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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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See News

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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+![[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"
+|}
+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"
+|+
+![[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]]
-Welcome to the entry page of this wiki where you will find information about virtual schools, colleges and universities. The idea behind this wiki is to create an open and public space where researchers can share information about virtual developments in various different educational sectors. It is supported and maintained by a growing community of researchers and is aimed at stakeholders, researchers and practitioners who would like to have easy access to the latest information about how the virtual phenomenon is manifesting itself in schools, colleges and universities around the world.
+See [[News]]
-== Key links ==
+<span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">PAPERS WANTED</span>
-* ''[http://virtualschoolsandcolleges.eu/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=1000&days=90 Last 3 months' changes - up to 1000]''<br>
+[[Special Issue of the journal Education Sciences on Virtual Schools]] - deadline October 2024
-* '''[[:Category:VISCED|All VISCED pages]]'''
-* [[Special:AllPages|All wiki pages]]
-== Funding ==
+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.
-Funding to launch this wiki has come mainly from the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission through projects relevant to virtual learning. In addition, a series of smaller initiatives and volunteer labour have aimed and continue to keep updating the material. (See in particular [[e-World]] and [[LUOERL]].)
+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).
-{| class="prettytable" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0; background: none;"
+The deadline for submissions is <big>'''now 1 October 2024'''</big>.
-|-
-| width=49% style="border-top: 1px solid darkgray;border-left: 1px solid darkgray;border-right: 1px solid darkgray; padding-bottom:0; background: white;"|
+For the latest information see https://bacsich.org/2024/03/13/special-issue-of-the-journal-education-sciences-on-virtual-schools-call-for-papers/
-[[Image:VISCED logo.png|250px|center]]
-| width=2% |
+<span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">New resource</span>
-| width=49% style="border-top: 1px solid darkgray;border-left: 1px solid darkgray;border-right: 1px solid darkgray;  background: white;"|
-<center>[[Image:Logo Re.ViCa.jpg|220px|center]]</center>
-|-
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-This wiki is currently maintained by the Exploitation Phase of the [[VISCED]] project on '''Virtual Schools and Colleges''' (funded by LLP in 2011 - 2012), which made an inventory and carried out a systematic review at international and national levels of innovative ICT-enhanced learning/teaching "Exemplar" initiatives and "e-mature" major secondary and post-secondary education providers for the 14-21 age group. For more details see http://www.virtualschoolsandcolleges.info/
-VISCED enhanced Re.ViCa's earlier research work on this wiki on country reports and resources with research results relevant to virtual schools and exemplars.
+[https://airtable.com/shrtuuwu5ALUYr2xf/tblnRVtr3Kjrh5vnQ Online Schools and Online Learning Guide]
-Read more [[VISCED| here]].
+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.
-|
-| align="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid darkgray;border-left: 1px solid darkgray;border-right: 1px solid darkgray; padding: 8px; background-color: #E5F9FF;" |
+Find it here: [https://airtable.com/shrtuuwu5ALUYr2xf/tblnRVtr3Kjrh5vnQ The Global Online Schools and Online Learning Guide]
-Originally set up in 2007 by the [[Re.ViCa]] project on '''Virtual Campuses in universities and colleges''' (2007- 2009), this wiki started out with providing an inventory and showing the results of a systematic review of Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education throughout the world.
-In 2009, Re.ViCa research pages on this wiki included over 300 categorised [[Programmes]], [[Country reports]], nine in-depth [[Institutional reports]] and a large number of related [[Resources]] (research projects, outputs, and publications).
+=== Old News ===
-Read more [[Re.ViCa| here]].
+For news prior to 2023 see [[Old News]]
-|}
+== Warning ==
-[[POERUP]] has now started putting material on this wiki as well as on its own [http://poerup.referata.com POERUP wiki]
-== Disclaimer ==
+'''''Please be aware that with the large volume of legacy information contained within this wiki, a degree of link rot may be present.'''''
-The Editorial Team makes every effort to ensure, but does not guarantee, the accuracy of the information on this wiki, but we warmly invite anyone who sees incorrect information to register and correct the page yourself within the wiki spirit. You can read more information on this topic [[Disclaimer| here]].
+== General area ==
-{| class="prettytable" style="background-color: #F9F8F2;"
+See links in Sidebar for the main content options. Alternatively see below:
-|-
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-[[Image:EU LifeLongLearning logo.gif]]
-|
-This wiki has been partly funded through the [[Re.ViCa]] project (2007-2009), then through the [[VISCED]] project (2011-2012), and currently though the POERUP project (2011-2014)  with support from the European Commission through the [http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/ Lifelong Learning Programme]. 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.
-|}
-== Join us and start adding to the 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)
-Do you know an interesting Virtual Campus, Virtual College or Virtual School? Do you want to provide information about blended and e-learning in your country? We warmly welcome your input, so join the research team by registering here for [[Special:Userlogin|free]] and help us to grow this wiki as a large and dynamic inventory of Virtual Learning!
+For the former Main Page (2011-22) see [[2022 Main Page]]
-[[Before you start editing]], please read our short list of [[Help:Contents|Guidelines]] and visit our [[Tutorial|Wiki Editing Tutorial]]. Experts should also check out [[Collating sequence]].
+== Admin area ==
-== Sysops only ==
+(Current server name today is {{SERVERNAME}})
-[[Special:ConfirmAccounts|Confirm account requests]]
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+> [[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.
-[[Category:VICA]]
+{| 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.'''''
+|}