E-learning Progress at Ain-Shams University

Contents

The Mediterranean Virtual University Project

EUMEDIS Initiative - Pilot Projects

• Introduction to E-learning (included in this page)
• Some Worldwide Virtual Universities (included in this page)
• The Mediterranean Virtual University
• Plan of Work
• Progress Monitoring
• Future of the MVU

E-Learning

• Twenty years ago, the concept of online education and online degrees started to develop.
• In 1995 the world's first online course was delivered in Southern California-USA: The Virtual University (www.vu.org).
• Since then, the VU virtual campus produced around 500 courses, on a multitude of subjects, one million people from 128 countries have attended online classes at VU.

Some Virtual universities around the world

(We are not sure why this list is here as most of these are listed elsewhere on the wiki -- Editor)

Some Virtual universities in the USA

• Drexel University, USA
• Colorado State University, USA
• Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) , USA
• Carnegie Melon University, USA
• Capella University, USA
• California Virtual University, USA
• California State University, USA
• Brevard Community College, USA
• Arizona State University (ASU) Online, USA
• American Intercontinental University (AIU), USA
• The Mind Extension University - now: Jones International University, USA
• Stanford Center for Professional Development, USA
• Southern New Hampshire University, USA
• Regent University, USA
• Nova Southeastern University (NSU), USA
• New Jersey Virtual University, USA
• National Technological University, USA
• Michigan State University, USA
• Kentucky Virtual University (KYVU), USA
• Idaho Virtual Campus (IVC), USA
• Western Governors University, USA
• Washington State University, USA
• University of Phoenix (UOP) , USA
• University of Pennsylvania, USA
• University of Maryland University College, USA
• University of Illinois, USA
• University of Colorado, USA
• Troy University, USA
• The National Technological University, USA

Virtual Universities in Canada

• Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Royal Road University, Canada
• Athabasca University, Canada
• Canadian Virtual University (CVU), Canada

Virtual Universities in Europe

• Clyde Virtual University, UK
• The Swedish Net University, Sweden
• Finnish Virtual University, Finland
• Norwegian Networked University, Norway
• Swiss Virtual Campus, Switzerland
• Open Universiteit Nederland / Open University in Netherlands, the Netherlands
• Virtuella Universitetet (Virtual University), Sweden
• Living Lectures - Virtual University, Austria
• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)/ Open University of Catalonia, Spain
• L'Université Virtuelle en Pays de la Loire, France

Virtual Universities in Asia

• [http://www.tamilvu.org/coresite/html/cwglance.htm Tamil Virtual University, India
• Hong Kong Cyber Campus, China
• Russia and central Asia, Europe and Central Asia Virtual University Association (ECAVU)
• Open University of Hong Kong, (OUHK), China
• NetVarsity, India
• Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), Malaysia
• Pakistan Virtual University, Pakistan
• Syrian Virtual University, Syria

Virtual Universities in Africa

• Virtual University of Tunis, Tunisia
• University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa
• INTEC College, South Africa
• Damelin Correspondence College, South Africa
• African Virtual University Kenyatta University, Kenya
• Campus Numérique Francophone de Dakar, Sénégal

Virtual Universities in Australia

• Open Universities Australia, Australia
• Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia
• University of Southern Queensland (USQOnline), Australia

Virtual Universities in South America

• Brazilian Virtual University, Brazil
• Virtual University of the Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico
• Universidad Virtual de Quilmes, Argentina

Resources & Links

• Mediterranean Virtual University web site
• Mediterranean Virtual University entry on this Re.ViCa wiki
• E-learning Progress at Ain-Shams University (the original Powerpoint presentation from which an excerpt was used for this wiki page)