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Reviewing Traces of Virtual Campuses: Looking for Critical Success Factors

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Bastiaens, T., Bacsich, P., Reynolds, S., Schreurs, B. & Op de beeck, I. (2009). Reviewing Traces of Virtual Campuses: Looking for Critical Success Factors. In G. Siemens & C. Fulford (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2009 (pp. 542-549). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2009
Honolulu, HI, USA
June 22, 2009
ISBN 1-880094-73-8
  George Siemens & Catherine Fulford
AACE

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Theo Bastiaens, Fernuniversität in Hagen, Germany; Paul Bacsich, Matic- Media, UK; Sally Reynolds, ATIT, Belgium; Bieke Schreurs, Ilse Op de beeck, Europace, Belgium

Abstract

The paper describes the concepts of Virtual Campus and Virtual Mobility and refers to several past and present projects and initiatives in the field. Through these previous experiences, a shift of concepts is noticed: from the fully online Virtual Campus to Virtual Mobility, whereby the more traditional universities open their borders and “blended models” gain more and more interest. To redefine the concept of Virtual Campus in order for it to be applicable to the changed educational needs of today, the Re.ViCa project has been set-up und funded by the European Commission. The project makes an inventory and systematically reviews cross-institutional Virtual Campuses of the past decade. In this paper we look more detailed for critical success factors for virtual campuses. After a empirical data-collection with 17 worldwide recognized experts in the e-learning field we describe 29 factors that are of main importance for large scale e-learnng initiatives in general.

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