Resources

These resources cover virtual schools, virtual colleges and virtual universities.

Online databases

• Research papers on Virtual schools and colleges - see http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1075201/virtual-schools-and-colleges/
• Research papers on Virtual Universities - see http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1075391/virtual-universities/

Experts in the field of Virtual campuses and Virtual schools

• Advisory Committee for Re.ViCa
• Advisory Committee for VISCED - not yet defined

• Experts

Book Recommendations

• Latchem, C. and Jung, I. (2010) Distance and blended learning in Asia London: Routledge, especially Chapter 5: New providers and new markets

Series of reports on eLearning initiatives

These include:

• The e-University Compendium - a collection of 23 reports and some annexes, dating from summer 2004
• Megatrends in e-Learning Provision - a series of books from the Megatrends Project, 2005-2007
• The Development of Virtual Education: A global perspective A study of current trends in the virtual delivery of education, conducted with funding provided by the Department for International Development, London, UK, by COL

Individual reports on eLearning initiatives

• Blended learning at the macro level – the experience of the Bavarian Virtual University
• Lessons to be learned from the failure of the UK e-University
• Offshore education in the wider context of internationalisation and ICT: experiences and examples from Dutch higher education
• The Business of Borderless Education
• Using Distance Education for Skills Development
• Towards a Virtual Campus Observatory for Latin America (Extract)
• Trainer’s and Professional’s Guide to Quality in Open and Distance Learning
• Studies in the Context of the E-learning Initiative: Virtual Models of European Universities
• Survey of Virtual Campus and Virtual University Activities in Europe
• The Virtual University. Models and Messages. Lessons from Case Studies
• The Finnish Virtual University. Lessons and Knowledge Exchange Opportunities to Inform Pan-Canadian Plans
• Cooperation Models for National e-Learning Development in Estonia (example of the Estonian e-Learning Development Centre)

elearning Project outputs

• MASSIVE - Modelling Advice and Support Services to Integrate the Virtual Component in Higher Education
• UNIQUe - European University Quality in eLearning
• E-xcellence - Benchmarking tool for Quality Assessment in e-learning
• BEING MOBILE - Disseminating Virtual Mobility for Students and Teachers
• E-LERU - A Virtual Campus for European Universities
• cEVU - a Collaborative European Virtual University
• BENVIC - Benchmarking of Virtual Campuses
• E-MOVE - An operational conception of virtual mobility
• E.A.S.Y - European Agency for EASY access to Virtual Campus
• UNIVe - Creating a Network-based e-University Model for the Small Countries in the Context of e-Learning in Europe
• PBP-VC - Promoting Best Practice in Virtual Campuses Powerpoint Presentation, project outputs, book
• fnm-austria (Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre österreichischer Universitäten und Fachhochschulen)

1. Eenovate

Other WIKIs of relevance

The following wikis on related topics may be of interest to the audience interested in the Re.ViCa wiki.

(Unless stated otherwise, all wikis use the same MediaWiki software that is used by Re.ViCa.)

1. WikiEducator - despite its focus on OER it has several reports of value
2. OLPC wiki - all about One Laptop per Child
3. The EduTech wiki run by the University of Geneva has a large number of definitions of useful terms and concepts in e-learning.
4. The OER wiki run by the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) in UNESCO has useful coverage of concepts and projects in the area of Open Educational Resources.
5. The ELATE wiki is a US wiki of good practices in e-learning
6. The CETIS wiki is a a wiki of resources to do with interoperability and standards for e-learning, run by a programme of JISC
7. The Sloan-C wiki is full of useful Effective Practices and articles (mostly from JALN)
8. The SimTeach wiki covers education in Multi-User Virtual Environments - see also its interesting "subwiki" on Second Life (thanks to Stephen Downes's blog for this information)
9. The Higher Education Academy Benchmarking and Pathfinder wiki has many articles of relevance to the UK e-learning situation.
10. Wikipedia itself contains many articles on e-learning topics.
11. The eMM wiki run by Dr Stephen Marshall of the Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) is the repository for the evolving e-Maturity Model (eMM) methodology for benchmarking e-learning.
12. Although it is a web site and blog but not actually a wiki it is worth mentioning the new EU reports on Megatrends in e-learning provision which include mini case studies on the University of Leicester, University of Ulster, Staffordshire University and Manchester Metropolitan University as well as of course the Open University and several non-UK providers.
13. WikiEducator is a community resource supported by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) for the development of free educational content. Some descriptions of institutions and initiatives relevant to Re.ViCa are available, or are being developed.

In addition to these, it is known that various agencies and associations including EDUCAUSE are experimenting with wikis.

Papers people have found

• Challenges in Setting up Cross-Institutional Virtual Campuses - Educause Quaterly, Vol. 32(2), 2009. Written by Pierre-Yves Burgi
• PHEA Educational Technology Initiative - Reports on ICTs in Higher Education in: Egypt , Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda. Obtained by Paul Bacsich
• Link to summary and review of thesis [1] written by Albert Sangra Morer from the Open University Catalonia (UOC) which is based on an analysis of the integration of e-learning at 4 Spanish universities and an Italian one.
• L’université virtuelle britannique / The British Virtual University (FR but with English summary). Found by Paul Bacsich
• University towards e-learning: a focus on Finland, France and Italy: The ELUE project (E-Learning and University Education)'s aim is to photograph the diffusion of e-learning in the university world in Finland, France and Italy. This volume presents the results of a joint survey carried out by the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI), the Conference des Presidents d’Université Française (CPU), and the Finnish Virtual University (FVU) on the universities of their respective countries. PDF, 149 pages. Found by Widad Benhabiles.

• A Comparison of the National Reports of the First Stage, by the ELUE project (E-Learning and University Education). Found by Widad Benhabiles.

• File:Karran TandPohjonen J2000a.pdf: Responding to the Vision of the Information Society: First Steps Towards a National Virtual University. A Policy Discussion Paper by Terence Karran and Juha Pohjonen, Finland, 2005 (PDF, 124 pages, English) ISBN 951-42-5587-9 - suggested by Terence Karran

• File:Mexico ANUIESPlan2001.pdf: Masterplan of Higher Education: Open and Distance Education. Development strategy], Mexico, 2001 (PDF, 118 pages, in Spanish) - suggested by Terence Karran

• File:Karran eMexico UNESCO2005.pdf: E-MEXICO - BUILDING ON SUCCESS, FOR SUCCESS, by Terence Karran, Mexico, 2005 (PDF, 4 pages, in English) - suggested by Terence Karran

• GLOBAL EDUCATION DIGEST 2006 Comparing Education Statistics Across the World - see http://www.estatisticas.gpeari.mctes.pt/archive/doc/globaleducationdigest2006unesco.pdf - found by Paul on 08/08/08

• The eLearning industry and market in Europe - Lot 1: Appendix to Synthesis Report by Jane Massy - see http://ec.europa.eu/education/archive/elearning/doc/studies/market_annex1a_en.pdf - found by Paul on 12/08/08

• THE USE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHER EDUCATION: TRENDS, POLICY AND STRATEGY CONSIDERATIONS - see http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001334/133486e.pdf - found by Paul on 12/08/08

• Quality in E-Learning" report (91 pages) - see http://www.hsv.se/download/18.8f0e4c9119e2b4a60c800028057/0811R.pdf - found by Paul's friends around 10/09/08

• UKeU and Sweden's Net University - a Comparative Study by Michael Christie, Chalmers, and Ramon Garrote Jurado, University College of Borås. See: http://www.nshu.se/english/download/7496/ukeu_and_swedens_net_university_2007_mchristie_rgarrote.pdf. Found by Ulla 22/09/08.

• The Fostering of Innovative Elearning Strategies in European Higher Education, by James Aczel, Pascale Hardy et al (2006). From the InnoUniLearning project. See http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/document.cfm?docid=8515 for Word and PowerPoint versions. Well worth reading as background to our work. Added by Paul 23/10/08.

• Identifying Innovation in Higher Education eLearning Strategies by James Aczel, Pascale Hardy, Olivier Cotinat, Helen Iggulden, László Komáromi, Katherine Maillet, Sara Medina, Andreas Meiszner, Eva Obermueller, Mark Spinoglio, Karen Staniland (2006). From the InnoUniLearning project. See http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/document.cfm?docid=8940 for the abstract of the PDF file. Added by Paul 23/10/08 (Rather similar to the previous paper.)

• “Emdel: a Model for Valorization of eLearning in a Knowledge Society” (PDF), 138 pages, 2005, edited by Ellen Gard added by Nikki 26/11/2008

• Studies in the Context of the e-learning Initiative: Virtual Models for European Universities (lot 1)(PDF), 200 pages, 2003,Final Report to the EU Commission, DG Education & Culture, Annex F Country profiles added by Nikki 26/11/2008

• [Studies in the Context of the e-learning Initiative: Virtual Models for European Universities ](], 228 pages, 2004,Final Report to the EU Commission, DG Education & Culture, Annex F Country profiles added by Bieke

• [[http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/elearning/doc/studies/market_annex1_en.pdf The eLearning industry and market

in Europe]] added by Bieke on 05/01/2009

Research on the use of ICT in education in developing countries

• infoDEV Information for development program publications about the use of ICT in education in Africa and the Carribean are availabe at: http://www.infodev.org/en/TopicPublications.4.html

• UNESCO Bangkok, has a very elaborated website on the use of ICT in education. YOu can search per theme. http://www.unescobkk.org/education/ict/themes/. They also have a special focus on the use of ICT in hiegher education. http://www.unescobkk.org/en/education/ict/ict-in-education-projects/higher-education/ We also refer to the metasurvey on the use of ICT in education in Asia and the Pacific : http://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ict/e-books/metasurvey/metasurvey.pdf

• UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education One of the themes was ICT in education and the opportunities ICT provide to strive to reach education for all. The background report focuses particularly on the implications of ICTs for developing countries and is avialble at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001832/183207e.pdf

• The business of higher education: a study of public-private partnerships in South Africa Door Mahlubi Mabizela

Interesting Networks

• BALTECH & the Baltic Sea University of Science and Technology
• Baltic Sea Network
• Coimbra Group - Belgium
• EADTU - Netherlands
• EDEN - UK
• Edineb - Netherlands
• EUNITE - Belgium
• EURASHE - Belgium
• EuroPACE ivzw - Belgium
• EUA - Belgium
• JISC - United Kingdom
• LERU - Belgium
• MENON - Belgium
• SEFI - Belgium
• SPACE - Belgium
• SURF - Netherlands
• USDLA - USA

Reusable Learning Content

National Digital Learning Resources, a collaborative community of Higher Education academics in Ireland, is a repository including 71 collections [2] of Reusable Learning Objects, relatively small content components that are meant to be reusable in different contexts.

Moodle Repositories: [3]

   Youtube videos [4]
   Flickr public [5]
   Flickr [6]
   Picasa web album [7]
   URL downloader [8]
   Wikimedia [9]
   Alfresco [10]
   Amazon S3 [11]
   Box.net [12]
   Dropbox [13]
   File system [14]
   Legacy course files [15]
   Merlot.org [16]
   EQUELLA [17]
   WebDAV [18]

European Research projects on Virtual Campuses and Virtual Mobility

1. Agency for Easy Access to Virtual Campus (E.A.S.Y.)
2. AIESAD-EADTU Credit Transfer In Virtual and Distance Education (NetACTIVE)
3. An Operational Conception of Virtual Mobility (E-move)
4. Analysing and Reporting the Implementation of Electronic Learning in Europe (ARIEL)
5. Citizen E
6. Collaborative European Virtual University (cEVU)
7. Cross Sector Virtual Mobility (CSVM)
8. Developing a European e-learning Observation System (DELOS)
9. Disseminating Virtual Mobility for Students and Teachers (BEING MOBILE)
10. Eenovate
11. Economic filtering of knowledge (FILTER)
12. Enhancing Student Mobility through Online Support (ESMOS)
13. Enhancing Virtual Mobility to foster institutional cooperation and internationalisation of curricula (Movinter)
14. European Co-Laboratory for the Integration of Virtual Mobility in Higher Education Innovation and Modernisation Strategies (VMCOLAB)
15. European Mobility through Virtual Education (EUROMOVE)
16. European Observatory of Emergent e-Learning (DELPHI)
17. European Small and medium entreprise E-learning Network (ESEN)
18. FLOSSCom
19. Horizontal E-Learning Integrated Observation System (HELIOS)
20. Implementing Recognition of Virtual Mobility and OER Learning through a Learning Passport (VM-Pass)
21. Improving Continuing Education and Training through e-learning (ICETEL)
22. InnoUniLearning
23. Learning in a Virtual Integrated University (LIVIUS)
24. Learning Interoperability Framework for Europe (LIFE)
25. MegaTrends, Hungary
26. Mobility, Assessment, Selection, Technology and E-Learning Research (MASTER)
27. Model for a European Networked University for e-Learning (MENU)
28. Modelling Advice and Support Services to Integrate Virtual Component in Higher Education (MASSIVE)
29. Network for integrating Virtual Mobility and European Qualification Framework in HE and CE Institutions (VIRQUAL)
30. Observatory on Rights Management for e-Learning in Europe (OrmeE), a.k.a. e-copyright
31. Open e-Learning Content Observatory Services (OLCOS)
32. Opening Universities for Virtual Mobility (OUVM)
33. Ready for Virtual Mobility (MoreVM)
34. REal Virtual Erasmus (REVE)
35. Reti Sociali e Promozione Della Costruzione di Conoscenze in Contesti Elearning
36. Systematization, Valorisation and Dissemination of e-Learning
37. Unive
38. Virtual and E-mobility for Networking Universities in Society (VENUS)
39. VIrtual Curricula ThrOugh Reliable InterOperating University Systems (VICTORIOUS)
40. Virtual Mobility Before and After Student Exchanges (VM-BASE)

European research projects on Quality in eLearning

1. E-xcellence - creating a standard of excellence for e-learning
2. E-quality in e-learning research Laboratoire (EQUEL
3. European Quality Observatory (EQO)
4. European Research Network for ICT in Schools of Tomorrow (eRNIST)
5. Quality Assessment of Digital Educational Materials (QUADEM)
6. Framework for e-learning Contents Evaluation (Fe-ConE)
7. Improving quality of e-learning in universities (ELUE)
8. La qualité de l'eLearning (QUAL-E-LEARNING)
9. Supporting Excellence in eLearning (SEEL)
10. Sustainable Environment for the Evaluation of Quality in eLearning (SEEQUEL)
11. TRIANGLE
12. European University Quality in eLearning (UNIQUe)

Virtual Community for teachers and trainers

1. A European Lifelong Learning System on ICT in Education for Pioneer Teachers (ULEARN)
2. BAZAAR
3. e-Learning Network for Teacher Training (eLene-TT)
4. eTTnet
5. Training of trainers network for e-learning (e-Ttnet)
6. English for Specific Purposes: Therapeutic Professions (ESP-T)
7. SSIS Veneto (SSIS)

Interesting Networks

• BALTECH & the Baltic Sea University of Science and Technology
• Baltic Sea Network
• Coimbra Group - Belgium
• EADTU - Netherlands
• ECIU - Netherlands
• EDEN - UK
• Edineb - Netherlands
• EFQUEL - Belgium
• EUNITE - Belgium
• EURASHE - Belgium
• EuroPACE ivzw - Belgium
• EUA - Belgium
• JISC - United Kingdom
• LERU - Belgium
• MENON - Belgium
• SEFI - Belgium
• SPACE - Belgium
• SURF - Netherlands
• USDLA - USA

Other Resources

• E-learning Progress at Ain-Shams University, The Mediterranean Virtual University Project: a list of virtual universities per region.

• Bibliography_of_benchmarking

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