Home and Away. ET-Solutions For Mobile Students and Teachers. Ilse Op de Beeck, Helena Bijnens EuroPACE ivzw

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1 Home and Away. ET-Solutions For Mobile Students and Teachers Ilse Op de Beeck, Helena Bijnens EuroPACE ivzw

2 Mobility Physical mobility > < Virtual mobility

3 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

4 Educational Technologies

5 EuroPACE projects on Virtual and Blended Mobility

6 Virtual Mobility Before and After Student Exchanges 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

7 Activities State-of-the-art Needs analysis Set-up of pilots Virtual Alumni Study Feedback through events

8 Virtual Support Activities Before Orientation guidelines Course information Pre-selection tools & student selection Preparatory courses (language, culture, digital literacy) During E-Coaching After Virtual assessment and evaluation at a distance Virtual alumni

9 Before

10 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

11 Before > Pre-selection Tools Master in Physiotherapy, KULeuven

12 Before > Pre-selection Tools Master in Physiotherapy, KULeuven

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

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

15 Before > Preparatory courses Multilingual survival kit GIS, University of West-Hungary Sample WIKI article

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

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

18 During

19 During Go Abroad!, Laurea 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.

20 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

21 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)

22 Preparatory courses 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

23 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

24 After

25 After > E-assessment E-assessment, K.U.Leuven Master European Social Security (Faculty of Law) one-year international study programme in English Blends regular with distance learning This pilot: : need for oral examination at a distance Set-up of e-assessment through webconferencing

26 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 Online examination + recording

27 After > E-assessment E-assessment, K.U.Leuven Some reactions Quality similar to F2F Recordings are added value F2F meeting for authentication The technology should disappear Time consuming Connectivity, crucial for timing

28 After > Virtual Alumni Virtual Alumni 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)

29 After > Virtual Alumni Virtual Alumni: examples Erasmus Student Network Alumni Society Erasmus Mundus Alumni Association

30 After > Virtual Alumni Virtual Alumni Facebook, KHLeuven

31 After > Virtual Alumni Virtual Alumni Facebook, KHLeuven

32 VM-BASE Outcomes Manual for blended mobility Manual on e-coaching including guidelines & recommendations for all stakeholders in student mobility (students, teachers, international relations officers, networks of higher education, )

33 Lessons Learnt & Recommendations - Both incoming and outgoing students need support - Support during ALL stages (before-during-after) - Blended approach - Good cooperation between International Office, IT-services, Faculty & Teachers is essential - Use former exchange students and students associations for feedback & support of new exchange students - Use the benefits of technologies & web2.0

34 Future From pilots to mainstream activities Sharing best-practices throughout Europe. European Portal for International Courses and Services Coordinated by

35 EPICS Approach Share Combine & Extend Develop & Integrate Expertise and experience of Virtual Mobility coordinators Networks of Virtual Mobility as well as offerings of Virtual Mobility courses The supporting technical infrastructure of EPICS

36 Building EPICS Build on existing initiatives: E-MOVE: 3 models of Virtual Mobility REVE: set-up (and scenario s for) virtual mobility courses VENUS: expert seminars through videoconferencing VM-BASE: virtual mobility before, during and after student exchanges BEING MOBILE: dissemination of different models of Virtual Mobility SPUTNIC: technology enhanced international educational cooperation Net-Active: model of intercontinental virtual mobility CSVM and CVBE: model of virtual internships Build additional services and add new courses Building supporting networks: Like in Physical mobility the dynamics of Virtual mobility is to come from University staff organised in bi-lateral and multilateral networks

37 Further Resources Project Coordinator Web site REVE EuroPACE reve.europace.org VENUS EuroPACE VM-BASE EuroPACE vm-base.europace.org SPUTNIC EuroPACE sputnic.europace.org MOVINTER Universidad de Granada internacional.ugr.es/pages/proyectos/erasmus_mu ndus/movinter E-MOVE EADTU CSVM EADTU CBVE EADTU MORIL EADTU EPICS EADTU NetACTIVE UNED

38 More Information? Ilse Op de Beeck elearning Projects Coordinator EuroPACE ivzw Thank You!