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The latest edition of the Re.ViCa newsletter is now available and includes analysis and information about a host of different developments related to virtual campuses worldwide. It includes a short retrospective on the Learning and Technology World Forum 2010, a report on the recently announced partnership between the Ohio and Minnesota higher education systems and an analysis of the role and impact of the HEFCE Online Learning Task Force.

The newsletter also contains an announcement about the work that will continue to be done by the Re.ViCa team in 2010-2011 as well as a series of announcements about reports, publications and other recent developments related to the virtual campus phenomenon.

The latest edition of the Media in Education Newsletter is available for download. This newsletter is aimed at anyone interested in developments, best practices, news and resources related to the use of media in education and is linked to the MEDEA Awards.

Highlights in this month’s newsletter include:
- a description of BaKaFORUM 2010, Europe's annual meeting of educational broadcasters
- a feature aricle on the winner of the MEDEA Special Jury Award 2009: Eyes on the Skies from Germany
- a profile of the Masaryk University Language Centre, MEDEA national contact point in the Czech Republic
- information about various festivals related to the use of media aimed at the education and training sector
- a selection of interesting websites and tools related to the use of media in education

The latest edition of the Media in Education Newsletter is available for download. This newsletter is aimed at anyone interested in developments, best practices, news and resources related to the use of media in education and is linked to the MEDEA Awards.

Highlights in this month’s newsletter include:

• feature on the winner of the MEDEA Award for Creativity and Innovation 2009: Daisy and Drago from Turkey
• up-dates on related EU-funded projects such as EUscreen, EdReNe and DIVIS
• profile of the Estonian e-Learning Development Centre, a National Contact Point of MEDEA
• information about various awards schemes related to the use of media aimed at the education and training sector

The December edition of the MiE newsletter is now available and includes the complete listing of the MEDEA 2009 Award Winners as well as information about all the finalists and those entries that were Highly Commended.

It also contains a detailed report from the MEDEA Awards Ceremony held in Berlin on December 4th as well as information about new publications related to the creation of user-generated content and audio-visual services in the education domain.

As always the newsletter contains news and information about the use of media in education including announcements related to several national awards schemes aimed at the education and training sector. For more information visit the MEDEA web site.

ATiT organised another series of live surgery sessions on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 October 2009 to support training provided by the European Academy for Gynaecological Surgery (EAGS) at +heAcademy House in Leuven. Endoscopic as well as other camera images were transmitted via IP videoconferencing as well as terrestrial microwave links between the operation theatre in the Heilig Hart Hospital (Leuven) and the EAGS Auditorium in Leuven (Belgium).

ATiT is working closely with +heAcademy to research and develop new methods to reliably distribute high quality images of live surgery at acceptable cost to support professional training for surgeons. ATiT uses appropriate technologies such as satellite, microwave and telecommunication networks.

The November edition of the Re.ViCa newsletter is now available.

Highlights this month include:

• a presentation of the Re.ViCa Handbook which is about to be published and a sneak preview of its contents
• an overview of the collaborative work carried out by the Re.ViCa International Advisory Committee and the growing network of experts contributing to the virtual campus wiki
• a summary of the current status of the Open University of Japan by International Expert Dr. Kumiko Aoki
• introductions to several experts in the field; David Porter (BCcampus, Canada), Em. Prof. Terry Mayes (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK) and Em. Prof. Gajaraj Dhanarajan (Wawasan Open University, Malaysia)
• a round-up of announcements, reports and publications in the field of e-learning and the virtual campus

For more information visit the Re.ViCa web site or the virtual campus wiki and inventory set up and managed by the project team. 

This month's edition of the Media in Education (MiE) newsletter has been published and contains an update on the MEDEA Awards 2010 as well as information about the 8 finalists selected.

MiE also contains news about an Irish film festival for schools, the much-awaited launch of the WatchKnow educational video service, the launch of a survey into the use of video in education and lots more to bring you up to date with what is happening in the educational media field.

The October edition of the Re.ViCa Newsletter was published this week and is being distributed to almost 500 subscribers all over the world who are interested in the virtual campus phenomenon.

In this edition you will find an article on postsecondary educational accreditation in the United States, an article about multilingualism in the Virtual Campus wiki and introductions to new people in the Re.ViCa network from New Zealand, UK and Palestine.

The newsletter also gives information on several recent reports including a Commonwealth of Learning report on ICTs for Higher Education and a Study into Global Activity published by JISC in the UK as well as a progress report on the Virtual Campus wiki.

This month's edition of the Re.ViCa Newsletter is now available and has been sent to an extended mailing list of researchers, stakeholders and others interested in the Virtual Campus phenomenon.

The lead article deals with the question as to whether European Virtual Campuses are intrinsically different to Virtual Campuses in other parts of the world and describes some of the conditions that appear to have had an influence on the set-up and operation of Virtual Campuses in Europe. In the rest of the newsletter you will find information about relevant forthcoming events, summaries of articles on related topics and information about project activities and events.

For more information about Re.ViCa, visit the Virtual Campus wiki.