Article by Robin Mason on emerging models for virtual Universities.
http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/home.php#models
As the higher education community has moved to adopt ICT to support the teaching and learning function and as an international marketplace appears to be taking shape, a variety of institutional models has begun to emerge. Various classifications have been proposed, but for the purpose of this study, the focus was placed on four main institutional types:
- a newly created institution operating as a virtual university;
- an evolution of an existing institution, with a unit or arm offering virtual education;
- a consortium of partners constituted to develop and/or offer virtual education;
- a commercial enterprise offering online education.
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