virqual @ eguidance 2009
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Virqual was at the6th European Conference on e-Guidance "Widening access to lifelong guidance"TRANSCRIPT
VIRQUAL
A Proposal to Harmonize Virtual Mobility and
the European Qualification Framework
Alfredo Soeiro :: Rita Falcão
eGuidance :: 16th September :: Riga, Latvia
General information
• Network for integrating Virtual Mobility and European Qualification Framework in HE and CE Institutions
• 143748-PT-KA3NW• Duration: 3 years• Key Activity 3 : ICT /
network
With the support of the Lifelong Learning programme of the European Union
Summary of partners Partner Country Legal name
P1 PT Universidade do Porto
P2 ES Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
P3 AT Technische Universität Wien
P4 EE Eesti Infotehnoloogia Sihtasutus
P5 HU Gábor Dénes Főiskola
P6 TR Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi – Sürekli Eğitim Merkezi
P7 PT Universidade Aberta
P8 PT TecMinho – Associação Universidade-Empresa para o Desenvolvimento
P9 AT Verein zur Förderung des Einsatzes Medien in der Aus- u. Weiterbildung
General aim
To help educational and training institutions to achieve Virtual Mobility and to guarantee EQF implementation through e-learning, aiming at finding specific obstacles in institutions and proposing concrete and innovative solutions.
Objective 1
To define, exemplify and promote discussion about using e-learning as a scenario to foster national and international collaboration of HE /CE organizations to achieve virtual mobility implementation.
Objective 2
To critically assess and exchange results, ideas and innovation about European, national and local policies and initiatives in the area of Virtual Mobility, aiming at identifying obstacles and facilitators for collaboration.
Objective 3
To cooperate in the elaboration and implementation of concrete Virtual Mobility scenarios, by establishing partnerships among the network institutions, and providing solutions and specific tools for different processes and stakeholders involved in the process.
Objective 4
To elaborate, implement, make available and disseminate tools to analyse, support, manage at Institutional level, contributing to improve the Virtual Mobility in Europe while trying to implement EQF requirements.
WorkpackagesWP1 MAN Network management, financial
management and coordination UPORTO PT
WP2 MAN Network Meetings UPORTO PT
WP3 QA Evaluation and quality management GDF HU
WP4 DEV Establishing the network UPORTO PT
WP5 DEV SIG 1 UABERTA PT
WP6 DEV SIG 2 EITF EE
WP7 DEV SIG 3 TU Wien AT
WP8 DEV SIG 4 TECMINHO PT
WP9 DEV Liaison Committee UPORTO PT
WP10 DISS International dissemination UPV ES
WP11 DISS National dissemination UPORTO EE
WP12 EXP Exploitation of results EITF EE
SIG1: Virtual Mobility, ECTS and e-Learning
• How Institutions are dealing with Bologna?
• What are the obstacles to national/international mobility programs and integration in the labour market
• How can we adapt the ECTS system to on-line courses
SIG2: Research
• What has been done in projects in the area of virtual mobility, EQF and ECTS and e-learning?
• Compile a database of Projects, Networks and Initiatives related to Virtual Mobility and to EQF implementation.
• Identify projects and initiatives that VIRQUAL should network with.
SIG3: e-Learning and evaluation of Learning Oucomes
• How e-learning can contribute to the evaluation of Learning Outcomes– How can we relate Learning Objectives with
Learning Outcomes– How do we define Learning Outcomes in a
course?– How can we identify Learning Outcomes?– How can we assess and validate Learning
Outcomes using e-learning?
SIG4: e-Learning and EQF
• How can e-learning courses contribute to the acquisition of qualifications of the different levels of the EQF?
• Can we acquire all types of qualifications through e-learning?
• If not, which can be acquired and which cannot..
Innovation in Network Management
• Innovative practices in management using web 2.0 and other technologies– Project Management– Communication e collaborative work– Growing the Network– Dissemination of results
Project Management
• Microsoft Office Project– Detailed planning of the project– Updating and adjusting planning– Project control– Server functionalities to achieve distributed management
(near future)
• Expected benefits– improve the implementation of the project – provide data for quality assurance– identify critical tasks and areas where the project needed
more clarification
Communication & collaborative work
• Communication tools– Mailing list ([email protected]): administrative processes.– Moodle Forum: discussions about the themes of the project– Conference calls (Skype): between meetings for clarification– Doodle: to facilitate scheduling – Videoconference and other on-line conferencing tools are
being studied to support on-line seminars (Mikogo, DimDim, Adobe Connect Pro and Codian).
• Collaborative work and knowledge construction:– Moodle tools, including Forum, Resources and Wikis. – Other tools for specific situations: online mind-mapping tools
for brainstorming
Dissemination and networking
• Website– Drupal, a Content Management System (CMS)– Facilitates distributed content production
• Newsletter– Integrated in website– Thematic
• Facebook– Social networking tool– Increase contacts and community
