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 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)