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Virtual mobility

Blended mobility

Combine the best of both worlds: blend aspects of physical mobility with virtual mobilityVirtual support before, during and after a physicalexchange

Projects on Virtual Mobility –Virtual Campus funded by the European Commission

Types of Virtual Mobility

1. A virtual course (as part of a programme), a virtual seminar (series), or a whole programmeat a Higher Education Institution

2. Virtual student placements

3. Virtual support activities to physicalexchanges (before, during, after)

1. Virtual course, seminar, programme

REVE: Real Virtual Erasmus

Virtual Mobility Manual: http://reve.europace.org/drupal

• Interaction scenarios• Examples of courses• Accreditation• Agreements• Localisation

1. Virtual course, seminar, programme

REVE: Real Virtual Erasmus: scenario’s

• Remote accessOne provider, many students from remote consumer universities

• FranchisingCourse is taught and tutored locally by each consumer university (teacher team)

• Coordinated federation (for offering a programme)Mix between remote access and franchising

• Joint course offering (teaching network)Each of the consumer universities provide local teaching supportStudent interact mainly locally but to a lesser degree also with remotestudents

• Course adaptationCourse from provider university is locally adapted and taught by eachconsumer university

1. Virtual course, seminar, programme

VENUS: Virtual and E-mobility for NetworkingUniversities in Society

• International top experts• Different locations linked by:

• Videoconferencing• Webstreaming• Moderated chat during the seminar

Two models • VENUS seminars• VENUS summer school

1. Virtual course, seminar, programme

VENUS: Virtual and E-mobility for NetworkingUniversities in Society

• VENUS seminar series: “Global issues for the European Citizen”Guest speakers share their expertise on global issues during virtual lectures/seminars (e.g. Prof. Petrella on “Water Economy”)

• VENUS summer school: “The use of socialsoftware in business and education”Entrepreneurs tell their success story at the virtual summer school (e.g. Teemu Arina on “Social Software in business”)

“The delivery is virtual, the experience is real!”

1. Virtual course, seminar, programme

VENUS: Virtual and E-mobility for NetworkingUniversities in Society

Handbook “Virtual Seminars: Creating new opportunitiesfor Universities” and recorded seminars available at:

http://www.venus-project.nethttp://www.venus-seminars.net

2. Virtual student placements

Work placements abroad can• introduce students to an international working environment• boost interaction between HEIs and enterprises• use the advantages of the newest technologies

Two types: • Students have fully virtual placements in foreign

companies while staying at home• Virtual support for those physically on a placement abroad

2. Virtual student placements

Examples:Students writing weblogs duringplacement (self-reflection, possibility for commenting both byteacher & boss, archiving per day)

Web conferencing forexploratory interview betweenstudent and company beforethe placement

• Raise the quality of student exchanges by offeringvirtual support, both before and after the physicalmobility

• Support teachers in coaching exchange students at a distance

3. Virtual support activities to physical exchanges

VM-BASE: Virtual Mobility Before and After Studen Exchanges

Virtual Support Activities

Before

Orientation guidelines

Course information

Pre-selection tools &student selection

Preparatory courses(language, culture, digitalliteracy)

During

E-Coaching

After

Virtual assessment andevaluation at a distance

Virtual alumni

Before > Pre-selection ToolsMaster in Physiotherapy, K.U.Leuven

• Online Testing and Learning Platform for International Students enrolling for the Master in Physiotherapy

• To equalise the initial level of the knowledge of statistics of the (international) students for the Master– Successful pre-tests allow full participation– Unsuccessful pre-tests give access to online learning

modules from the K.U.Leuven Bachelor degree, followed by new pre-tests

Expectations became more transparent for students

Before > Pre-selection ToolsMaster in Physiotherapy, K.U.Leuven

• Course in a virtual learning environment for exchange students, using WIKI

• Preparation for technology used during practical and field work

• Main language: English • Description of special technical terms used in GIS

provided in English, German and Hungarian

Students need clear guidanceMinimum number of students needed to create

lively community

Before > Preparatory coursesMultilingual survival kit GIS, University of West-Hungary

Before > Preparatory coursesMultilingual survival kit GIS, University of West-Hungary

Course structure

Sample WIKI article

• Master European Social Security (Faculty of Law)– One-year international study programme in English– Blends regular with distance learning

• This pilot:– 2007-2008: need for oral examination at a distance– Set-up of e-assessment through webconferencing

After > E-assessmentE-assessment, K.U.Leuven

– Laptop and webcam on both sides– Web conferencing tool Flashmeeting– AVNet support for teacher/tutors and students– Online examination + recording

Quality similar to F2FRecordings are added valueF2F meeting for authenticationTime consumingConnectivity, crucial for timing

After > E-assessmentE-assessment, K.U.Leuven

“Big gap in information about Erasmus Students after graduation” … “Former Erasmus Students

are the greatest resources of the Erasmus programme”

(UK Socrates Erasmus Council on Experience Erasmus)

“Most student loose their connection to their ‘host’ institutions after they had returned home”

(Victorious Project)

After > Virtual AlumniVirtual Alumni

After > Virtual AlumniVirtual Alumni: examples

Erasmus Student Network Alumni Societywww.esn.org/alumni

Erasmus Mundus Alumni Associationwww.erasmusmundus-alumni.eu

After > Virtual AlumniVirtual Alumni Facebook, KHLeuven

• Manual for blended mobility• Manual on e-coaching

http://vm-base.europace.org

including guidelines & recommendations for all stakeholders in student mobility (students, teachers, international relations officers, networks of higher education,…)

3. Virtual support activities to physical exchanges

VM-BASE: Virtual Mobility Before and AfterStudent Exchanges: outcomes

Sharing expertise, experience & best-practices of Virtual Mobility coordinators throughout Europe

– REVE: set-up of and scenario’s for virtual mobility courses – VENUS: virtual expert seminars through videoconferencing– VM-BASE, MOVE-IT: virtual mobility before, during and after student

exchanges – SPUTNIC: technology enhanced international educational cooperation– BEING MOBILE: raising awareness on virtual mobility– MOVINTER: linking Europe and Latin America through virtual mobility– E-MOVE: three models of virtual mobility – BEING MOBILE: dissemination of different models of virtual mobility– Net-Active: model of intercontinental virtual mobility– CSVM, CVBE, EU-VIP: models of virtual internships– MORIL: multilingual open resources for independent learning– …

Future: from pilot to mainstream activities

EPICS: European Portal for International Courses and Services

Virtual Mobility: Further Resources

Project Coordinator Web site

REVE EuroPACE reve.europace.org

VENUS EuroPACE www.venus-project.net

VM-BASE EuroPACE vm-base.europace.org

SPUTNIC EuroPACE sputnic.europace.org

BEING MOBILE EuroPACE www.being-mobile.net

MOVINTER Universidad de Granada

www.movinter.eu

E-MOVE EADTU www.eadtu.nl/virtualmobility

CSVM EADTU www.eadtu.nl/csvm

CBVE EADTU www.eadtu.nl/cbve

EPICS EADTU www.eadtu.nl/epics

NetACTIVE UNED www.net-active.info

From Virtual Mobility to Virtual Campus Past: clear boundaries

Registration, administration, course provision, tutoring, examination, creditation

traditional universityon-campus

virtual university online

From Virtual Mobility to Virtual CampusBlended models

• Traditional universities opening their offer through e-learning for the “distant” or “off-campus” student

• Virtual classes and seminars for traditional students• Virtual Communities of Practice and Virtual Learning

communities integrated into traditional universities• Virtual collaboration between universities, for example joint

course development, joint master degrees• Extended university: reaching citizens through e-learning.

(mostly non-formal online evening seminars)• Multiple campuses of one university collaborate for course

provision through technology: the teacher teaches in one campus for both local and distant student group

• …

Virtual Campus

Re.ViCa will make a review of virtual campuses all over Europe. By comparing European and non-European initiatives, guidelines and success-factors will be

created to enable institutions to set up a Virtual Campus to maximise their

performance

“ “Re.ViCa: Reviewing Virtual Campuses

Re.ViCa – outputs & activities

• Historical overview• Inventory on Virtual Campuses • Taxonomy or theoretical categorisation• Critical success factors• Three key meetings with International Advisory Committee• Virtual Campus Manual

Re.ViCa WIKIhttp://www.virtualcampuses.eu