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|}Welcome to the Virtual Education Wiki, devoted to virtual learning in education at all levels (schools, colleges and universities) including informal learning, '''open learning''' (OER) and distance learning. It is also known as the Open Education Wiki.

As this is a wiki, you can edit it as part of the [[Special:ListUsers|Virtual Education Wiki Community]].  Prior to contributing, you may find it useful to view our [[Help:Index|help pages]] and '''note that anything you change may be amended or deleted by other wiki users.'''


The idea in 2008 behind the original wiki was to create an open and public space where researchers could share information about virtual developments in various different educational sectors. It was supported and maintained during 2009-2015 by a community of researchers from EU and beyond and was aimed at stakeholders, researchers and practitioners who wanted to have easy access to the latest information about how the virtual phenomenon is manifesting itself in schools, colleges and universities around the world. You will therefore find much of this legacy information in the wiki. The wiki is now being updated in all its aspects, focussing initially on OER initiatives, OER policies and virtual schools.
== '''''Current Wiki Editors''''' ==
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![[File:Wiki-editor Charlotte.png|alt=Image of Charlotte Doody next to her name, all within a navy blue circle.|thumb|Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor]]
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Paul Bacsich, Wiki Host, [https://bacsich.org/ Matic Media Ltd]

Charlotte Doody, Wiki Contributor

== '''''Latest news and resources''''' ==
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See [[News]]

=== &lt;span style="color:#2a4b8d; background:#fc3"&gt;PAPERS WANTED&lt;/span&gt; ===
[[Special Issue of the journal Education Sciences on Virtual Schools]] - deadline October 2024 

The Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research and insights into K-12 virtual schools to serve as a comprehensive resource for researchers, policy makers, school leaders and virtual school teachers.

Its full title is "Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned and Implications for Digital K-12 and Other Sectors of Education" (Guest Editors: Paul Bacsich, Sara de Freitas and Bieke Schreurs).

The deadline for submissions is &lt;big&gt;'''now 1 October 2024'''&lt;/big&gt;.

For the latest information see https://bacsich.org/2024/03/13/special-issue-of-the-journal-education-sciences-on-virtual-schools-call-for-papers/

=== Manifesto for Digitally Enabled Schooling in England ===
Released 28 May 2024. See [[K-12 Manifesto England 2024|this page]]

=== Old News ===

For earlier news see [[Old News]]

== Warning ==

'''''Please be aware that with the large volume of legacy information contained within this wiki, a degree of "link rot" may be present.'''''

== General area ==

See links in Sidebar for the main content options. Alternatively see below:

*[[Virtual schools]] (K-12)
*[[Virtual colleges]] (TVET)
*[[Virtual campuses]] (i.e. higher education online)
*[[Open Education Initiatives]] (OER or MOOCs, in any educational sector)

For the former Main Page (2011-22) see [[2022 Main Page]]

== Admin area ==

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