I will giv the presentation Cooperative Virtual Learning Environments at Online Educa in Berlin 05.12.08. If you would like to talk to me in Berlin, I will bee available at the Norwegian Booth B51 after my presentation.

As a Re.ViCa Advisory Committee Member, I will take part in a workshop in Berlin 03.12.08. Re.ViCa is an acronym for the project Reviewing (Traces) of European Virtual Campuses.

In August 2008, NKI Distance Education celebrated its online course enrolment number one hundred thousand. At the same time, we developed and introduced NKI’s new online catalogue profiling students, tutors and employees. All 9500 users registered in NKI’s Learning Management Systems have personal presentations which automatically list relevant information about the users and their courses. In addition, most users add a photo and some information about their previous education, work experience and personal interests.

Now, all users can choose to include their presentation in the open catalogue, by clicking the Global visibility checkbox in their user profile. One month after the catalogue was launched; 250 people (2.5 percent of the users) had chosen global visibility. If 10 percent of the users eventually opt for global visibility, the catalogue will include about one thousand personal presentations. This is a significant development which should be of interest to EDEN members for three reasons: