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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.

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/

Manifesto for Digitally Enabled Schooling in England

Released 28 May 2024. See this page

Old News

For earlier news 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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-''[http://www.virtualschoolsandcolleges.eu/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&limit=500&days=30 Last month's changes]''<br>
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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]]
+|}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.
-== [[Virtual schools and colleges]] ==
+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.'''
-See [[VISCED]].
-== [[Virtual campuses]] (in universities and colleges) ==
-See [[Re.ViCa]]
-== [[Before you start editing]]!! ==
+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.
-Please read our short list of [[Help:Contents|Guidelines]] and visit our [[Tutorial|Wiki Editing Tutorial]].
+== '''''Current Wiki Editors''''' ==
-Experts should also check out [[Collating sequence]].
+{| 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]
-== Brief history of this wiki ==
+Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor
-This wiki was originally set up in 2007 by the [[Re.ViCa]] project 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]] in universities and colleges, 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.
+== '''''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]]
-'''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.'''
+See [[News]]
-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]].)
+=== <span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">PAPERS WANTED</span> ===
+[[Special Issue of the journal Education Sciences on Virtual Schools]] - deadline October 2024
-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!
+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.
-== Disclaimer ==
+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 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.''
+The deadline for submissions is <big>'''now 1 October 2024'''</big>.
-''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 latest information see https://bacsich.org/2024/03/13/special-issue-of-the-journal-education-sciences-on-virtual-schools-call-for-papers/
-''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.''
+=== Manifesto for Digitally Enabled Schooling in England ===
+Released 28 May 2024. See [[K-12 Manifesto England 2024|this page]]
+=== Old News ===
+For earlier news 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]]
-== Sysops only ==
-[[Special:ConfirmAccounts|Confirm account requests]]
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+Content is available under '''Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license (International)''' unless otherwise noted.
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+{| class="wikitable"
-''The Re.ViCa project was funded and the '''VISCED''' 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.''
+!'''''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.'''''
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-[[Category:VISCED]]