Virtual Campus

A virtual campus is a:

• Virtual location in cyberspace
• Web-based community of learning
• Web-based distance education (e-learning) metaphor modeled on a genuine campus and thus mirroring the organization and the services normally expected in a campus context

A virtual campus provides traditional campus services such as:

• Consulting the policies, rules, and regulations
• Browsing the course catalog
• Browsing the syllabus of a specific course
• Registering for one or more courses
• Attending distance education courses
• Accessing the library's card catalogs
• Sharing the community's resources
• Participating in public events and discussions (forums and the like)
• Interacting with associations and groups with shared interests
• Communicating with one's peers

These are implemented with software solutions like these:

• Web site
• Secured access to registrar, library, and one's personal space
• Anonymous or secured access to an FTP server for resource distribution and sharing
• E-mail for each campus member
• Mailing lists and newsgroups ...