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[[File:Welcome Image.png|alt=Navy blue circle containing the word Welcome below an illustration of a globe. Both are flanked by green semi circle line arcs. |left|frameless|Welcome to the Wiki!]]
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!Head straight to the [[Virtual school|Virtual Schools Map]]
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! Fixed issue whereby calculation of "initiatives per million population" was not being done due to syntax changes.<br>Lists of [[OECD]], [[ASEAN]] and [[CARICOM]] countries now updated -  see new association-wide maps utilising this, such as [[OECD/OER]] and [[ASEAN/OER]]. And now [[Commonwealth/OER]]. Closely followed by [[United Nations/OER]], [[NATO/OER]] and [[World Bank/OER]] maps for different "GNI per capita" bands. <br>
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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"
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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.
![[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.


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.'''
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 (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 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''''' ==
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!We are also looking for collaborators to load large amounts of other legacy material on OER.  
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See in particular our samples of material from the former [[OER World Map]].<br>
![[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]]]
← Look left in the Sidebar.
![[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]]
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Paul Bacsich, Wiki Host, [https://bacsich.org/ Matic Media Ltd]
Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor


== '''''Latest news and resources''''' ==
== '''''Latest news and resources''''' ==
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See [[News]]
See [[News]]


<span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">PAPERS WANTED</span>
=== <span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">PAPERS WANTED</span> ===
 
[[Special Issue of the journal Education Sciences on Virtual Schools]] - deadline October 2024
[[Special Issue of the journal Education Sciences on Virtual Schools]]  


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.
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.
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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).
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 1 April 2024.
The deadline for submissions is <big>'''now 1 October 2024'''</big>.
 
<span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3">New resource</span>
 
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.
For the latest information see https://bacsich.org/2024/03/13/special-issue-of-the-journal-education-sciences-on-virtual-schools-call-for-papers/


Find it here: [https://airtable.com/shrtuuwu5ALUYr2xf/tblnRVtr3Kjrh5vnQ The Global Online Schools and Online Learning Guide]
=== Manifesto for Digitally Enabled Schooling in England ===
Released 28 May 2024. See [[K-12 Manifesto England 2024|this page]]


=== Old News ===
=== Old News ===


For news prior to 2023 see [[Old News]]
For earlier news see [[Old News]]


== Warning ==
== Warning ==


'''''Please be aware that with the large volume of legacy information contained within this wiki, a degree of link rot may be present.'''''
'''''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 ==
== General area ==
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> [[Special:RecentChanges]]<br>> [[Special:AllPages]]
 
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Category:Virtual schools
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.
Virtual/online schools button
 Virtual_college
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.
Virtual/online colleges button
 Programmes
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.
Virtual/online HE button
 Open Education Initiatives - list
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.
OER Initiatives button

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

Image of Paul Bacsich alongside his name within a navy blue circle.
Paul Bacsich, Matic Media Ltd
Image of Charlotte Doody next to her name, all within a navy blue circle.
Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor

Paul Bacsich, Wiki Host, Matic Media Ltd

Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor

Latest news and resources

News and resources written above a hand holding a newspaper. All within a navy blue circle.
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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:

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

Admin area

(Current server name today is openeducation.wiki)

> Special:RecentChanges
> Special:AllPages

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Particular thanks are due to Yaron Koren, the renowned MediaWiki developer, for his work on migration and data transfer.

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