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Virtual Mobility

Virtual Mobility. ICT and e-learning as tools for equality on student mobility Ilse Op de Beeck & Christine Michielsens (EuroPACE ivzw/ K.U.Leuven - AVNet). EuroPACE. European network of higher education institutions Mission: improving networked e-learning Interests: Education innovation

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Virtual Mobility

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  1. Virtual Mobility ICT and e-learning as tools for equality on student mobility Ilse Op de Beeck & Christine Michielsens (EuroPACE ivzw/ K.U.Leuven - AVNet)

  2. EuroPACE • European network of higher education institutions • Mission:improving networked e-learning • Interests: • Education innovation • New educational technologies • Virtual Mobility • Quality in e-learning • Competencies in e-learning ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  3. Physical Mobility • Erasmus programme • Student and teacher mobility • Current situation: 6% of students go on physical exchange • Goal: 3 million students (20%) on Erasmus exchange by 2010 • Biggest challenge: a lot of students cannot go on Erasmus exchange because of financial reasons ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  4. Question: Have you ever studied abroad with a student exchange programme? ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  5. “I always wanted to travel and live abroad but unfortunately the Erasmus money is so little that I did not even consider becoming an Erasmus student seriously.” (Clara Benac Earle – ESN publication: The Erasmus experience) Question: Do you agree? ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  6. Virtual Mobility “Virtual Mobility in education is learning through an ICT supported environment that includes cross-border collaboration with people from different backgrounds and cultures.” Source: Being Mobile handbook ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  7. Technologies • Video and web conferencing • Forum • Chat • Wiki • Blog • Document sharing tools • … ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  8. Question: Have you ever heard of the concept of Virtual Mobility before? ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  9. Maruja Gutierrez-Diaz Head of Unit for Innovation DG Education & Culture ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  10. Types of Virtual Mobility • Taking courses through e-learning in another university as part of your study programme • Taking courses from your home institution during your stay in a foreign institution • Joint virtual courses: Taking a course which is offered simultaneously in several universities as a combination of normal courses and e-learning (blended mobility) • Virtual support before, during and after a physical exchange ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  11. Opportunities • Cross-border collaboration with people from different backgrounds and cultures, community building, European citizenship • Knowledge exchange on course content, availability of experts from outside • Acquisition of ICT skills needed in working life • Enrichment of the traditional learning activities ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  12. Virtual Mobility for equality • More exchanges possible than in physical exchanges (less barriers): • Learning is no longer location dependent • No financial barriers • Democratisation of the learning experience • Better prepared for a physical exchange: VM complementing physical mobility ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  13. Alison Handley Exchange Administrator International and Graduate Office University of Strathclyde ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  14. ‘Blended Mobility’ Combine aspects of physical and virtual mobility to maximize the advantages of both ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  15. Virtual Mobility: challenges • Organisational • planning, timing, tasks • contracts, legal affairs • (ac)creditation • Pedagogical • didactical model • adaptation course structure • Technological • support and training • accessibility and interoperability between online environments ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  16. Projects about Virtual Mobility • REVE: Virtual Mobility Manual ‘Real Virtual Erasmus’ • Being Mobile: Best-practice manual‘European Cooperation in education through Virtual Mobility’ • VENUS ‘Virtual and E-mobility for Networking Universities in Society’ • VM-BASE‘Virtual Mobility before and after Student Exchanges’ • http://www.europace.org ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  17. Example: VENUS seminars • International top experts • Different locations linked by: • Videoconferencing • Webstreaming • Moderated chat during the seminar • Project outputs • Virtual Seminar Organisation Handbook • Online module: ‘Europe in Focus’ • http://www.venus-project.nethttp://www.venus-seminars.net ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  18. Examples from REVE ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  19. Example: Cinema & Literature • Collaboration between KULeuven and Granada • Combination online - face-to-face • 10-20 students per partner • Combination of different didactical strategies • Mix of technology • Multilingual approach ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  20. Video fragment: interview teachers and students Cinema & Literature Technology Language ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  21. Example: International Student Business Challenge • Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen + polytechnics in Finland, Portugal and Poland • Simulation companies in economical market • Mix local, face-to-face collaboration and international, virtual collaboration • Videoconferencing ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  22. Video fragment: International Student Business Challenge ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  23. Question: Can Virtual Mobility replace a physical exchange? ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  24. Question: Can Virtual Mobility support a physical exchange? ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  25. VM-BASE Virtual Mobility before and after student exchanges

  26. VM-BASE • VM-BASE ‘Virtual Mobility before and after student exchanges’ • Socrates - Minerva project • October 2006 - September 2008 • Virtual support before and after (physical) Erasmus exchanges & support of teachers in coaching virtually (e-coaching) ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  27. Project partners • EuroPACE ivzw (BE) • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE) • Coimbra Group (BE) • Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (BE) • ESIB (BE) • University of Tartu (EE) • BEST Board of European Students of Technology (FR) • University of West-Hungary (HU) • Helsinki University of Technology (FI) • Laurea University of Applied Sciences (FI) • University of Edinburgh (UK) ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  28. Project methodology • Inventory & needs analysis • Pilots • Recommendations • Manual on blended mobility • Manual on e-coaching ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  29. Question: Did you receive enough support and information from your home institution before the exchange? Did you receive enough support and information from your host institution before the exchange? ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  30. Virtual support before the exchange • Orientation guidelines • Information about the course offer • Preselection tools & student-selection • Preparatory courses ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  31. Orientation guidelines “Oh, I forgot to mention my problems with accommodation. I could not find anything for one week.” (Valentinas – ESN publication: The Erasmus experiences) “It seems that there was absolutely no communication between people of International Office and even the day of our arrival nobody was able to help us” (Exhange Students’ rights. Results of Erasmus Student Network Survey 2006) ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  32. Information about the course offer “A professor refused to let me in a course and the only explanation that I get was that I am an exchange student and resident students are with privilege about this course” “Exchange students weren’t allowed to take certain classes, they had to choose from a specific list, which didn’t always match their needs.” (Exhange Students’ rights. Results of Erasmus Student Network Survey 2006) ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  33. Pre-selection tools & student selection “What I feared for doesn’t happen, because I can follow the lectures very well.” (Jon Catshoek – ESN publication: The Erasmus experiences) ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  34. Preparatory courses • Language “A two weeks course before leaving gives you not exactly the ideal knowledge of a language.” (Andrea Cantore – ESN publication: The Erasmus experiences) • Culture • Digital Literacy ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  35. Virtual support after the exchange • Virtual assessment & evaluation at a distance • Virtual alumni ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  36. Question: Would you consider to join an Alumni Association for Erasmus students? ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  37. Example: Erasmus Mundus Examples of virtual support: • Student selection • Erasmus Mundus Alumni Associationhttp://www.erasmusmundus-alumni.eu ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

  38. More information? Ilse Op de Beeck eLearning Projects Coordinator EuroPACE ivzw ilse.opdebeeck@europace.be www.europace.org vm-base.europace.org (under construction) ESIB seminar - May 8, 2007

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