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# [[BNU]] stands for [[Beijing Normal University]]
# [[BNU]] stands for [[Beijing Normal University]]
# [[BOU]] stands for the [[Bangladesh Open University]]
# [[BOU]] stands for the [[Bangladesh Open University]]
# [[BTVU]] stands for [[Beijing Radio and TV University‎]] ([[China]])
# [[CANARIE]] stands for [[Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education]], the [[NREN]] in Canada
# [[CANARIE]] stands for [[Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education]], the [[NREN]] in Canada
# [[CARET]] stands for the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge
# [[CARET]] stands for the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge
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# [[GVU]] stands for [[Global Virtual University]]
# [[GVU]] stands for [[Global Virtual University]]
# [[GVTC]] stands for [[Georgia Virtual Technical College]] ([[US]])
# [[GVTC]] stands for [[Georgia Virtual Technical College]] ([[US]])
# [[HCMCOU]] stands for [[Ho Chi Minh City Open University]] ([[Vietnam]])
# [[HE]] stands for Higher Education (universities and similar institutions)
# [[HE]] stands for Higher Education (universities and similar institutions)
# [[HECS]] stands for the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now replaced by the [http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/pathway.asp?pc=001/002/008/007&mnu=998&mfp=001/002&cy=1 Higher Education Loan Programme] (HELP)
# [[HECS]] stands for the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now replaced by the [http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/pathway.asp?pc=001/002/008/007&mnu=998&mfp=001/002&cy=1 Higher Education Loan Programme] (HELP)
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# [[SURFnet]] stands for SURF network ([[Netherlands]])
# [[SURFnet]] stands for SURF network ([[Netherlands]])
# [[SVC]] stands for [[Swiss Virtual Campus]]
# [[SVC]] stands for [[Swiss Virtual Campus]]
# [[SXRTVU]] stands for [[Shaanxi Radio and Television University]] ([[China]])
# [[SYTVU]] stands for [[Shenyang Radio and TV University]] ([[China]])
# [[SYTVU]] stands for [[Shenyang Radio and TV University]] ([[China]])
# [[TechBC]] stand for the former [[Technical University of British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
# [[TechBC]] stand for the former [[Technical University of British Columbia]], [[Canada]]

Revision as of 00:34, 14 January 2009

This is (to be) a full list of abbreviations for organisations and other activities of relevance to Re.ViCa.

A number of technical abbreviations are added - these do not link to Re.ViCa wiki pages. They are included as they are codes to avoid when creating or selecting codes for institutions and other entities.

Two-character codes are discouraged except when they are country codes but some are so common that we have been forced to adopt them.

Single-character codes are forbidden as they are used for various technical purposes.

Editors! Always check abbreviations first with Google and Acronym finder!

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Abbreviations

(other than 2-character country codes and 1-character codes for technical use)

The following list has been extracted from the list developed for The e-University Compendium and then further developed.

It is aimed to contain the standard abbreviations for all entities, institutions, programmes (especially MELIs etc) and projects of interest in the countries of most interest - plus for open/distance teaching universities across the world.

Added 8 June 2008: FELI, GELI, MELI and NELI.

  1. AAOU stands for the Asian Association of Open Universities
  2. AIOU stands for the Allama Iqbal Open University (Pakistan)
  3. ALFA stands for América Latina - Formación Académica, a programme of cooperation between higher education institutions of the European Union and Latin America
  4. ANCED stands for the Asociación Nacional de Centros de e-Learning y Distancia (Spain)
  5. AUQA stands for the Australian Universities Quality Agency
  6. ARIADNE stands for Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Networks for Europe
  7. ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  8. ATN stands for Australian Technology Network (of universities)
  9. AUCC stands for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
  10. AULP stands for Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (Association of Universities in the Language of Portuguese)
  11. AUT stands for Auckland University of Technology - no longer for Association of University Teachers which does not now exist
  12. BBE stands for Business of Borderless Education (report)
  13. BCOU stands for British Columbia Open University (now absorbed into Thompson Rivers University)
  14. BECTa was the former name for Becta
  15. Becta stands for British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (UK) but the long form is rarely used now
  16. BFSU stands for Beijing Foreign Studies University
  17. BNU stands for Beijing Normal University
  18. BOU stands for the Bangladesh Open University
  19. BTVU stands for Beijing Radio and TV University‎ (China)
  20. CANARIE stands for Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education, the NREN in Canada
  21. CARET stands for the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies at the University of Cambridge
  22. CCi stands for Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (US)
  23. CCRTVU stands for the China Central Radio & TV University
  24. CERNET stands for the China Education and Research Network
  25. CETIS stands for Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards but the long form is rarely used now (UK)
  26. CHEA stands for Council for Higher Education Accreditation (US) - agency
  27. CHEMS stands for Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service - now ceased
  28. CMEC stands for the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
  29. CNED stands for Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance. In French the abbreviation is Cned.
  30. CNAVES was the Portuguese agency for quality in higher education. It closed in 2007 and is now replaced by another body.
  31. CNFD stands for Campus Numérique Francophone de Dakar
  32. COL stands for Commonwealth of Learning
  33. CPLP stands for Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (Community of Portuguese Language Countries),
  34. CRUP stands for Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (Portugal)
  35. CVU stands for Canadian Virtual University. It was also used in the past for Clyde Virtual University.
  36. DCSF is the Department for Children, Schools and Families of the UK
  37. DCU stands for Dublin City University, Ireland - the host of OSCAIL
  38. DDU stands for the Dutch Digital University (we do not use the two-letter abbreviation DU commonly used in Netherlands
  39. DELNI is the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland
  40. DEST is a department now merged into DEEWR
  41. DEEWR is the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in Australia
  42. DETYA stood for Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia), later called DEST
  43. DfEE stands for the former Department for Education and Employment of the UK, a very old name for DfES
  44. DfES stands for the former Department for Education and Skills of the UK, now split into DCSF and DIUS
  45. DFID stands for Department for International Development of the UK
  46. DGAU stands for Dennis Gabor Applied University (Hungary)
  47. DISC stands for Distance and Educational Study Center (Germany)
  48. DIUS is the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills of the UK
  49. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disk (no longer Digital Video Disk)
  50. EADTU stands for the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
  51. eChina stands for the Sino-UK eLearning Programme
  52. ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System, sometimes called the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
  53. EeU stands for Estonian e-University
  54. EFQM stands for European Foundation for Quality Management
  55. ELWA stood for Education and Learning Wales but is no longer used - see HEFCW
  56. ELDDA stands for e-Learning Digital Dashboard
  57. EML stands for Educational Markup Language
  58. eMM and EMM stand for the e-Learning Maturity Model for benchmarking e-learning
  59. ENQA stands for the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
  60. ESRC stands for Economic and Social Research Council (UK)
  61. EUNITE stands for European University Network for Information Technology in Education
  62. e-U stands for the UK e-University (the one that became UKeU)
  63. EU stands for European Union
  64. FADE stands for the Finnish Association for Distance Education
  65. FFCJ stands for Florida Community College‎ at Jacksonville, US
  66. FE stands for Further Education (post-school, non-degree courses)
  67. FELI stands for Failed E-Learning Initiative
  68. FVU stands for Finnish Virtual University
  69. GELI stands for Giant E-Learning Initiative
  70. GTCS stands for Georgia Technical College System (US)
  71. GU8 stands for Global U8 Consortium
  72. GUA stands for Global University Alliance, but this phrase has multiple meanings
  73. GVU stands for Global Virtual University
  74. GVTC stands for Georgia Virtual Technical College (US)
  75. HCMCOU stands for Ho Chi Minh City Open University (Vietnam)
  76. HE stands for Higher Education (universities and similar institutions)
  77. HECS stands for the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now replaced by the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP)
  78. HEFCE stands for Higher Education Funding Council for England (UK)
  79. HEFCW stands for Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (UK)
  80. HEI stands for Higher Education Institution
  81. HERO stands for Higher Education and Research Opportunities (UK)
  82. HESA stands for Higher Education South Africa, an association of Rectors
  83. HETAC stands for the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (Ireland)
  84. HOU stands for the Hellenic Open University (Greece)
  85. HKU stands for University of Hong Kong
  86. HNRTVU stands for Henan Radio and TV University‎ (China)
  87. HUT used to be used for Helsinki University of Technology but we prefer TKK (Teknillinen KorkeaKoulu)
  88. ICDE stands for the International Council for Open and Distance Education
  89. ICDL stands for the former International Centre for Distance Learning (at UKOU) - the database is still available to subscribers
  90. IEC stands for the Idaho Electronic Campus
  91. IGNOU stands for Indira Gandhi National Open University (India)
  92. IMS used to stand for Instructional Management System (the initials IMS are no longer an acronym)
  93. ITESM stands for Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Monterrey - see Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)
  94. IUA stands for the Irish Universities Association, Ireland (Republic)
  95. IVC stands for the Illinois Virtual Campus (US)
  96. JANET stands for Joint Academic NETwork (alleged originally to be a name significant to one of the original developers) (UK)
  97. JIU stands for Jones International University
  98. JPPSG stands for Joint Procurement Policy and Strategy Group (UK Higher Education)
  99. JSRTVU stands for Jiangsu Radio and TV University (China)
  100. KNOU stands for Korea National Open University
  101. KYVC and KYVU stand for Kentucky Virtual University
  102. LSDA stands for the former Learning and Skills Development Agency (UK) - now split into LSN and QIA
  103. LTSC stands for Learning Technology Standards Committee (of IEEE)
  104. MELI stands for Major E-Learning Initiative
  105. MESI stands for Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (Russia)
  106. MEXT stands for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
  107. MOO stands for Multi-User Dungeons, Object Oriented
  108. MPBOU stands for Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University (India)
  109. MVHS stands for Michigan Virtual High School (US) - see Michigan Virtual University
  110. MVS stands for Michigan Virtual School (US) - see Michigan Virtual University
  111. MVU stands for Michigan Virtual University (US)
  112. NADE stands for the Norwegian Association for Distance Education
  113. NDEC stands for the National Distance Education Centre of Ireland - Oscail in Irish
  114. NELI stands for Notable E-Learning Initiative
  115. NIME stands for the National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan
  116. NJVU stands for New Jersey Virtual University (US)
  117. NKI stands for NKI Distance Education, the main distance learning provider in Norway
  118. NKS stands for NKS Nettstudier, sometimes called NKS Distance Education, Norway (to be carefully distinguished from NKI)
  119. NOKUT stands for Nasjonalt organ for kvalitet i utdanningen, the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
  120. NOU stands for Norway Opening Universities, the innovation programme in e-learning for HE in Norway
  121. NPTEL stands for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (India)
  122. NQAI stands for the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland
  123. NREN stands for National Research and Education Network
  124. NSHU stands for the Swedish Agency for Networks and Cooperation in Higher Education, formerly called the Swedish Net University Agency - be careful to distinguish this from NHSU, the NHS University of the UK
  125. NSOU stands for Netaji Subhas Open University (India)
  126. NSU stands for Nova Southeastern University (US)
  127. NUCCAT stands for Northern Universities Consortium for Credit Accumulation and Transfer
  128. NUS stands for National University of Singapore
  129. NVU stands for Norwegian Networked University, an association in Norway
  130. NZQA stands for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority
  131. OBHE stands for the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education
  132. OECD stands for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  133. OISE stands for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - part of the University of Toronto, Canada
  134. OKI stands for Open Knowledge Initiative
  135. OLA stands for Open Learning Agency (British Columbia) – to be closed. It could also stand for Open Learning Australia.
  136. OLF stands for Open Learning Foundation in the United Kingdom
  137. OPNZ stands for the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
  138. OU is a common abbreviation for UK Open University - we try to use UKOU instead
  139. OUHK stands for Open University of Hong Kong
  140. OUJ stands for the Open University of Japan, formerly the University of the Air
  141. OUN stands for Open Universiteit Nederland
  142. OUSL stands for the Open University of Sri Lanka
  143. PANdora stands for Pan Asia Networking distance and open resource access, a study project
  144. PnM or PNM stand for Pick&Mix
  145. PNU stands for Payame Noor University (Iran)
  146. PUP OUS stands for Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University System
  147. PROMETEUS stands for PROmoting Multimedia access to Education and Training in EUropean Society
  148. PRTVU stands for one of the provincial-level Radio & TV universities in China
  149. PSU stands for Pennsylvania State University (US) - see Penn State World Campus
  150. PUW stands for Polski Uniwersytet Wirtualny, the Polish Virtual University
  151. QAA stands for Quality Assurance Agency (for Higher Education in the UK)
  152. QCA stands for Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (UK)
  153. QOU stands for Al-Quds Open University (Palestine)
  154. RIO stands for Reusable Information Object (as at Cisco)
  155. RLO stands for Reusable Learning Object (as at Cisco)
  156. RMIT stands for Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (former name for RMIT) (Australia)
  157. RRU stands for Royal Roads University (Canada)
  158. SCONUL stands for Society of College, National and University Libraries
  159. SCORM stands for Sharable Course (or Courseware or Content) Object Reference Model
  160. SCQF stands for Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (UK)
  161. SCRTVU stands for Sichuan Radio and TV University (China)
  162. SFC stands for the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
  163. SFEFC stood for the former Scottish Further Education Funding Council, now part of the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
  164. SFU stands for Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, Canada
  165. SHEFC stands for the former Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, now part of the Scottish Funding Council (UK)
  166. SHU stands for Sheffield Hallam University (UK)
  167. STOU stands for Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (Thailand)
  168. SURF stands for the Dutch educational network (Netherlands)
  169. SURFnet stands for SURF network (Netherlands)
  170. SVC stands for Swiss Virtual Campus
  171. SXRTVU stands for Shaanxi Radio and Television University (China)
  172. SYTVU stands for Shenyang Radio and TV University (China)
  173. TechBC stand for the former Technical University of British Columbia, Canada
  174. TÉLUQ (and various variants) stands for the Télé-université du Québec, now part of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
  175. TJRTVU stands for Tianjin Radio & TV University, China
  176. TKK stands for Helsinki University of Technology (Teknillinen korkeakoulu)
  177. TLTP stands for Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (UK)
  178. TNOU stands for Tamil Nadu Open University (India)
  179. TQEF stands for Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (UK)
  180. TRU stands for Thompson Rivers University (Canada)
  181. U21 stands for Universitas 21
  182. UAb stands for Universidade Aberta (Portugal), the Portuguese Open University
  183. UAE stands for United Arab Emirates (the country)
  184. UB stands for University of Baltimore (US)
  185. UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions System (UK)
  186. UCF stands for University of Central Florida (US)
  187. UCISA stands for the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UK)
  188. UEF stands for the University of Eastern Finland
  189. Ufi (or sometimes UFI) stands for University for Industry, who deliver learndirect (UK)
  190. UHI stands for University of the Highlands and Islands (Scotland) (UK)
  191. UKeU is the UK e-University, more properly called UK eUniversities Worldwide Limited
  192. UKEU stands for UKeU
  193. UKOLN stands for UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UK)
  194. UKOU stands for UK Open University
  195. UNE stands for University of New England (US)
  196. UMUC stands for University of Maryland University College (US)
  197. UNE stands for University of New England (US)
  198. UNED stands for Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain)
  199. UNINETT is the National Education and Research Network for Norway
  200. UniSA stands for University of South Australia
  201. UNISIM or UniSIM stands for SIM University (Singapore)
  202. UOC stands for Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the Open University of Catalonia
  203. UOPX stands for University of Phoenix, (US)
  204. UPM stands for Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Technical University of Madrid (Spain)
  205. UPRTOU stands for U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University (India)
  206. UQAM stands for the Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
  207. USQ stands for University of Southern Queensland
  208. UT stands for University of Twente (Netherlands) but also Universitas Terbuka (Indonesia) - do not use
  209. UTPL stands for Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador)
  210. UUK stands for Universities UK
  211. UVF stands for Université Virtuelle Francophone
  212. UVT stands for Université Virtuelle de Tunis
  213. VHB stands for Bavarian Virtual University (Germany)
  214. VMOUstands for Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (India)
  215. VUSME stands for Virtual University for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
  216. WCET stands for Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
  217. WGU stands for Western Governors University
  218. WTO stands for World Trade Organisation
  219. XML stands for Extensible Markup Language
  220. YCMOU stands for Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (India)
  221. YRTVU stands for Yunnan Radio and TV University (China)
  222. ZFH stands for Zentralstelle für Fernstudien an Fachhochschulen (Germany)
  223. ZOU stands for Zimbabwe Open University

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