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Erasmus is the EU's flagship education and training programme, enabling two hundred thousand students to study and work abroad each year, as well as supporting co-operation actions between higher education institutions across Europe. It caters not only for students, but also for professors and business staff who want to teach abroad and for university staff who want to be trained abroad. | As noted on the Europa [http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc80_en.htm Lifelong Learning Programme web site] Erasmus is the EU's flagship education and training programme, enabling two hundred thousand students to study and work abroad each year, as well as supporting co-operation actions between higher education institutions across Europe. It caters not only for students, but also for professors and business staff who want to teach abroad and for university staff who want to be trained abroad. | ||
== Erasmus Virtual Campuses Multilateral Projects == | |||
The [http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/guide/fiches/erasmus12_en.html Europa web site] provides a concise summary of the Erasmus Virtual Campus programme: | |||
: The objectives of Virtual Campuses Multilateral Projects are: | |||
* To increase virtual mobility as a complement or substitute to physical mobility in addition to any other type of independent mobility | |||
* To integrate a virtual mobility dimension in Erasmus multilateral Curriculum Development projects | |||
* To increase the availability of high-quality European Open Educational Resources in a life long learning context | |||
* To contribute to the modernisation agenda for universities and of higher education in Europe. | |||
The Virtual Campus action within Erasmus seeks to support the development/ mainstreaming of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning supported by sustainable organisational, educational and economical models. Grants are provided for two-year projects involving higher education institutions and other relevant organisations from azt least three countries participating in the LLP. | |||
Coordinating organisations which are higher education institutions must hold an Erasmus University Charter. | |||
== More details == | |||
A useful glossary of Erasmus-related terms can be found on the Europa web site at http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/guide/glossary_en.html#116 | |||
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Revision as of 00:49, 13 February 2009
As noted on the Europa Lifelong Learning Programme web site Erasmus is the EU's flagship education and training programme, enabling two hundred thousand students to study and work abroad each year, as well as supporting co-operation actions between higher education institutions across Europe. It caters not only for students, but also for professors and business staff who want to teach abroad and for university staff who want to be trained abroad.
Erasmus Virtual Campuses Multilateral Projects
The Europa web site provides a concise summary of the Erasmus Virtual Campus programme:
- The objectives of Virtual Campuses Multilateral Projects are:
- To increase virtual mobility as a complement or substitute to physical mobility in addition to any other type of independent mobility
- To integrate a virtual mobility dimension in Erasmus multilateral Curriculum Development projects
- To increase the availability of high-quality European Open Educational Resources in a life long learning context
- To contribute to the modernisation agenda for universities and of higher education in Europe.
The Virtual Campus action within Erasmus seeks to support the development/ mainstreaming of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning supported by sustainable organisational, educational and economical models. Grants are provided for two-year projects involving higher education institutions and other relevant organisations from azt least three countries participating in the LLP.
Coordinating organisations which are higher education institutions must hold an Erasmus University Charter.
More details
A useful glossary of Erasmus-related terms can be found on the Europa web site at http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/guide/glossary_en.html#116