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Congratulations to Sophia High School for achieving DfE accreditation!

See our new page 2023 Pages which summarises updates to this wiki since 31 December 2022 - also in Sidebar as "Pages changed in 2023", just above "Random page"

Welcome to the Virtual Education Wiki, devoted to virtual learning in education at all levels (schools, colleges and universities) including informal learning, open learning (OER) and distance learning. It is also known as the Open Education Wiki.

As this is a wiki, you can edit it as part of the Virtual Education Wiki Community. Prior to contributing, you may find it useful to view our help pages and note that anything you change may be amended or deleted by other wiki users.

The idea in 2008 behind the original wiki was to create an open and public space where researchers could share information about virtual developments in various different educational sectors. It was supported and maintained during 2009-2015 by a community of researchers from EU and beyond and was aimed at stakeholders, researchers and practitioners who wanted to have easy access to the latest information about how the virtual phenomenon is manifesting itself in schools, colleges and universities around the world. You will therefore find much of this legacy information in the wiki. The wiki is now being updated in all its aspects, focussing initially on OER initiatives, OER policies and virtual schools.

This summer and autumn (Northern Hemisphere) there is a big push on virtual schools, getting more coordinates and adding infoboxes to entries so that they can be dynamically mapped.

We are also looking for collaborators to load large amounts of other legacy material on OER. See in particular our samples of material from the former OER World Map. ← Look left in the Sidebar.

Current Wiki-Editors


Paul Bacsich, Matic Media Ltd	Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor

Paul Bacsich, Wiki Host, Matic Media Ltd

Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor

Latest news and resources

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PAPERS WANTED

Special Issue of the journal Education Sciences on Virtual Schools - deadline October 2024

The Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research and insights into K-12 virtual schools to serve as a comprehensive resource for researchers, policy makers, school leaders and virtual school teachers.

Its full title is "Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned and Implications for Digital K-12 and Other Sectors of Education" (Guest Editors: Paul Bacsich, Sara de Freitas and Bieke Schreurs).

The deadline for submissions is now 1 October 2024.

For the latest information see https://bacsich.org/2024/03/13/special-issue-of-the-journal-education-sciences-on-virtual-schools-call-for-papers/

New resource

Online Schools and Online Learning Guide

Jonathan Lloyd, author of the Online Schools Group on LinkedIn, has produced The Online Schools and Online Learning Guide independently tracks the impact and development of the digital education sector, UK and globally. It specifically focuses on the digitalisations of the education sector including online and hybrid schools, home-education, online schooling, virtual reality, skills, esports, AI, Web3 and learning communities.

Find it here: The Global Online Schools and Online Learning Guide

Old News

For news prior to 2023 see Old News

Warning

Please be aware that with the large volume of legacy information contained within this wiki, a degree of link rot may be present.

General area

See links in Sidebar for the main content options. Alternatively see below:

Virtual schools (K-12)
Virtual colleges (TVET)
Virtual campuses (i.e. higher education online)
Open Education Initiatives (OER or MOOCs, in any educational sector)

For the former Main Page (2011-22) see 2022 Main Page

Admin area

(Current server name today is openeducation.wiki)

> Special:RecentChanges
> Special:AllPages

Content is available under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license (International) unless otherwise noted.

The wiki is supported by Matic Media Ltd, with hosting and technical support from Wikiworks. Particular thanks are due to Yaron Koren, the renowned MediaWiki developer, for his work on migration and data transfer.

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-The [[Re.ViCa]] wiki has been set-up to provide an inventory and to show the results of a systematic  review of Virtual Campus initiatives of the past  decade within higher education throughout the world. In this wiki you will find a list of more than 300 interesting [[Programmes]], all of which  have been categorised. All programmes are listed based on the interesting or innovative eLearning approach they have taken. We have listed a significant number of relevant initiatives varying greatly in terms of size, type of student, country of origin etc. You will also find [[Country reports]], describing the educational context and ways in which decision-makers in these countries have taken steps to address changes brought about due to the emergence of the Information Society. The wiki also contains 6 in-depth [[Institutional reports]] and a large number of related [[Resources]]. We have collected and described relevant research projects, outputs, publications and provide a list of experts in the field of Virtual Campuses. Some pages are protected, but most are open and await your contributions. Do you know an interesting Virtual Campus or do you want to provide information about your country? Please log in and help us to sustain this wiki, as a large and dynamic inventory of Virtual Campuses!
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+![[:Category:Virtual schools]][[File:Button virtual-online colleges.png|alt=Image of a person doing online learning by Katerina Holmes from Pexels. This image sits on top of a navy blue circle. Image of a search bar with virtual/online schools across the centre of the image.|thumb|Virtual/online schools button|250x250px]]
+![[Virtual colleges|Virtual_college]][[File:Wiki-button virtual schools.png|alt=Image of a person doing online learning by Katerina Holmes from Pexels. This image sits on top of a navy blue circle. Image of a search bar with virtual/online colleges across the centre of the image.|thumb|Virtual/online colleges button|250x250px]]
+![[Programmes]][[File:Wiki-button virtual HE.png|alt=Image of a person doing online learning by Katerina Holmes from Pexels. This image sits on top of a navy blue circle. Image of a search bar with virtual/online HE across the centre of the image.|thumb|Virtual/online HE button|250x250px]]
+![[Open Education Initiatives - list]][[File:Wiki-button OER.png|alt=Image of a person doing online learning by Katerina Holmes from Pexels. This image sits on top of a navy blue circle. Image of a search bar with OER across the centre of the image.|thumb|OER Initiatives button|250x250px]]
+|}
+{| class="wikitable" style="background-color: blue;"
+|-
+!Congratulations to [[Sophia High School]] for achieving DfE accreditation!
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+! See our new page [[2023 Pages]] which summarises updates to this wiki since 31 December 2022 - also in Sidebar as "Pages changed in 2023", just above "Random page"
+|}
-'''''Content Index'''''
+Welcome to the Virtual Education Wiki, devoted to virtual learning in education at all levels (schools, colleges and universities) including informal learning, '''open learning''' (OER) and distance learning. It is also known as the Open Education Wiki.
-# [[Historical overview]]
+As this is a wiki, you can edit it as part of the [[Special:ListUsers|Virtual Education Wiki Community]].  Prior to contributing, you may find it useful to view our [[Help:Index|help pages]] and '''note that anything you change may be amended or deleted by other wiki users.'''
-# Definitions of [[virtual campus]]
-# An [[Inventory]] of virtual campuses across the world
-##[[Programmes]] of interest to Virtual Campus analysts
-## [[Country reports]] + [[Country template]] for authors and [[Countries]] of relevance
-## [[Institutional reports]] (Includes the case studies)
-## Theoretical [[Categorization]]
-#[[Critical Success Factors]]
-# [[Resources]]
-# [[Glossary]] of terms and [[Abbreviations]] - and [[Bibliographies]]
-# [[Project]] description
-# [[International Advisory Committee]], [[People]] in the project and other relevant [[Experts]]
-#[[:Special:Categories|List of all Categories]] - countries, case studies, etc
-# [[Copyrights]]
+The idea in 2008 behind the original wiki was to create an open and public space where researchers could share information about virtual developments in various different educational sectors. It was supported and maintained during 2009-2015 by a community of researchers from EU and beyond and was aimed at stakeholders, researchers and practitioners who wanted to have easy access to the latest information about how the virtual phenomenon is manifesting itself in schools, colleges and universities around the world. You will therefore find much of this legacy information in the wiki. The wiki is now being updated in all its aspects, focussing initially on OER initiatives, OER policies and virtual schools.
-'''''Disclaimer'''''
+'''This summer and autumn (Northern Hemisphere) there is a big push on virtual schools, getting more coordinates and adding infoboxes to entries so that they can be dynamically mapped.'''
-'' The Re.ViCa team makes every effort to ensure, but do not guarantee, the accuracy of the information on this wiki.  Hyperlinks to other websites imply neither responsibility for, nor approval of the information contained in those other websites on the part of Re.ViCa.''
+{| class="wikitable"
+!We are also looking for collaborators to load large amounts of other legacy material on OER.
+See in particular our samples of material from the former [[OER World Map]].<br>
+← Look left in the Sidebar.
+|}
-''The wiki is a work in progress. Many of the  judgements that are made about institutions and  projects are at this stage tentative and subject  to further analysis by the project with the help of the International Advisory Committee - and may be found challenging by some readers. The Re.ViCa team conducts its research on Virtual Campuses along a broad range of parameters. We looked at former initiatives, research projects and the project consortium expertise. Most information is validated by the numerous discussion sessions that the Re.ViCa team has organised with different stakeholder groups throughout the project. Information on individuals is as far as possible collected from public sources and written in "curriculum vitae" fashion, focussing on their strengths and abilities and not on irrelevant personal information.''
+== '''''Current Wiki-Editors''''' ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+![[File:Wiki-editor Paul.png|alt=Image of Paul Bacsich alongside his name within a navy blue circle. |thumb|Paul Bacsich, [https://bacsich.org/ Matic Media Ltd]]]
+![[File:Wiki-editor Charlotte.png|alt=Image of Charlotte Doody next to her name, all within a navy blue circle.|thumb|Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor]]
+|}
+Paul Bacsich, Wiki Host, [https://bacsich.org/ Matic Media Ltd]
-''If any individual feels that information about them requires correction then it is within the spirit of the wiki approach for them to do that for their own entry.''
+Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor
+== '''''Latest news and resources''''' ==
+[[File:Wiki News.png|alt=News and resources written above a hand holding a newspaper. All within a navy blue circle.|thumb|Decorative image]]
+See [[News]]
-'''''Before you start please:'''''
+<span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">PAPERS WANTED</span>
-Please check our short list of [[Help:Contents|Guidelines]] or visit our Re.ViCa's [[Tutorial| Wiki Editing Tutorial]]
+[[Special Issue of the journal Education Sciences on Virtual Schools]] - deadline October 2024
-[[Old version]] of Navigation
+The Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research and insights into K-12 virtual schools to serve as a comprehensive resource for researchers, policy makers, school leaders and virtual school teachers.
+Its full title is "Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned and Implications for Digital K-12 and Other Sectors of Education" (Guest Editors: Paul Bacsich, Sara de Freitas and Bieke Schreurs).
+The deadline for submissions is <big>'''now 1 October 2024'''</big>.
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" style="font-size:10px;"
+For the latest information see https://bacsich.org/2024/03/13/special-issue-of-the-journal-education-sciences-on-virtual-schools-call-for-papers/
-|-valign="top" style="background: #ECE5B6;"
-|-valign="top"
+<span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">New resource</span>
-| [[Image:DEF-flag-logoeac-LLP_EN.gif]] ||
-'''''The Re.ViCa project is funded with support from the European Commission. The wiki reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.'''''
+[https://airtable.com/shrtuuwu5ALUYr2xf/tblnRVtr3Kjrh5vnQ Online Schools and Online Learning Guide]
+Jonathan Lloyd, author of the Online Schools Group on LinkedIn, has produced The Online Schools and Online Learning Guide independently tracks the impact and development of the digital education sector, UK and globally. It specifically focuses on the digitalisations of the education sector including online and hybrid schools, home-education, online schooling, virtual reality, skills, esports, AI, Web3 and learning communities.
+Find it here: [https://airtable.com/shrtuuwu5ALUYr2xf/tblnRVtr3Kjrh5vnQ The Global Online Schools and Online Learning Guide]
+=== Old News ===
+For news prior to 2023 see [[Old News]]
+== Warning ==
+'''''Please be aware that with the large volume of legacy information contained within this wiki, a degree of link rot may be present.'''''
+== General area ==
+See links in Sidebar for the main content options. Alternatively see below:
+*[[Virtual schools]] (K-12)
+*[[Virtual colleges]] (TVET)
+*[[Virtual campuses]] (i.e. higher education online)
+*[[Open Education Initiatives]] (OER or MOOCs, in any educational sector)
+For the former Main Page (2011-22) see [[2022 Main Page]]
+== Admin area ==
+(Current server name today is {{SERVERNAME}})
+> [[Special:RecentChanges]]<br>> [[Special:AllPages]]
+[[Category:VISCED]]
+[[Category:POERUP content]]
+[[Category:VISCED-20]]
+[[Category:VISCED23]]
+----
+Content is available under '''Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license (International)''' unless otherwise noted.
+{| class="wikitable"
+!'''''The wiki is supported by [[Matic Media Ltd]], with hosting and technical support from [https://www.wikiworks.com/ Wikiworks].'''''
+'''''Particular thanks are due to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Yaron_Koren Yaron Koren], the renowned MediaWiki developer, for his work on migration and data transfer.'''''
 |}