Virtual Campus for A Sustainable Europe

From Researching Virtual Initiatives in Education

The Virtual Campus for A Sustainable Europe (VCSE) was selected to participate in the the Erasmus Virtual Campuses in 2006. It is co-funded under the eLearning 2006 Program (2007-2009), European Commission, DG Education and Culture, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

According to its own project description, VCSE is based on two pillars: reinforcing the role of virtual mobility for teachers and students, and specialized e-learning courses and workshops for representatives of local, regional and national governance (decision-makers) and social partners (opinion-creators).

The main objectives of the Virtual Campus for a Sustainable Europe as of 2006 were:

• To enlarge the VCSE with new partner universities (from 5 to 15 universities)
• To disseminate the VSCE-model to other universities (25 universities)
• To create “e-learning networks for sustainable development”, by involving local “actors” and decision-makers at partner-university’s countries (5 countries)

The VCSE web site is at http://www.vcse.eu/

Reports

See http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/static/en/elearning/compendia2006/documents/vcse.pdf for a full project description.

Partners

• University of Macedonia, Social and Economic Sciences (Greece) - Co-ordinator
• The Open University of the Netherlands (The Netherlands)
• University of Graz (Austria)
• University of Lüneburg (Germany)
• Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)

A number of other European universities have joined VCSE since its initiation.

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