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This is an index page for the reports on the countries of interest to Re.ViCa team and its International Advisory Committee.

Disclaimer

The concept of a "country" is a complex and sometimes contested issue. Inclusion of a country in any of our lists does not imply recognition of the country by any particular nation (or the EU) or approval of its regime by the Re.ViCa project or its advisors or funders.

Use the Country template for authors

The Re.ViCa Country Reports

  1. Australia (OECD) - country editor GEO - good information but not yet complete
  2. Austria (OECD) and EU - country editor FernUni Hagen - good information
  3. Belgium' (OECD) - country editors ATiT and AVNet - good information
  4. Brazil - country editor EuroPACE - good information (more on file)
  5. Canada (OECD) - country editor Matic Media - good information
  6. China - a major player in e-learning - some information and see entities in China
  7. Czech Republic (OECD) and EU - country editor ATiT - good information
  8. Denmark (OECD) and EU - country editor ATiT - good information
  9. Estonia (EU) - country editor TKK
  10. Finland (OECD) and EU - country editor TKK - good information
  11. France (OECD) - country editor ULP
  12. Germany (OECD) and EU - country editor FernUni Hagen - good information
  13. Greece (OECD) - country editor UNINETTUNO - has information now
  14. Hungary (OECD) - country editor GEO - good information
  15. Ireland (OECD) - country editor Matic Media - good information
  16. Italy (OECD) - country editor UNINETTUNO - good information
  17. Kenya - country editor ATiT - good information
  18. Luxembourg (OECD) - country editor FernUni Hagen - good information
  19. Mexico (OECD) - country editor ULP
  20. The Netherlands (OECD) - country editor FernUni Hagen
  21. New Zealand (OECD) - some information
  22. Norway (OECD) - country editor Matic Media - good information
  23. Poland (OECD) - country editor EuroPACE
  24. Portugal (OECD) - country editor AVNet
  25. Russia - country editor TKK
  26. South Africa - country editor ATiT - good information
  27. Spain (OECD) - country editor EuroPACE - good information
  28. Sweden (OECD) - country editor TKK
  29. Switzerland (OECD) - country editor FernUni Hagen - good information
  30. United Kingdom (OECD) - country editor Matic Media - good information
  31. United States (OECD) - some information

Re.ViCa's small collection of relevant country mini-reports

A country highlighted in bold has its report in the standard report template even if not all entries are complete. Typically there is a focus on universities and virtual initiatives where these are known.

  1. Bahrain - has an important regional centre for the Arab Open University
  2. Cape Verde - some information on the universities
  3. Colombia - including information on Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
  4. Costa Rica - including information on Universidad Estatal a Distancia
  5. Egypt - some information on HEIs but not the virtual aspect except for Arab Open University
  6. Ghana - some information on HEIs but not the virtual aspect - except for distance learning
  7. Guernsey - adequate information (it is a tiny state)
  8. Hong Kong - minimal information, needs to be better since it is relevant - see Open University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  9. India - minimal information, needs to be better - see NetVarsity and Indira Gandhi National Open University
  10. Indonesia - some information on universities - see in particular Universitas Terbuka (the open university)
  11. Isle of Man - adequate information (it is a tiny state)
  12. Jersey - adequate information (it is a tiny state)
  13. Kuwait - adequate information on universities including the Arab Open University headquartered in Kuwai
  14. Latvia - adequate information building up
  15. Malawi - a little information on universities including delivery from the University of Derby
  16. Mozambique - some information on HEIs but not the virtual aspects
  17. Nicaragua - a reasonably complete entry with a list of the universities, but little known about e-learning
  18. Nigeria - a reasonably complete but telegraphic report with information on the National Open University of Nigeria
  19. Northern Cyprus - no activity known except for that from Anadolu University in Turkey
  20. Oman - there are no known virtual campus initiatives but the various national IT initiatives are described
  21. Palestine - brief entry with focus on universities - with links to Al-Quds University and Al-Quds Open University
  22. Qatar - a reasonably complete entry for a small country with information on the ictQATAR initiative
  23. Saudi Arabia - with information on HEIs and some information on virtual initiatives including Knowledge International University and the Arab Open University
  24. Syria - reasonable coverage including lists of public and private HEIs - and a link to the Syrian Virtual University
  25. Tanzania - reasonable information on schools and HEIs but not much on the virtual aspect except for the Open University of Tanzania
  26. United Arab Emirates - reasonably complete information, with material on virtual initiatives including e-TQM College and its successor Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University, as well as Education 2020


Other countries that might be considered

  1. Chile
  2. Iran
  3. Israel
  4. Singapore
  5. Turkey


See also the "Category" entry on each country for institutions of relevance, e.g. Category:Canada.



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