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BEING MOBILE - Disseminating Virtual Mobility for Students and Teachers
Project
BEING MOBILE, project coordinated by EuroPACE
January 2006 - December 2006
Outcome
European Cooperation in Education through Virtual Mobility. A best-practice manual
124 pages.
2006
Authors
Edited by Helena Bijnens, Machteld Boussemaere, Kamakshi Rajagopal, Ilse Op de Beeck & Wim Van Petegem
Abstract
The first chapter provides information about the background of the publication, starting with the background of the project “Being Mobile”. The concept of Virtual Mobility is introduced in the second chapter, which begins with a description of the link between physical mobility and Virtual Mobility. The role and relationship to the Bologna process is also described in this chapter. In the third chapter, a categorisation of different types of Virtual Mobility activities is introduced. Here the grounds on which this categorisation is made are discussed, as well as a detailed explanation of each category. The next chapter builds further on this by giving an overview of best-practice examples for each of the categories mentioned in the third chapter. Short descriptions of several other related activities can also be found in the fourth chapter. These activities are usually conducted in the framework of a project and so the fifth chapter provides a description of several Virtual Mobility projects, subdivided into current and previous Virtual Mobility projects. The final chapter provides an overview of what we consider to be the advantages and positive aspects of Virtual Mobility along with an overview of the challenges that can be faced when putting into practice a Virtual Mobility scheme. This chapter also provides a set of recommendations worth taking into account when setting up such schemes.
European Cooperation in Education through Virtual Mobility. A best-practice manual
BEING MOBILE Handbook (PDF), 124 pages