Virtual mobility
Encyclopedia
Virtual mobility refers to students and teachers in higher education
using another institution outside their own country to study or teach for a limited time, without physically leaving their home. It complements physical mobility in which students travel to study abroad
, such as Erasmus Student Network
. The two forms of mobility together constitute academic mobility
.
Virtual mobility has been defined as an activity that offers access to courses and study schemes in a foreign country and allows for communication activities with teachers and fellow students abroad via the new information and communication technologies
.
Striving for a European educational space, the European ministers of Education consider Virtual Mobility as a necessary addition to the traditional ways of studying abroad, that required travelling. In Europe, databases like Educontact provide students with an overview of available courses.
The public policy background is to be found, e.g., in the Leuven-declaration on Mobility, by 46 European Higher education ministers http://www.eurashe.eu/FileLib/Leuven_Louvain-la-Neuve_Communiqu9_April_2009.pdf
A non-commercial
guide to Virtual Mobility is suitable for universities and schools that start with VM http://145.20.178.4/Portals/0/documents/The_Guide_to_Virtual_Mobility.pdf
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
using another institution outside their own country to study or teach for a limited time, without physically leaving their home. It complements physical mobility in which students travel to study abroad
Study abroad
Studying abroad is the act of a student pursuing educational opportunities in a country other than one's own. This can include primary, secondary and post-secondary students...
, such as Erasmus Student Network
Erasmus Student Network
Erasmus Student Network is a European wide student organisation. Its goal is to support and develop student exchange. It is composed of over 12'000 members from more than 370 local sections in 36 countries in Higher Education Institutions, including universities, polytechnics, and university...
. The two forms of mobility together constitute academic mobility
Academic mobility
Academic mobility refers to students and teachers in higher education moving to another institution inside or outside their own country to study or teach for a limited time.Academic mobility suffers from cultural, socio-economical and academic barriers...
.
Virtual mobility has been defined as an activity that offers access to courses and study schemes in a foreign country and allows for communication activities with teachers and fellow students abroad via the new information and communication technologies
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
.
Striving for a European educational space, the European ministers of Education consider Virtual Mobility as a necessary addition to the traditional ways of studying abroad, that required travelling. In Europe, databases like Educontact provide students with an overview of available courses.
The public policy background is to be found, e.g., in the Leuven-declaration on Mobility, by 46 European Higher education ministers http://www.eurashe.eu/FileLib/Leuven_Louvain-la-Neuve_Communiqu9_April_2009.pdf
A non-commercial
Non-commercial
Non-commercial refers to an activity or entity that does not in some sense involve commerce, at least relative to similar activities that do have a commercial objective or emphasis...
guide to Virtual Mobility is suitable for universities and schools that start with VM http://145.20.178.4/Portals/0/documents/The_Guide_to_Virtual_Mobility.pdf