Re.ViCa

Project: Reviewing (traces of) European Virtual Campuses

Duration: 24 Months (1 October 2007 - 30 September 2009)

Coordinator: EuroPACE ivzw

Partners: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - AVNet (BE), Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics and Telecommunications bvba (ATiT) (BE), FernUniversität in Hagen (DE), Helsinki University of Technology - TKK Dipoli (FI), Université Louis Pasteur (FR), University of West Hungary - College of Geoinformatics (HU), International Telematic University UNINETTUNO (IT), Matic Media Ltd (UK)

Role EuroPACE: EuroPACE is responsible for the coordination and the dissemination of the project.

Summary: Re.ViCA aims

•  to make an inventory and to carry out a systematic review of cross-institutional Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education at European, national and regional levels.

•  to look not only at currently operational Virtual Campuses, but also at the legacy and impact within higher education generally of those Virtual Campus initiatives that have ceased activities.

•  to identify relevant parameters and success factors for evaluating and comparing Virtual Campuses.

•  to organise in-depth discussions to incorporate the input of different interest groups: including Virtual Campus management bodies, relevant networks, students, policy makers and a range of experts at a global as well as European level.

•  to compare European cases to selected non-European initiatives

• to formulate a set of action points that can be applied to ensure the realisation of successful European Virtual Campus initiatives.

Results of Re.ViCa include (i) a global benchmark overview, (ii) knowledge sharing through the organisation of discussion sessions at carefully chosen events and meetings with experts and policy makers (iii) a manual with guidelines, best practices, recommendations

URL: http://revica.europace.org

Project results: The Re.ViCa wiki was officially launched and opened for the public in June 2009 during the ICDE World Conference in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The Re.ViCa wiki is probably one of the largest repositories on the topic of Virtual Campus available today and contains information about interesting programmes, initiatives, project and leading institutions as well as a rapidly growing series of country reports describing Virtual Campuses around the world: http://www.virtualcampuses.eu

The Re.ViCa handbook "Reviewing the Virtual Campus Phenomenon. The Rise of Large-scale e-Learning Initiatives Worldwide" collects the main project results. The handbook aims to provide a glimpse into the complex landscape of ICT in higher education and illustrate how institutions are increasingly developing and making use of what the Re.ViCa team refers to as virtual campuses - managed initiatives in technology enhanced learning, for students on- and off-campus, and in the workplace - within the framework of the lifelong learning and skills agendas.

Leaflet

Re.ViCa Newsletters:
February/March 2010 New!
December 2009/January 2010
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
July/August 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009

Supported by: Lifelong Learning Programme - ERASMUS - Multilateral projects - Virtual Campus