Move-IT – Seminars Promoting Virtual
Support for Mobile Students
Ilse Op de Beeck, AVNet-K.U.Leuven &
EuroPACE ivzw
Mart Achten, EuroPACE ivzw
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1 November 2009 – 31 December 2010
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Project supported by the European Union
under the Lifelong Learning Programme –
Erasmus/Accompanying Measures
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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:
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raising awareness
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bringing together projects and potential
users
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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
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Higher education institutions,
• especially those involved in student mobility
• management
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Students & student networks
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E-learning community, policy makers,
other stakeholders in student mobility
Outcomes
Portal on
blended
mobility
http://moveit.europace.org
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Basic project info (description, partners, contact,...)
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Events: Announcement & collection of related materials
(presentations, recordings, etc.)
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Presentation best-practice projects & initiatives
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Interesting links & resources
Two seminars on blended
mobility
Presentations & discussion sessions
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10 June 2010,
Coimbra conference, Iasi (RO)
40 participants
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14 October 2010, Leuven (BE)
33 participants
Two webinars on e-coaching
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7 May 2010 (73
participants)
27 May 2010 (49
participants)
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Face-to-face, Leuven (BE)
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Webconferencing (Adobe
Connect)
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Livestream
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Recordings available on
website
Final event
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Move-IT Home and Away Forum
“Coaching exchange students from a
distance”
1 December 2010,
pre-conference event of Online Educa Berlin
(DE)
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Forum proceedings (online & printed
guidebook)
Other dissemination
materials & channels
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Mailings:
• news and information published in relevant
newsletters
• personal invitations sent to stakeholders
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Leaflet, distributed at numerous events,
conferences, meetings, ...;
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Conference presentations (e.g. Edulearn,
EADTU, ICL, BEST student symposia…);
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Publications: conference papers,
articles,..;
Exploitation (1)
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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 MoveIT web portal
and/or to be a speaker or participant at one of
the organised events
Exploitation (2)
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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
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Formalising commitment of Move-IT project
partners in a final exploitation agreement
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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