Move-IT – Seminars Promoting Virtual Support for Mobile Students

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,...)

More information?

mart.achten@avnet.kuleuven.be

ilse.opdebeeck@avnet.kuleuven.be

http://move-it.europace.org