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: coming soon - brochure

Supported by: Lifelong Learning Programme