Virtualna mobilnost - Inovativni pristop k mobilnosti evropskih študentov

Abstract

Virtual mobility (VM) is an alternative in achieving the goal of an international learning experience for those who cannot participate in physical mobility programmes due to social, financial or other reasons.

The paper presents the achievements of the project Ready for virtual mobility? (MoreVM), funded with support from the European Commission, which was set up to realize the virtual mobility aspect of educating the 3 million mobile students. In order to introduce students to the benefits of virtual mobility, project introduces a pre-virtual mobility support phase which is dedicated to the testing, initiation of virtual mobility and preparation of the two target groups (students and staff at consumer colleges/universities) for virtual mobility. The paper presents a VM introductory course for VM students which will help students to develop and/or refresh online learning skills and a VM preparatory course for VM coordinators for the staff at consumer colleges/universities acting as coordinators in virtual mobility. Both courses make use of a VM cultural survival kit, providing elements for developing intercultural awareness as well as intercultural communication and linguistic skills.

Evaluation results show that over 80% of the 80 students enrolled in the pilot course, coming from 14 countries, indicate that through this VM experience they gained necessary skills for virtual mobility.