By way of Jenny Millea’s blog at edna.edu.au I just discovered a publication titled “Learning Spaces Framework: Learning in an Online World“.  The document was prepared by Curriculum Corporation as the legal entity for the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) and outlines a holistic, strategic framework for planning and designing the production of learning spaces.
While it is geared more generally towards physical spaces, there are many areas in which it could be adapted and applied to the development of virtual ones as well.  The latter …