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Recommendation for a World Virtual School project

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  1. Recommendation for a World Virtual School project Neven Sorić American International School of Zagreb Sanja Kišiček Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Damir Boras Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

  2. Introduction • Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) • collaboration • World Virtual School (WVS) • a project sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Office of Overseas Schools • eight major international school regions • WVS Advisory Group – eight representatives

  3. Eight major international school regions • Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA) • Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA) • Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools (NESA) • The East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS) • Association of American Schools in South America (AASSA) • The Association of American Schools of Central America, Colombia, Caribbean and Mexico (TRI-A) • The European Council of International Schools (ECIS) • The Mediterranean Association of International Schools (MAIS)

  4. The WVS project is based on the following assumptions: • schools value the integration of relevant and effective online resources for their varied learning communities; • schools value working regionally to collaborate and to share perspectives and methodologies and to consider and nurture best practices; • schools value their integrity in the face of adversity and seek cost-effective and reliable means of assuring continuity of operations.

  5. Survey on the usage of VLE in schools • the primary goal: to gather baseline information that would help the WVS Group establish VLE practices and potential needs • developed by the members of the WVS Advisory Group • conducted via Free Online Surveysfrom mid-September to early November 2007 • 114 schools altogether from eight major international school regions • 28 small ( < 250 students ) • 53 medium (251-850 students) • 33 large schools ( > students)

  6. ... the survey • two most popular VLEs: • Moodle • Blackborad

  7. The frequency of VLE usage in small, medium and large schools

  8. Recommendations for the WVS project A VLE system has to be relevant, accessible, durable and affordable.

  9. ... recommendations • WVS group should act as a knowledge building and advisory group, workingwith the Directors of eight international regions • recommendation for a Moodle ASP (application service provider) – IT company • a possibility to contract a Moodle integrator to set up a server, off-site, with Moodle service(s) • a concept of site security • offsite • onsite

  10. Example: CEESA project • a pilot project • an example how all international schools in the world can work in VLE • schools introducing VLE into their everyday school life

  11. Hierarchical WVS structure plan

  12. Conclusion • this way we would provide the schools with a stable VLE system that requires as little administration for current school staff • it should ensure stability and durability for the system

  13. Thank you for your attention! Questions?

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