Re.ViCa wiki - recent updates

by Paul Bacsich, 25 October 2010

This regular posting provides information on what is new on the Re.ViCa wiki -  http://www.virtualcampuses.eu - on virtual campuses across the world.

The posting covers the period since 1 July 2010 from all the contributors to the wiki.

New last fortnight

1. Added definitions for Edublogger and Underwiki
2. Added new abbreviation SWANI (as used e.g. by JISC)
3. New category Bloggers with initial entries Bates, Conole, Jennings and Siemens
4. Added new material on Moodle - open source alternatives

New earlier in October

1. Some new technical redirections including WIKI, REVICA and RE.VICA
2. Development of a page and links for the Aprenred V conference in Guadalajara
3. Update to Mexico page and pages for some institutions in Mexico

New in September

1. New page on Aalto University - formed when the Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki School of Economics and University of Art and Design Helsinki were merged
2. New material on Capella University
3. Considerable updating of entries on British Columbia and Alberta provinces of Canada
4. New page on Bibliography of quality - a "work in progress" oriented to needs of ICDE and North American entities
5. Belatedly added Oman to the list of countries in which the Arab Open University has a branch

Highlights of work in July and August

1. Added definitions and categories for virtual school and virtual college - and tagged many entries appropriately
2.  Radical reconstruction of Canadian entities into provinces including entry for each province - see in particular Provinces and Territories of Canada
3. Radical but not entirely complete reconstruction of German entities into provinces (Länder) including entry for each Land - see Category:Germany
4. Considerable updating of lists of EU projects pertaining to Virtual Campuses - e.g. UNI-QM
5. Large amount of tagging of institutions and Programmes with which VLE (or VLEs) they use - e.g. Category:Blackboard
6. Additional work in the long-term ongoing project of creating an entry and a category for each state of the United States