VCSE Guidebook

Message by VCSE Project Manager

• 1. Introduction

• 2. How to organize and implement a Virtual Campus for a Sustainable Europe

• 3. Strategies for developing and running e-courses for the VCSE
  • 3.1. Introduction: E-learning for Sustainable Development
  • 3.2. The design of the VCSE e-courses
  • 3.3. Involving Students in the VCSE
  • 3.4. Evaluation of the VCSE Courses
  • 3.5. Lessons Learnt

• 4. Enlargement of the Virtual Campus for a Sustainable Europe
  • 4.1. The VCSE model and enlargement
  • 4.2. Promotional framework and communication strategy
    • 4.2.1. “Passive” communication strategy: VCSE e-Newsletters
    • 4.2.2. “Active” communication strategy: VCSE Central Demonstration Workshops
  • 4.3. Follow-up of newly-joined partners
  • 4.4. Membership in VCSE as part of a wider university strategy for ESD?
  • 4.5. Reflections and conclusions

• 5. How to promote the VCSE-model
  • 5.1. The VCSE-model for virtual mobility
  • 5.2. Dissemination strategy
  • 5.3. On-site workshops
  • 5.4. Conclusions and discussion

• 6. Creating regional (e-)learning networks
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Characteristics of regional networks
  • 6.3. Overview and classification of actor groups in networks
  • 6.4. Use of e-learning and blended learning in actor groups
  • 6.5. Overview of educational technologies for regional e-learning networks
  • 6.6. The VCSE regional learning networks
  • 6.7. The VCSE regional (blended) learning approach
  • 6.8. The VCSE RCEs
  • 6.9. Recommendations and reflections for the future

• 7. Conclusions
  • 7.1. Strengths and weaknesses of the VCSE virtual campus
  • 7.2. Recommendations for other virtual campuses
  • 7.3. Useful links and networks
  • 7.4. Glossary
  • 7.5. Bibliography