About the EU-VIP project
The EU-VIP project was funded by the European Commission within the Lifelong Learning Programme. It ran from October 2009 until September 2011. The project brought together 16 partners from 8 different countries. To ensure the success of the project all stakeholder groups were represented: the consortium
was composed of higher education institutions and European not-for profit associations of universities, businesses and students.
was composed of higher education institutions and European not-for profit associations of universities, businesses and students.
Firstly, the project established a state-of-the-art regarding virtual and blended placements. Starting from this document and additional research the partnership put together a scenario for organizing virtual and blended work placements. This scenario served as a general framework to design and implement 19 pilot projects. These pilots all varied on the scale from a very limited to a very far reaching integration of virtual mobility activities.
Before executing the pilots, pilot participants (students, teaching staff, administrative staff, company mentors...) received local training adapted to their specific needs (development of technology skills, help while implementing the general scenario, how to undertake e-coaching). After pilot execution, all participants contributed to the evaluation of the pilot, via surveys and/or interviews. The feedback from the pilot participants was used to further expand and fine-tune the framework and to identify critical success factors for the integration of virtual mobility in internships.
During the project al lot of attention was also paid to identifying the needs and the benefits for all stakeholders. To this end two stakeholder meetings were organized to collect feedback on (intermediary) project outcomes: one in Berlin (DE) on the 1st of December 2010 and a second one in Mechelen (BE) on the 27th of April 2011. These meetings were aimed at representatives from higher education institutions and from the business world. The students were addressed through the organization of two BEST symposia: one in Ljubljana (5 to 9 July 2010, Report) and one in Riga (22 and 23 August 2011, Report).
Read the final public project report (coming soon).
Before executing the pilots, pilot participants (students, teaching staff, administrative staff, company mentors...) received local training adapted to their specific needs (development of technology skills, help while implementing the general scenario, how to undertake e-coaching). After pilot execution, all participants contributed to the evaluation of the pilot, via surveys and/or interviews. The feedback from the pilot participants was used to further expand and fine-tune the framework and to identify critical success factors for the integration of virtual mobility in internships.
During the project al lot of attention was also paid to identifying the needs and the benefits for all stakeholders. To this end two stakeholder meetings were organized to collect feedback on (intermediary) project outcomes: one in Berlin (DE) on the 1st of December 2010 and a second one in Mechelen (BE) on the 27th of April 2011. These meetings were aimed at representatives from higher education institutions and from the business world. The students were addressed through the organization of two BEST symposia: one in Ljubljana (5 to 9 July 2010, Report) and one in Riga (22 and 23 August 2011, Report).
Read the final public project report (coming soon).
