REVE Real Virtual Erasmus, EUNITE
Objectives:
Enhancing the impact and efficiency of the Erasmus programme through the set-up of and support for a full-fletched virtual Erasmus action; (1) as a complement to the existing Erasmus exchange programmes in which virtual Erasmus can be used to prepare and follow-up the physical mobility or/and take courses at the home university while staying abroad;(2) to embed networked e-learning (in transnational collaboration of teachers and students) as an integrated part in mainstream higher education, aiming at transferability, scalability and sustainability: joint programme and course development, joint learning activities as virtual integrated elements of blended learning, ‘following’ (e.g. elective) courses abroad in a virtual mode; (3) to develop and provide the necessary technical, pedagogical and organizational services to guarantee these objectives to be realised.
Approach:
A group of core partners (work package leaders) and active partners use their existing (discipline -and Erasmus-) networks for the implementation of virtual mobility course actions, based on existing materials that are improved and purpose tuned, and use the necessary procedures and services that are developed in the horizontal actions. These horizontal actions include (1) improvement of the necessary technological tools (especially for collaborative work) and the provision of a central support team), (2) pedagogical models and consultancy, (3) organisational support (e.g. network administration, IPR and copyrights, language and cultural management); (4) development and implementation of transparent procedures for the purpose; (5) improvement and delivery of training in e-learning competences; and (6) effective models of cooperation between relevant networks in higher education to guarantee sustainability within the European Higher Education Area.
Expected results:
- Real working virtual mobility actions within the real environment of mainstream education of the partners;
- Concrete and validated procedures as well as recommendations at institutional, network (local as well as transnational and European level, published in a manual about a global framework for networked e-learning, as a further development of the existing Manual for a Collaborative European Virtual University (finished cEVU project);
- Tools and techniques that support the virtual mobility actions, including training materials;
- Effective dissemination to stimulate uptake of the outcomes inside and outside the (extended) partnership