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=**Grampians Region - Virtual School Project - [|WVS_MOODLE - CLICK HERE]**=

The Grampians Virtual School Project aims to provide a blended learning delivery model for two clusters of secondary schools in the Wimmera and Highlands areas. This will involve 18 schools -11 from the Wimmera and 7 from the Highlands. Project management is the responsibility of the principals supported by the region - Wimmera Project Officer - Gary Schultz based at Horsham Sub Regional Office. **VCE Provision by Video Conferencing – 2009 summary** In 2009, 8 VCE studies are being delivered to 14 students, across schools within the Wimmera area. Each base school delivers a VCE study to approximately ten students across schools in the network. The Wimmera schools deliver 8 VCE subjects and the Highlands schools deliver 5 VCE subjects. Schools have developed a Protocol Document to provide guidance and Service agreements are signed off by each school for each class.

A multi-point video conferencing unit (MCU or video bridge) will have up to 20 access points, fire traversal capabilities and enables schools to call outside “virus-free” e.g. specialist trade training centres, TAFEs, universities, museums, and art galleries, interstate and overseas schools, business and industry, specialist education centres such as ecolinc. Sessions will be able to be recorded and viewed later via the VC system.

Other opportunities for virtual provision are being explored. More information will be posted as developments progress.This project expanded to be called Grampians Virtual School. .
 * 2013 ** - Victoria Virtual Learning Project - striving to develop Blended Learning opportunities across Victoria, including Special events, Language provision as well as classroom and teacher collaborations, working with external providers to develop skills and courses for Victorian schools.