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


# OU - [[Open University]] (there are several)
The following list has been extracted from the list developed for the e-University Compendium.
# OUNL - a common abbreviation for the Open University of the Netherlands ([[Dutch Open University]])
# OUUK - a common abbreviation for the [[Open University of the United Kingdom]]
# SHU - [[Sheffield Hallam University]]
# WUN - [[Worldwide Universities Network]]


# [[ARIADNE]] stands for Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Networks for Europe
# [[ASEAN]] stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations
# [[ATN]] stands for Australian Technology Network (of universities)
# [[BBE]] stands for [[Business of Borderless Education]] (report)
# [[BECTa]] stands for Former name for Becta
# [[Becta]] stands for British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
# [[CANARIE]] stands for Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education
# [[CETIS]] stands for Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards
# [[CHEA]] stands for Council for Higher Education Accreditation (US)
# [[CHEMS]] stands for Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service
# [[COL]] stands for Commonwealth of Learning
# [[CVU]] stands for [[Canadian Virtual University]]
# [[DETYA]] stands for Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia)
# [[DfEE]] stands for Department for Education and Employment (old name for DfES)
# [[DfES]] stands for Department for Education and Skills (new name)
# [[DFID]] stands for Department for International Development
# [[DU]] stands for [[Digital University]] (normally the Dutch one)
# [[DVD]] stands for Digital Versatile Disk (no longer Digital Video Disk)
# [[ECTS]] stands for European Credit Transfer System
# [[EFQM]] stands for European Foundation for Quality Management
# [[ELWA]] stands for Education and Learning Wales (formerly HEFCW)
# [[EML]] stands for Educational Markup Language
# [[ESRC]] stands for Economic and Social Research Council
# [[EUNITE]] stands for European University Network for Information Technology in Education
# [[e-U]] stands for e-University (the one that became UKeU)
# [[EU]] stands for European Union
# [[FE]] stands for Further Education (post-school, non-degree courses)
# [[FVU]] stands for [[Finnish Virtual University]]
# [[HE]] stands for Higher Education (universities and similar institutions)
# [[HECS]] stands for Higher Education Contributions System
# [[HEFCE]] stands for Higher Education Funding Council for England
# [[HEI]] stands for Higher Education Institution
# [[HERO]] stands for Higher Education and Research Opportunities
# [[HKU]] stands for [[Hong Kong University]]
# [[HUT]] stands for [[Helsinki University of Technology]]
# [[ICDL]] stands for International Centre for Distance Learning (at OU)
# [[IGNOU]] stands for [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]] (India)
# [[IMS]] stands for Instructional Management System (the original meaning)
# [[IMS]] stands for Originally stood for the Instructional Management System Project (the initials IMS are no longer an acronym)
# [[ITESM]] stands for Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Monterrey (Mexico)
# [[JANET]] stands for Joint Academic NETwork (alleged originally to be a name significant to one of the original developers)
# [[JIU]] stands for [[Jones International University]]
# [[JPPSG]] stands for Joint Procurement Policy and Strategy Group (UK HE)
# [[KNOU]] stands for [[Korea National Open University]]
# [[LSDA]] stands for Learning and Skills Development Agency (UK)
# [[LTSC]] stands for Learning Technology Standards Committee (of IEEE)
# [[MOO]] stands for Multi-User Dungeons, Object Oriented
# [[NHSU]] stands for National Health Service University
# [[NUCCAT]] stands for Northern Universities Consortium for Credit Accumulation and Transfer
# [[NUS]] stands for [[National University of Singapore]]
# [[OECD]] stands for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
# [[OKI]] stands for Open Knowledge Initiative
# [[OLA]] stands for Open Learning Australia
# [[OLA]] stands for [[Open Learning Agency]] (British Columbia) – to be closed
# [[OU]] stands for [[Open University]], usually Open University of the UK
# [[OUHK]] stands for [[Open University of Hong Kong]]
# [[OUNL]] stands for Open Universiteit (NetherLands)
# [[PROMETEUS]] stands for PROmoting Multimedia access to Education and Training in EUropean Society
# [[QAA]] stands for Quality Assurance Agency (for Higher Education in the UK)
# [[QCA]] stands for Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
# [[RIO]] stands for Reusable Information Object (as at Cisco)
# [[RLO]] stands for Reusable Learning Object (as at Cisco)
# [[RMIT]] stands for Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (former name for RMIT)
# [[SCONUL]] stands for Society of College, National and University Libraries
# [[SCORM]] stands for Sharable Course (or Courseware or Content) Object Reference Model
# [[SCQF]] stands for Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework
# [[SHEFC]] stands for (former) Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
# [[SURF]] stands for the Dutch educational network
# [[SURFnet]] stands for SURF network
# [[TLTP]] stands for Teaching and Learning Technology Programme
# [[TQEF]] stands for Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund
# [[U21]] stands for [[Universitas 21]]
# [[UCAS]] stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions System
# [[UCISA]] stands for Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association
# [[Ufi]] stands for [[University for Industry]] (learndirect)
# [[UHI]] stands for [[University of the Highlands and Islands]] (project)
# [[UKOLN]] stands for UK Office for Library and Information Networking
# [[UNED]] stands for [[Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia]] (Spain)
# [[UniSA]] stands for [[University of South Australia]]
# [[UOC]] stands for Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the [[Open University of Catalonia]]
# [[UOP]] stands for [[University of Phoenix]]
# [[UT]] stands for [[University of Twente]]
# [[WCET]] stands for Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
# [[WGU]] stands for [[Western Governors University]]
# [[WTO]] stands for World Trade Organisation
# [[XML]] stands for Extensible Markup Language


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Revision as of 05:09, 8 January 2008

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

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

  1. ARIADNE stands for Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Networks for Europe
  2. ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  3. ATN stands for Australian Technology Network (of universities)
  4. BBE stands for Business of Borderless Education (report)
  5. BECTa stands for Former name for Becta
  6. Becta stands for British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
  7. CANARIE stands for Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education
  8. CETIS stands for Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards
  9. CHEA stands for Council for Higher Education Accreditation (US)
  10. CHEMS stands for Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service
  11. COL stands for Commonwealth of Learning
  12. CVU stands for Canadian Virtual University
  13. DETYA stands for Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia)
  14. DfEE stands for Department for Education and Employment (old name for DfES)
  15. DfES stands for Department for Education and Skills (new name)
  16. DFID stands for Department for International Development
  17. DU stands for Digital University (normally the Dutch one)
  18. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disk (no longer Digital Video Disk)
  19. ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer System
  20. EFQM stands for European Foundation for Quality Management
  21. ELWA stands for Education and Learning Wales (formerly HEFCW)
  22. EML stands for Educational Markup Language
  23. ESRC stands for Economic and Social Research Council
  24. EUNITE stands for European University Network for Information Technology in Education
  25. e-U stands for e-University (the one that became UKeU)
  26. EU stands for European Union
  27. FE stands for Further Education (post-school, non-degree courses)
  28. FVU stands for Finnish Virtual University
  29. HE stands for Higher Education (universities and similar institutions)
  30. HECS stands for Higher Education Contributions System
  31. HEFCE stands for Higher Education Funding Council for England
  32. HEI stands for Higher Education Institution
  33. HERO stands for Higher Education and Research Opportunities
  34. HKU stands for Hong Kong University
  35. HUT stands for Helsinki University of Technology
  36. ICDL stands for International Centre for Distance Learning (at OU)
  37. IGNOU stands for Indira Gandhi National Open University (India)
  38. IMS stands for Instructional Management System (the original meaning)
  39. IMS stands for Originally stood for the Instructional Management System Project (the initials IMS are no longer an acronym)
  40. ITESM stands for Instituto Tecnologico Superior de Monterrey (Mexico)
  41. JANET stands for Joint Academic NETwork (alleged originally to be a name significant to one of the original developers)
  42. JIU stands for Jones International University
  43. JPPSG stands for Joint Procurement Policy and Strategy Group (UK HE)
  44. KNOU stands for Korea National Open University
  45. LSDA stands for Learning and Skills Development Agency (UK)
  46. LTSC stands for Learning Technology Standards Committee (of IEEE)
  47. MOO stands for Multi-User Dungeons, Object Oriented
  48. NHSU stands for National Health Service University
  49. NUCCAT stands for Northern Universities Consortium for Credit Accumulation and Transfer
  50. NUS stands for National University of Singapore
  51. OECD stands for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  52. OKI stands for Open Knowledge Initiative
  53. OLA stands for Open Learning Australia
  54. OLA stands for Open Learning Agency (British Columbia) – to be closed
  55. OU stands for Open University, usually Open University of the UK
  56. OUHK stands for Open University of Hong Kong
  57. OUNL stands for Open Universiteit (NetherLands)
  58. PROMETEUS stands for PROmoting Multimedia access to Education and Training in EUropean Society
  59. QAA stands for Quality Assurance Agency (for Higher Education in the UK)
  60. QCA stands for Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
  61. RIO stands for Reusable Information Object (as at Cisco)
  62. RLO stands for Reusable Learning Object (as at Cisco)
  63. RMIT stands for Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (former name for RMIT)
  64. SCONUL stands for Society of College, National and University Libraries
  65. SCORM stands for Sharable Course (or Courseware or Content) Object Reference Model
  66. SCQF stands for Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework
  67. SHEFC stands for (former) Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
  68. SURF stands for the Dutch educational network
  69. SURFnet stands for SURF network
  70. TLTP stands for Teaching and Learning Technology Programme
  71. TQEF stands for Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund
  72. U21 stands for Universitas 21
  73. UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions System
  74. UCISA stands for Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association
  75. Ufi stands for University for Industry (learndirect)
  76. UHI stands for University of the Highlands and Islands (project)
  77. UKOLN stands for UK Office for Library and Information Networking
  78. UNED stands for Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain)
  79. UniSA stands for University of South Australia
  80. UOC stands for Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the Open University of Catalonia
  81. UOP stands for University of Phoenix
  82. UT stands for University of Twente
  83. WCET stands for Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
  84. WGU stands for Western Governors University
  85. WTO stands for World Trade Organisation
  86. XML stands for Extensible Markup Language

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