VISCED and the wiki
The VISCED project (which formally started on 1 January 2011) has now reached the stage where those following the project will notice a lot of new material appearing in the next few months on the wiki...
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The first results of a short literature search are now available on the wiki. Check these out at http://www.virtualcampuses.eu/index.php/Bibliography_of_Virtual_Schoolsread more
View ArticleVISCED literature search grows - 173 entries and climbing
In order to begin planning for some of the WP3 and WP4 tasks - in particular to get a global overview of the "virtual school" phenomenon, especially its research and taxonomy aspects, I have done a...
View ArticleAnother barrier to virtual schools - absentee targets
A recent news item in the TES (Times Educational Supplement) for 22 July 2011 cites yet another barrier to virtual schools erected by a Ministry, to add to the need for "monitored assignments" in...
View ArticleHidden virtual schooling
We have spent September collecting together the various kinds of virtual schools we have found, both in Europe and outside it. We have also from the partners begun to make visits to virtual schools...
View ArticleInnovation in Education - a meeting with Charles Leadbeater
Last week I attended Learning Without Frontiers, which is rapidly occupying a similar place in the educational conference universe to the late lamented opulent Learning And Technology World Forum,...
View ArticleFirst impressions of New Zealand
I've been in New Zealand only 5 days and have not yet visited any institutions, but I have had the benefit of being hosted by Professor Niki Davis at the College of Education, University of...
View ArticleFinding virtual schools
The VISCED project is now in its second and final year. We are now finishing off many pieces of work so that we can begin the major task of creating the VISCED Handbook on virtual schools. This means...
View ArticleVirtual schooling at World OER Congress
I was fortunate to attend the World OER Congress and Exhibition/Seminar last week at the UNESCO Paris office. The main focus was of course on OER as such but several interesting developments for...
View ArticleFirst state-funded virtual school in UK soon? Implications
The Sunday Times reported on 1 July 2012 that the Secretary of State for Education (England) Michael Gove "is expected to sign off on a further 80-100 schools in the next 10 days under the Tory...
View ArticleMOOC novice tiptoes in
This is my "teaching" week in the Virtual Schools MOOC. This week it is International Research into K-12 Online Learning with material created by Paul and Sara, but leveraging on contributions from...
View ArticleVirtual schools in various countries - updates needed
It was very useful being at Online Educa Berlin this year, since this year there were a large number of national stands. I did not manage to make contact with the people from United Arab Emirates...
View ArticleVISCED ends - and continues
Well, it has been an exciting couple of years! As I write, in a few days, the two-year funded period for VISCED comes to an end (31 December 2012). Both volumes of the Handbook are published in web...
View ArticleVISCED activity in 2013 - including to India
We may have been quiet-seeming on the Newsletter and in my blog but we have actually been very busy behind the scenes. A set of project Final Reports was sent off to the European Commission in mid...
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