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Enhancing Student Mobility through Online Support
The Enhancing Student Mobility through Online Support (ESMOS) project was selected in 2004, and funded from 1 January 2005 until 31 December 2006 by the European Commission under the Socrates-Minerva Programme
The ESMOS web site is at http://www.esmos.eu
Summary
The aims of the ESMOS project were to develop, evaluate and model the usage of Virtual Learning Environments and online technologies to support students in mobility situations (study exchanges and work placements) throughout the European Union. The ESMOS project hoped to improve the quality of student’s mobility experience by providing them with a high level support through the means of Virtual Learning Environments and other online technologies. The partnership has firstly carried out an in‐depth analysis of existing practices of mobile students’ support, use of technologies, the factors that affect students on placement and an understanding of the relationships which need to be developed between the universities and their placement organisations in order to identify where and how virtual learning environments (VLEs) and other online technologies can be utilised effectively. Based on this needs analysis, a methodology for international mobility has been developed using a variety of technologies and online tools, such as blogs, wikis, SMS, MMS and virtual classroom applications along with VLEs. It is elaborated to become a Model for the Virtual Support of Mobility Students, with protocols and guidelines for each type of technology. These guidelines and protocols were also being tested in a number of real‐life case studies, alongside online tools for staff and students to help them to overcome pedagogical barriers when entering new learning situations.
Outcomes
A series of reports is published on the project website http://www.esmos.eu/
Partners
- University of Salford (UK)
- FH Joanneum (Austria)
- University of Calabria (Italy)
- Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
- Czestochowa University of Technology (Poland)
- D. Tensov Academy of Economics (Bulgaria )