What is a virtual campus?

Reynolds, S. (2009) Are European Virtual Campuses Different? Re.Vica Newsletter, September

A very interesting, brief article on virtual campuses in Europe, and the implications of the Bologna process for internationalization of higher education within Europe. This is essential reading for anyone interested in how federal or state initiatives and policies can foster the development of virtual [...]

Why the University of Illinois Global Campus project failed

Kolowich, S. (2009) What doomed Global Campus? Inside Higher Education, Sept 3

An interesting article that speculates on the reasons for the failure of the highly prestigious University of Illinois’ ambitious project, Global Campus, to use Web-only courses to educate non-traditional students on a large scale.

European wiki on virtual campuses – globally

Re.ViCa is a project funded by the European Commission. It is doing a review of Virtual Campuses all over Europe. As part of this project, and to disseminate its results, Re.Vica has created a wiki (www.virtualcampuses.eu).

Extract from the wiki:

The Re.ViCa wiki has been set up to provide an inventory and to show the [...]

Classifying virtual campuses

Bristow, S. (2009) Creating a Suitable Categorisation Model for Re.ViCa Re.Vica Newsletter, April

The European Commission funded Re.Vica project is researching the development and success of virtual campuses. The April newsletter presents a classification system for virtual campuses.