Move-IT – Seminars Promoting Virtual Support for Mobile StudentsIlse Op de Beeck, AVNet-K.U.Leuven & EuroPACE ivzwMart Achten, EuroPACE ivzw
1 November 2009 – 31 December 2010 Project supported by the European Union
under the Lifelong Learning Programme – Erasmus/Accompanying Measures
Follow-up project VM-BASE, “Virtual Mobility Before and After Student Exchanges” (Socrates-Minerva, 2006-2008)
Objectives
To maximize the impact of physical mobility of students, teachers and staff by:
raising awareness bringing together projects and potential
users emphasizing the transfer and take-up of
project results by new users
through the Move-IT website and the organisation of events
Promoting and increasing the visibility of (former and current) projects and
initiatives on blended/virtual mobility and e-coaching
Project partners
• EuroPACE ivzw (BE) – coordinator• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – AVNet
(BE)• Coimbra Group (BE)
Target groups
Higher education institutions, • especially those involved in student
mobility
• management
Students & student networks E-learning community, policy makers,
other stakeholders in student mobility
Outcomes
Portal on blended mobility
http://move-it.europace.org
Basic project info (description, partners, contact,...)
Events: Announcement & collection of related materials (presentations, recordings, etc.)
Presentation best-practice projects & initiatives Interesting links & resources
Two seminars on blended mobility
Presentations & discussion sessions 10 June 2010,
Coimbra conference, Iasi (RO)
40 participants
14 October 2010, Leuven (BE)
33 participants
Two webinars on e-coaching
7 May 2010 (73 participants)
27 May 2010 (49 participants)
Face-to-face, Leuven (BE) Webconferencing (Adobe
Connect) Livestream Recordings available on
website
Final event
Move-IT Home and Away Forum “Coaching exchange students from a distance”1 December 2010,
pre-conference event of Online Educa Berlin (DE)
Forum proceedings (online & printed guidebook)
Other dissemination materials & channels Mailings:
• news and information published in relevant newsletters
• personal invitations sent to stakeholders
Leaflet, distributed at numerous events, conferences, meetings, ...;
Conference presentations (e.g. Edulearn, EADTU, ICL, BEST student symposia…);
Publications: conference papers, articles,..; Press releases;
Exploitation (1)
Establishing links with similar initiatives (EU-funded projects as well as individual best-practices of HEIs) on the topic of blended mobility and e-coaching. • Launch call for cases at the start of the project
• Invitation to project leaders of identified innovative initiatives to contribute to the Move-IT web portal
and/or to be a speaker or participant at one of the organised events
Exploitation (2)
Making available the Move-IT outcomes to an as wide audience as possible during & after the project duration. • Making available the recordings of
webinars & other events online
• Creating Forum proceedings & distributing to stakeholders.
After the project duration
Formalising commitment of Move-IT project partners in a final exploitation agreement
Continued promotion of outcomes in regular activities of partners (new projects, newsletters, seminars, presentations,...)