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Projects on Virtual Mobility – Virtual Campusfunded by the European Commission

Physical mobility > < Virtual mobility

Some terminology

Virtual Mobility stands for the use of information and

communication technologies (ICT)

to obtain the same benefits as one would have with physical

mobility but without the need to

travel

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elearningeuropa.info

Virtual Mobility in education is a form of learning which consists of virtual

components through an ICT supported learning environment that includes

international collaboration with people from different backgrounds and cultures

working and studying together, having, as its main purpose, the enhancement of intercultural understanding and the

exchange of knowledge.

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Being Mobile Manualhttp://www.being-mobile.net

http://www.being-mobile.net/

Blended mobility

Combine the best of both worlds: blend aspects of physical mobility with virtual mobility

Virtual support before, during and after a physical exchange

Educational Technologies

Types of Virtual Mobility

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

2. Virtual student placements

3. Virtual support activities to physical exchanges (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

http://reve.europace.org/drupal


REVE: Real Virtual Erasmus: scenario’s

Remote access

One provider, many students from remote consumer universities Franchising

Course 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 support

Student interact mainly locally but to a lesser degree also with remote students

Course adaptation

Course from provider university is locally adapted and taught by each consumer university


VENUS: Virtual and E-mobility for Networking Universities in Society

International top experts Different locations linked by:

• Videoconferencing• Webstreaming• Moderated chat during the seminar

Two models • VENUS seminars• VENUS summer school



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 social software 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!”



Handbook “Virtual Seminars: Creating new opportunities

for Universities” and recorded seminars available at:

http://www.venus-project.net

http://www.venus-seminars.net

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

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


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


Examples:Students writing weblogs during placement (self-reflection, possibility for commenting both by teacher & boss, archiving per day)

Web conferencing for exploratory interview between student and company before the placement

To raise the quality of student exchanges by offering virtual support, both before and after the physical mobility

Supporting teachers in coaching exchange students at a distance

3. Virtual support activities to physical exchanges

VM-BASE: Virtual Mobility Before and After Student 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

Before > Pre-selection Tools

Master in Physiotherapy, KULeuven

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 are now more transparent

Before > Pre-selection Tools

Master in Physiotherapy, KULeuven

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

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


Course structure


Sample WIKI article


WIKI editing

Challenges Different level in knowledge of languages. Hard to

write articles if begin to learn a language.

Students tend to choose facility (the language they know best, their favorite topic).

No lively virtual community, because number of participants was low


During

Laurea's existing prep-course for outgoing exchange students did not meet the current needs

Need for more interactiveness and more support during the exchange

Added:• an interactive online discussion forum for students

before, during and after exchange• the possibility for eTutoring and eSupport during the

exchange.

During

Go Abroad!, Laurea

Contents of the course: before the exchange

Meeting with the other students and International Coordinators: Information on practical arrangements (info provided online as well)

Personal meetings with the International Coordinator: information on studies abroad (host institution and study offer, accommodation, location (country, area, city), learning agreement

Meeting with the other students and International Coordinators

- Final information about the Go Abroad -course- Cultural encounters (culture shock)- Orientation for the exchange/placement

Assignments to be completed online

During

Go Abroad!, Laurea

Contents of the course: during the exchange

Assignments to be completed online:

• Writing the Go Abroad diary regularly • Participation in discussions during different phases of the

exchange/placement with the International Coordinators and other students abroad

• Photography contest (voluntary)

During

Go Abroad!, Laurea

Contents of the course: after the exchange

Go Abroad assignments

Meeting with the International Coordinator

Filling out a feedback form

Sharing the experiences in the classroom and / or at the International info Days

Preparatory courses Go Abroad!, Laurea

Conclusions

Steps of the process In the beginning of the preparation a need for face to face

meetings In the beginning of the exchange a need for discussions Students were rather passive in the middle of the exchange At the end the discussion started again After arrival no need for the virtual workspace

Important to support not just the exchange, but students’ learning process as a whole

Has deepened the learning experience of some students

Preparatory courses Go Abroad!, Laurea

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-assessment

E-assessment, K.U.Leuven

What did we need?• Webconferencing through FlashMeeting• Laptop and webcam on both sides• Support staff

What did we do?• Booking of meeting + manual for students• Students receive link to meeting through e-mail• Online examination + recording



Some reactions…• Quality similar to F2F• Recordings are added value• F2F meeting for authentication• The technology should disappear• Time consuming• Connectivity, crucial for timing



“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 Alumni

Virtual Alumni


Virtual Alumni: examples

Erasmus Student Network Alumni Society

www.esn.org/alumni

Erasmus Mundus Alumni Associationwww.erasmusmundus-alumni.eu

http://www.esn.org/alumni

http://www.erasmusmundus-alumni.eu/


Virtual 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 After Student Exchanges: outcomes

http://vm-base.europace.org/

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

• REVE: set-up of and scenario’s for virtual mobility courses • VENUS: expert seminars through videoconferencing• VM-BASE: 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 and CVBE: model 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

internacional.ugr.es/pages/proyectos/erasmus_mundus/movinter

E-MOVE EADTU www.eadtu.nl/virtualmobility

CSVM EADTU www.eadtu.nl/csvm

CBVE EADTU www.eadtu.nl/cbve

MORIL EADTU www.eadtu.nl/conference-2007/files/K5.pdf

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 Campus

Blended 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

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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

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Re.ViCa: Reviewing Virtual Campuses

Based on previous examples and research

+ Other initiatives from the partners and from others identified during the research, European and global, ceased and succesful ones …

Re.ViCa – outputs & activities

Historical overview Inventory on Virtual Campuses Taxonomy or theoretical categorisation Three key meetings with International

Advisory Committee WIKI Virtual Campus Manual

Re.ViCa online

Re.ViCa website

http://revica.europace.org

Re.ViCa WIKI

http://www.virtualcampuses.eu Login: revica

Password: EuroPace

http://revica.europace.org/

http://www.virtualcampuses.eu/

http://www.virtualcampuses.eu/

More Information?

Ilse Op de Beeck

eLearning Projects CoordinatorEuroPACE ivzw

AVNet-K.U.Leuven

[email protected]

Thank You !

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