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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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+!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"
+|}
+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 [[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.'''
+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.'''
+{| 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.
+|}
+== '''''Current Wiki-Editors''''' ==
+{| class="wikitable"
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+![[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]
+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]]
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+<span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">PAPERS WANTED</span>
-- '''As of 1 June 2011 substantial editing will take place on this wiki so that content for the project [[VISCED]] ("Virtual Schools and Colleges") can be incorporated in a way compatible with and complementary to Re.ViCa. The entry page for VISCED is [[VISCED]], naturally.'''
-- The [[Re.ViCa]] Project received a positive review from the European Commission, especially for the [[Re.ViCa Handbook]].
+[[Special Issue of the journal Education Sciences on Virtual Schools]] - deadline October 2024
-- The Re.ViCa project was also selected by the EC as "European Success Story" and included in the brochure "Erasmus Higher Education. Fostering Internationalisation at European universities", available in [http://ec.europa.eu/education/pub/pdf/higher/success10_en.pdf English], [http://ec.europa.eu/education/pub/pdf/higher/success10_fr.pdf French], [http://ec.europa.eu/education/pub/pdf/higher/success10_de.pdf German] and [http://ec.europa.eu/education/pub/pdf/higher/success10_de.pdf Dutch].
+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.
-- Re.ViCa was ''project of the month'' in the June 2010 edition of the [http://www.elearningeuropa.info/newsletter/index.php?page=home&nws=77 elearningeuropa.info newsletter]
+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).
-- You can still download the [[Newsletters| June-July 2010 Re.ViCa Newsletter]].
+The deadline for submissions is <big>'''now 1 October 2024'''</big>.
-- A full version of Re.ViCa Handbook but with a small file size suitable for those on slow links can be downloaded from [http://www.scribd.com/doc/39817226/Re-vica-Online-Handbook-Coverless Scribd]
+For the latest information see https://bacsich.org/2024/03/13/special-issue-of-the-journal-education-sciences-on-virtual-schools-call-for-papers/
-- An October 2010 presentation on Re.ViCa  - ''Where in the world is e-learning?'' - is on [http://www.slideshare.net/pbacsich/virtual-campuses-the-latest-overview Slideshare]
+<span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">New resource</span>
-</div>
-The [[Re.ViCa]] wiki was originally set up in 2007 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 e-learning 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 nine in-depth [[Institutional reports]] and a large number of related [[Resources]]. We have collected and described relevant research projects, outputs, and publications, and provided a list of experts in the field of Virtual Campuses.
+[https://airtable.com/shrtuuwu5ALUYr2xf/tblnRVtr3Kjrh5vnQ Online Schools and Online Learning Guide]
-As from June 2011 the wiki is also being used to provide a growing inventory of virtual schools and related ICT-related schools initiatives around the world and to enhance the existing Re.ViCa inventory of virtual campuses and related initiatives based in colleges (non-university tertiary providers). This is part-funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme via the [[VISCED]] project.
+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.
-In addition, various smaller initiatives and volunteer labour are endeavouring to keep up to date the university-related material. (See in particular [[e-World]] and [[LUOERL]].)
+Find it here: [https://airtable.com/shrtuuwu5ALUYr2xf/tblnRVtr3Kjrh5vnQ The Global Online Schools and Online Learning Guide]
-Some pages are protected, but most are open and await ''your'' contributions if you are an e-learning expert. Do you know an interesting Virtual Campus, Virtual College or Virtual School? Do you want to provide relevant information about ''your'' country? Please register and help us to sustain this wiki, as a large and dynamic inventory of Virtual Learning!
+=== Old News ===
-=== Content Index for Re.ViCa ===
+For news prior to 2023 see [[Old News]]
-See [[Re.ViCa]]
+== Warning ==
-=== Content Index for VISCED ===
+'''''Please be aware that with the large volume of legacy information contained within this wiki, a degree of link rot may be present.'''''
-See [[VISCED]].
+== General area ==
-=== Disclaimer ===
+See links in Sidebar for the main content options. Alternatively see below:
-'' The Editorial Team makes every effort to ensure, but does 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]], [[VISCED]] or any other project authorised to place material on this wiki.''
+*[[Virtual schools]] (K-12)
+*[[Virtual colleges]] (TVET)
+*[[Virtual campuses]] (i.e. higher education online)
+*[[Open Education Initiatives]] (OER or MOOCs, in any educational sector)
-''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 projects, often with the help of an International Advisory Committee - and may be found challenging by some readers. The [[Re.ViCa]] team conducted its research on Virtual Campuses along a broad range of parameters. Most information is validated by the numerous discussion sessions that the Re.ViCa team has organised with different stakeholder groups throughout the project. The same will be true of [[VISCED]]. 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.''
+For the former Main Page (2011-22) see [[2022 Main Page]]
-''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.''
+== Admin area ==
-=== Before you start ===
+(Current server name today is {{SERVERNAME}})
-Please check our short list of [[Help:Contents|Guidelines]] and visit our [[Tutorial| Wiki Editing Tutorial]]
+> [[Special:RecentChanges]]<br>> [[Special:AllPages]]
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+[[Category:POERUP content]]
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+'''''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.'''''
-''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.''
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