MOVINTER

Project: Enhancing Virtual Mobility to foster institutional cooperation and internationalisation of curricula

Duration: 12 Months (1 December 2008 – 30 November 2010)

Coordinator: University of Granada (ES)

Partners: EuroPACE ivzw (BE), Scienter (IT), University of Bologna (IT), University of Aveiro (PT), Latin-American School of Social Sciences (MX), Metropolitan Authonomous University (MX)

Role EuroPACE: EuroPACE coordinates the work leading to the Modeling engine, and contributes to the elaboration of the Evaluation Guidelines and to the Review phase. EuroPACe will also organise a local awareness seminar in Belgium.

Summary: The project aims to contribute to increase cooperation and structural link among Higher Education Institutions of Europe and Latin America through an in-depth exploration of the potential of ICT - and particularly Virtual Mobility – to internationalise curricula and learning experiences.

In order to achieve this MOVINTER will : Review literature, legislation, regulations, policies and best practices in the field; Elaborate and validate with experts an action plan to exploit virtual mobility and ICT for international cooperation; Design a Modelling Engine aimed to support the capacity of HEIs to design and implement an integrated use of Virtual Mobility to enhance internationalisation of study experiences, curricula and academic titles; Create the EU-LA MOVINTER Stakeholders community of leading practitioners, policy and decision makers and researchers; Animate policy dialogue in the field; Disseminate project results and elaborate a transferable model to other contexts and fields so to ensure the sustainability of the action.

The main long-term outcomes will be:

- the MOVINTER Modelling Engine providing tools and prototype services to support academic institutions in the exploitation of ICT and virtual mobility as means to foster international cooperation;

- the MOVINTER White Paper containing a Roadmap and recommendations on how to exploit the potential of ICT and Virtual Mobility to improve the nature and the effectiveness of international academic cooperation;

- the MOVINTER Stakeholders Community gathering experts, researchers, policy and decision makers and practitioners interested in implementing VM strategies to increase international cooperation.

The target groups addressed are: European and Latin American HEIs; policy and decision makers; academic and professional associations and HE networks; students' associations and students; public at large and the research community.

URL: http://www.movinter.eu/

Leaflet: English, Spanish

Supported by: Erasmus Mundus Programme - Action 4: Enhancing Attractiveness