] || [http://www.iadt.ie/en Dunlaoghaire Institute Art/Design/Technology]|| [[Ireland]] || IADT Director || very close to strategic thinking in Ireland vis-a-vis virtual campus and related activities, also an experienced reviewer and speaker on the European scene|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Bakary || [[Diallo]] || [http://www.avu.org/ African Virtual University] || [[Kenya]] ||Rector of the African Virtual University ||Virtual campus in Francophone and Anglophone Africa in particular and ICT4D generally in Sub-Sahara Africa || Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Claudio || [[Dondi]] || [[SCIENTER]] || [[Italy]] ||President of Scienter ||Involved in numerous activities related to VC on both a European and International basis, particularly experienced in relation to policy and EU activities. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Tom || Dousma [http://www.extranet.ou.nl/inter-studie-alg-o31411/Symposium4/sprekers.htm] || [[SURF]] || [[The Netherlands]] || Platform manager ICT and Education || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Jan || Eelen || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Maria Amata || Garito || [[Uninettuno| UNINETTUNO]] || [[Italy]] ||President and Rector of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO and full professor of Teaching and Learning Technologies at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”|| || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Lawrence]] || [[Lawrence Hamburg| Hamburg]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || Assistant Director e-learning|| || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Jeff Haywood| Jef]]|| [[Jeff Haywood| Haywood]] || [[University of Edinburgh]] || [[UK]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. Dr. || Wilfried || [[Hendricks]] ||[http://www..ibi.tu-berlin.de IBI] - [http://www.tu-berlin.de/en Technische Universität Berlin] || [[Germany]] ||Professor at the Technical University of Berlin (TUB) and Head of the IBI - Institut für Bildung in der Informationsgesellschaft e.V. (Institute for Education in the Information Society). || Has a very good overvew of activities in this field in Germany and active in many regional and national networks. Familiar with many of the National policy disussions.|| Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr. || Carl || [[Holmberg]] || [http://www.cfl.se/cfl_utvecklar_larandet/toppmeny/about_cfl/ Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning] || [[Sweden]] || Adviser to the Director-General ||Very experienced in Adult and Higher Education, strong on policy-related activities and very active at European level. || Sally Reynolds<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Áine Hyland| Áine ]] || [[Áine Hyland| Hyland]] || || [[Ireland]] || recently retired Deputy VC || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || [[Terence Karran| Terence]]|| [[Terence Karran| Karran]] || [http://www.lincoln.ac.uk Lincoln University] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| || Thierry || [[Karsenti]] || [http://www.umontreal.ca/english Université de Montréal] || [[Canada]] || Chaire de recherche sur les technologies dans l’enseignement || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Dr.|| Nikitas || [[Kastis]] || [http://www.menon.org/ MENON Network] & [http://www.lrf.gr/ Lambrakis Research Foundation] || [[Greece]] ||Deputy Director General, Lambrakis and President of the MENON Network || Knowledgeable in respect to Greek activities, active at European level, interest in policy|| Sally Reynolds <br />
|-valign="top"<br />
| Prof. || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Denise]] || [[Denise Kirkpatrick| Kirkpatrick]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || Pro-Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Paul || Kirschner [http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/public/group/symposium/programme/profiles/profile_kirschner_paul.htm] || [http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/1757main.html University of Utrecht] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || Piet || Kommers [http://users.edte.utwente.nl/kommers/] [http://www.gw.utwente.nl/mco/en/emp/kommers/] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Rob Koper| Rob]]|| [[Rob Koper| Koper]] || [[Open Universiteit Nederland| Open University of The Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| Dr.|| [[Kugemann| Walter]] || [[Kugemann]] || [http://www.ilinet.org/ Institute for Innovation in Learning] ([http://www.fim.uni-erlangen.de/en/ FIM-NewLearning]), [http://www.uni-erlangen.org/ University of Erlangen-Nuremberg] || [[Germany]] ||Head of FIM-NewLearning ||Active for many years at European and German level, quite familiar with German VC activities including the Bavarian Virtual University || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| Ms. || Tae Rim || Lee [http://faculty.knou.ac.kr/~trlee/main02.htm] || [[KNOU| Korea National Open University]] || [[South Korea]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Fred Litto| Fred]] || [[Fred Litto| Litto]] || [http://www.abed.org.br/ ABED] || [[Brazil]]||Founder and Scientific Coordinator of the “School of the Future” of the University of São Paulo, senior role in ABED ||Knows the Brazilian VC and TeL context very well as well as Latin America generally, now actively re-engaged in ICDE || Sally Reynolds<br />
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| || Pierre-Jean || Loiret [http://www.elearning-africa.com/cv/loiret.php] || [http://www.auf.org/ Agence universitaire de la Francophonie] || [[France]]/[[Africa]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
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| || Joost || Lowyck [http://cwisdb.kuleuven.be/persdb-bin/persdb?lang=N&oproep=persoon&fnaam=u0006041&detail=1&ingelogd=1] || [[K.U.Leuven]] || [[Belgium]] || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| Dr. || Jyri || Manninen || [http://www.helsinki.fi/university/ University of Helsinki], [http://www.helsinki.fi/palmenia/english/ Palmenia] || [[Finland]] || Research Director || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| Prof. || [[Robin Mason| Robin]]|| [[Robin Mason| Mason]] || [[UKOU| Open University]] || [[UK]] || also evaluator of Swiss Virtual Campus || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Herman || Maurer [http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw96/keynotes.htm#second_generation old bio] [http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/maurer German bio] || [http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/E/ University of Graz] || [[Austria]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| Prof. || [[Terry Mayes| Terry]] || [[Terry Mayes| Mayes]] || [[Higher Education Academy]] || [[UK]] || head of the evaluation and support team for e-learning || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || [[Jef Moonen| Jef]] || [[Jef Moonen| Moonen]] || [[University of Twente]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || Fred || Mulder [http://www.ou.nl/eCache/DEF/1/49/025.html Dutch] [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:vZeOUHXZrFsJ:www.eadtu.nl/conference-2006/files/keynotes/CV%2520Fred%2520Mulder.pdf+Fred+Mulder+OUNL&hl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=be English] || [[OUNL| Open University of the Netherlands]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Clive Mulholland| Clive]]|| [[Clive Mulholland| Mulholland]] || [http://www.glam.ac.uk/ University of Glamorgan]] || [[UK]] || PVC at Glamorgan U || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Morten Flate || Paulsen [http://home.nettskolen.com/~morten/] || [[NKI Distance Education]] || [[Norway]] || Professor of Online Education, Director of Development|| || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || [[Daniel Peraya| Daniel]]|| [[Daniel Peraya| Peraya]] || [http://www.unige.ch/international/index_en.html Université de Genève], [http://tecfa.unige.ch/ TECFA] || [[Switzerland]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
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| || [[Jim Petch| Jim]]|| [[Jim Petch| Petch]] || [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ Manchester University] || [[UK]] || Head of Distributed Learning || || Markus Bela<br />
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| || Otto || Peters [http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ZIFF/petersbi.htm old bio] || [[FernUniversität in Hagen]] || [[Germany]] || Professor Emeritus of Distance-Education Methodology || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Vanessa Pittard| Vanessa]]|| [[Vanessa Pittard| Pittard]] || [[Becta]] || [[UK]] || Director of Research || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Juha || Pohjonen [http://edu.ouka.fi/~mjo/isa99/Pohjonen_CV.htm] || [http://www.oulu.fi/english/ University of Oulu],[http://www.kotu.oulu.fi/avoin/opiskelijapalvelut/introduction.htm Open University] || [[Finland]] || Development Manager || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || Garry [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page472.html] [http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/home/cache/offonce/pid/395] || [[Putland]] || [http://www.educationau.edu.au education.au], [http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/ Education Network Australia (edna)] || [[Australia]] || General Manager - Business Development ||Garry is a key link with what is happening in all sectors in Australia including Higher education. || Sally Reynolds<br />
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| || [[Malcolm Read| Malcolm]]|| [[Malcolm Read| Read]] || [[JISC]] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Vitor || Rocio || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || [[Spain]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Caitriona Ryan| Caitriona]] || [[Caitriona Ryan| Ryan]] || [[Higher Education Authority]] || [[Ireland]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| Prof. || [[Gilly Salmon| Gilly]]|| [[Gilly Salmon| Salmon]] || [http://www.le.ac.uk University of Leicester] || [[UK]] || || || Paul Bacsich<br />
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| || Albert || Sangrà [http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/author_asangra.php] [http://www.eden-online.org/contents/conferences/annual/Budapest/BpestAS.html] || [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Open University of Catalonia] || Spain || Director Educational Innovation and Methodology, Director of Edu Lab || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| || Rolf || Schulmeister [http://sciltest.unisg.ch/congress-2003/cv/cv-schulmeister-en.html] || [http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html University of Hamburg] || [[Germany]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || [[Niall Sclater| Niall]] || [[Niall Sclater| Sclater]] || || || || || Helena Bijnens<br />
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| Dr.|| Ramesh || [[Sharma]] || [http://www.ignou.ac.in/ Indira Gandhi National Open University] || [[India]] ||Regional Director at Regional Center – Karnal of Indira Gandhi National Open University. ||VC related activities in India|| Sally Reynolds<br />
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| || Talal || Sheik || [http://www.svuonline.org/sy/eng/ Syrian Virtual University] || [[Syria]] || || || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
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| || Josef || Strobl [http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=142,127090&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL] || [http://www.uni-salzburg.at Salzburg University] || [[Austria]] || Head of Z_GIS || || Markus Bela<br />
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| || [[András Szûcs| András]]|| [[András Szûcs| Szûcs]] || [http://www.bme.hu/en Budapest University of Technology and Economics] || [[Hungary]] || Secretary General || EDEN || Markus Bela<br />
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| || Ene || Tammeoru||Estonian e-Learning Development Centre || [Estonia]||Head at Estonian e-Learning Development Centre ||closely associated with [[Estonian e-University]]|| Sally Reynolds <br />
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| || Martin || Valcke [http://users.ugent.be/~mvalcke/CV/CVMVA.htm] || [http://www.ugent.be/en/ Ghent University] || [[Belgium]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| || Michiel || van Geloven || [[Dutch Digital University]] || [[The Netherlands]] || || || Theo Bastiaens<br />
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| Prof. || Tapio || Varis [http://www.uta.fi/~titava/] [http://eqibelt.srce.hr/lectures/varis.html] [http://www.unevoc.net/wiki.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_drwiki_pi1%5Bkeyword%5D=Prof.%20Tapio%20Varis] || [http://www.uta.fi/english/ University of Tampere], Faculty of Education || [[Finland]] || Professor of Vocational Education, with particular reference to Global Learning Environments and UNESCO Chair in global e-learning with applications to multiple domains || || Anna-Kaarina Kairamo<br />
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| || Martine || Vidal ||Centre national d'enseignement à distance ([[CNED]]) ||France ||Chargée de mission recherche ||well-known figure in French VC context, VP [[EDEN]] || Sally Reynolds<br />
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| Dr. || Erwin B.|| [[Wagner]] || [http://www.uni-hildesheim.de/en University of Hildesheim] and [[EDEN]]||[[Germany]] ||Director of the Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education at Hildesheim University, Germany ||particular experience of Multicampus VC in Germany || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| || Jacques || Wallet || [http://www.univ-rouen.fr/ Université de Rouen], [http://www.sciencedu.org/ Campus numérique FORSE] || [[France]] || || || Widad Benhabiles<br />
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| Prof. || Herman || [[van der Merwe]] || [http://www.tut.ac.za/ Tshwane University of Technology] || [[South Africa]] || Director of the Department of Telematic Education at Technikon Pretoria and Manager of the Centre for the Utilisation of Technology in Education (CUTE) in Technikom.||International expert on the utilisation and management of technology in education and serves on various national and international workgroups. Specific interest in mobile learning what is happening in South Africa. || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| || Wojciech || [[Zielinski]] || [http://www.wshe.lodz.pl/index.php?j=eng Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz], [http://www.puw.pl/english/ Polish Virtual University] || [[Poland]] ||Pro Vice Chancellor for Information Systems (CIO) at The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (AHE) and co-author and a co-organizer of Polish Virtual University (PVU) ||very knowledgable on developments in Poland and the set up and progress of the PVU || Sally Reynolds <br />
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| || Sebastiano || Bagnara || [[Uninettuno| UNINETTUNO]] || [[Italy]] || || || Cristina Stefanelli<br />
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