Programmes

From Researching Virtual Initiatives in Education

The following list includes the institutions which The e-University Compendium and the UNESCO IIEP List identified as worthy of consideration as virtual universities. In the next phase, we have also included many of the accredited open universities around the world, and virtual e-learning initiatives mentioned in other research projects or relevant sources of information.

You can have a look at our original list of programmes. For various sources of information please check our Publications page.

We present the interesting programmes here as European versus Rest of The World. We appreciate that reaching a common agreement as to what constitutes ‘Europe’ is quite a complex task and one which reaches beyond the boundaries of a European Project like Re.ViCa. We have therefore taken the decision as a project team to use a definition of Europe that fits between a narrow definition of Europe as being made up of the 27 member states of the European Union and the broader geographic definition of Europe. We define Europe for the purposes of our work in Re.ViCa as including the countries of the EU, EEA and Switzerland. This means that the ‘Rest of the World’ refers to all countries which do not fall within this definition of Europe. Each Notable e-Learning Initiative is categorized and you can find per entry, to what category they belong. If you click on the category, you can find all other initiatives that belong to that category. You can find for example all "private providers" or "national initiatives".

European (in the sense of EU, EEA and Switzerland)

Virtual Campuses (VC) supported by the European Commission

Running projects (until end of 2009)

Ceased activities

European Master in Comparative Urban Studies (e-URBs)

Virtual Campus beyond EU Funding

European Virtual Campus for Biomedical Engineering (EVICAB):The project was funded by the European Commission for two years from 1.1.2006 till 31.12.2007. At present the funding id provided by other sources.
League of European Research Universities virtual campus (e-LERU)
Law & ICT Shared Virtual Campus (LAW&ICT)

Ceased?

Rest of the World

Note that a few of these initiatives have ceased or merged by 2009.

Also note the list of Suspect Providers.

Interesting Networks

EADTU, the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
EDEN, a European Association of universities active in e-learning
EuroPACE, a European Association of universities active in e-learning
Greek Schools Network, Greece

See also Abbreviations. Other reports that provide good information on programmes to select for further consideration include:

Reports from Swedish Net Agency study trips
E-learning_Progress_at_Ain-Shams_University - a list of virtual universities by region
The eLearning industry and market in Europe - Lot 1: Appendix to Synthesis Report by Jane Massy

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