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E-Learning Lab

July 10, 2006

E-Learning Lab – Centre for User Driven Innovation, Learning and Design is established by the project Virtual Learning Environments and Learning Methods, which is a project connected to The Digital North Denmark. The object of E-Learning Lab is to support development and use of e-learning regionally and internationally. The aim is to create a dynamic [...]

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Virtual Schools in Europe

July 8, 2006

Online and Virtual Schooling in Europe. ‘The development of interactive online technology has enabled the development of online and virtual schools in Europe, North America and elsewhere. These forms of school education challenge conventional schooling modes characterised by the physical presence of teachers and students in a building using experiential modes of learning. This paper [...]

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Michigan Virtual University (MVU)

June 14, 2006

Michigan Leads the Country With New K-12 e-Learning Initiative: Michigan Virtual University (MVU) today announced a partnership with Blackboard Inc. to strengthen the delivery of online learning to as many as 450,000 Michigan high school students during the next three years. This reinforces the new high school graduation requirements signed into law by the Michigan [...]

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Learning with MUVE (Multi-User Virtual Environment)

June 12, 2006

Are virtual worlds the future of the classroom?. ‘This summer, as many as a million virtual kids could catch an infectious virus known as Whypox, causing them to break out in red welts and spout “Achoo” whenever chatting with friends. Meanwhile, at the beach, crowds of “tweens,” 8- to 12-year-olds, will see their popular hangout [...]

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Virtual Clubs

April 10, 2006

UM Online High School Introduces ‘Virtual Clubs’. ‘Online education isn’t just a solitary pursuit anymore. At the University of Miami Online High School, a new wave of “virtual clubs” is putting the “school” back in “virtual school.” Students now have the opportunity to “virtually” participate in a number of clubs and other extracurricular activities, such [...]

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