Concepts, Issues, and Challenges of Virtual Universities

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Author(s): Yukiko Inoue (University of Guam, Guam)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 7
Source title: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Goran D. Putnik (University of Minho, Portugal)and Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch042

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Social Computing / Virtual Communities & Virtual Reality

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Although the phrase “virtual learning environment” (VLE) is commonly used, there are others that point to similar concepts of distance learning (DL), such as telematics learning environments, distributed learning environments, and e-learning; VLEs are online domains allowing both synchronous and asynchronous collaborative interactions among teachers and learners (Barajas, 2002). Briefly, DL and VLE are the mechanism and maintenance of virtual universities (VUs). The Internet-based VLE will gain increasing importance in the future for academic education as well as for lifelong continuing adult education (Hutten, Stiegmaier, & Rauchegger, 2005).

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