Collaborative European Virtual University

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The Collaborative European Virtual University (CEVU, cEVU) was selected in 2001 under Erasmus Transversal Actions. It was funded through 2003. As noted in the project description:

This project is aimed at the development of validated e-learning models and ideas for a European virtual university, based on regional and transnational collaboration between existing European universities.

Project results have been published in a 'Manual for a collaborative European Virtual University', which includes guidelines for decision makers, managers, teachers, trainers, and technicians.

The CEVU web site is at http://www.europace.org/rdcevu.php

Summary

The cEVU project's main focus was to study why a collaborative European Virtual Education would be beneficial to universities, what the added value would be, how it should be structured and operate, and what had to be put in place to create such a platform. It built on information from former studies, projects and concrete experiences within the participating networks and partner universities. In the framework of the project the following activities were undertaken:

• Study of the elements of joint working practices, models and policies for distance and online education;
• Development of the technical infrastructure for a collaborative European Virtual University, together with the necessary teaching and learning services;
• Validation of the collaboration models by the participating institutions through a set of high quality online pilot courses.

The project results include: real working virtual mobility actions within the real environment of mainstream education of the partners; concrete and validated procedures as ell as recommendations at institutional or network level (local as well as transnational and European networks); and tools and techniques to support virtual mobility actions, including training materials.

Outcomes

The outcomes of the cEVU project were published in an online ‘Manual for a collaborative European Virtual University’ with recommendations and guidelines for decision makers, teachers, trainers, managers and technicians. The manual focuses on collaborative European Virtual Universities as one format of transnational virtual higher education.

See http://www.europace.org/reports3.php for the CEVU output report.

Partners

• EuroPACE ivzw - Belgium, co-ordination by Jef Van den Branden, Ann Opsomer
• EUNITE - European Universities Network for IT in Education - Belgium
• ECIU - European Consortium of Innovative Universities - The Netherlands
• Coimbra Group - Belgium
• EUA - European Universities Association - Belgium
• Universiteit Twente - The Netherlands
• University of Strathclyde - United Kingdom
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium
• Technische Universität Dortmund - Germany
• Université de Technologie de Compiègne - France
• Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg - Germany
• Aalborg Universitet - Denmark
• Teknillinen Korkeakoulu - Finland
• FernUniversität in Hagen - Germany
• Technological Education Institute of Piraeus - Greece
• Università Degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” - Italy
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Greece
• Universidad Politecnica de Madrid - Spain
• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Spain
• Chalmers Tekniska Högskola - Sweden
• Joensuu Yliopisto - Finland
• Universidad De Castilla–La Mancha - Spain
• EPYC - Belgium

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