The Virtual University Becomes a Reality

Autor/in	West, Paul G.
Titel	The Virtual University Becomes a Reality
Quelle	In: Educational Technology, 47 (2007) 6, S.38-41 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1962
Schlagwörter	Virtual Universities; College Faculty; Virtual Classrooms; Computer Uses in Education; Internet; Foreign Countries; Workshops; Faculty Development; Online Courses; International Programs; Copyrights; Instructional Materials; Material Development; Cooperative Planning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Computernutzung; Ausland; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Lehrmaterialentwicklung
Abstract	This article describes a network among the Commonwealth's 28 smallest countries created to enhance the professional capacity of educators, developing new course materials, and enabling the transfer of courses and qualifications across borders. The focus is on topics such as entrepreneurship, tourism, professional development of educators, life skills, disaster management, and a range of technical and vocational subjects. The transfer of courses and qualifications among countries requires having in place an agreed framework of quality assurance and unit standards. Workshops, or "boot camps," are run by a group of team leaders selected from the participating countries. After feeling "left behind," these countries are now putting the Internet to use in connecting themselves with other small states, sometimes more than 10,000 km away. (Contains 9 notes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10