VM-BASE
 Project: Virtual Mobility Before and After Student Exchanges
Duration: 24 Months (1 October 2006 - 30 September 2008)
Coordinator: EuroPACE ivzw
Partners: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - AVNet (BE), Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven (BE), Coimbra Group ASBL (BE), ESU - European Students' Union (BE), University of Tartu (EE), BEST - Board of European Students of Technology (FR), University of West Hungary - College of Geoinformatics (HU), Helsinki University of Technology - TKK Dipoli (FI), Laurea University of Applied Sciences (FI), University of Edinburgh (UK)
Role EuroPACE: EuroPACE is responsible for the coordination of this project.
Summary: Despite the evident success of mobility actions within the European Higher Education Area, research has shown there
remain a number of opportunities for improvement.
VM-BASE aims to enhance the impact and efficiency of the Erasmus programme through the set-up of and support for a
full-fletched ‘blended’ Erasmus action, (1) as a complement to the existing Erasmus exchange programmes in which virtual Erasmus can be used to prepare and
follow-up the physical mobility;
(2) to support teachers in coaching at a distance (e-coaching) for both preparatory and return initiatives in blended format; (3) to consider the local, regional, national and European considerations of such ‘blended mobility’ actions.
Main target groups are the (Erasmus) students and teachers, but also policy makers, (networks of) higher education
institutions, student representative bodies (at European, national, regional and local level) will be addressed.
Activities include a.o. research (needs analysis) and piloting.
Outputs include:(i) Orientation guidelines for students to select a host institution for their physical Erasmus exchange program. (ii) Codes of good practice in designing pre-selection tests for students to assess themselves in how far they are
prepared for the studies at the host institute of their choice. (iii) Blue print for preliminary courses (e.g. on language, culture, digital literacy) for students preparing for a physical
Erasmus exchange. (iv) Guidelines on assessment and evaluation tools to facilitate examination at the end or even after physical Erasmus
exchanges. (v) A study on a Virtual Alumni Association for Erasmus students. (vi) A manual on ‘good practices in e-coaching’ with models, tools and systems, looked upon from three different
angles: technology-media, organisation-logistics, and pedagogy-didactics. (vii) A manual with validated procedures and recommendations for blended mobility activities at institutional, network
(local/transnational) and European level.
URL: http://vm-base.europace.org - brochure
Supported by: EC- DG Education and Culture - Socrates - Minerva
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