Benefits, Scenarios and Guidelines for Higher Education Institutions, Teachers and Students

Date: 11-12 June 2013
Place: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Building A, room 1

Paraninfo, Rectorado A
Campus Ciudad Universitaria
C/Ramiro de Maeztu, 7
28040, Madrid

The main goal of this two-day event is to showcase and discuss scenarios and guidelines with regard to how OpenCourseWare (OCW) can facilitate student virtual mobility in the European Higher Education context.

Removal of barriers to mobility in Higher Education has been identified, by the European Union, as one of its strategic priorities. This two-day event is organized within the context of a project entitled OpenCourseWare in the European Higher Education Context: How to make use of its full potential for virtual mobility, which is supported through the Life Long Learning Programme of the European Union. The main aim of this project is to showcase practices, develop scenarios and recommendations for successful implementation of OCW with an aim to improve student virtual mobility.

Join us for this interactive two-day event to learn how OCW can benefit Higher Education Institutions, teachers and students in order to facilitate student virtual mobility.

Target Audience

This events targets anyone who has an interest in Student Mobility issues and OpenCourseWare:

• University Policy makers
• Managers and staff of International Offices at Universities
• Government or Regional Agencies responsible for Education & Exchange
• University teaching staff
• Students and student representatives
• Student mobility organizations

Keywords

OpenCourseWare, Mobility, Student exchange, Erasmus, Internationalization, Open Education

Programme

Programme Tuesday 11 June

During the first day, participants will have an opportunity to learn, discuss and reflect on how OCW can improve conditions for virtual student mobility. This will be achieved through a number of presentations conducted by experts in their fields.
Discussions following presentations will allow for:

• A better understanding of the current framework and opportunities through EU mobility programs;
• Sharing of scenarios on student mobility via OCW and a review of draft guidelines for the implementation of OCW in order to facilitate student virtual mobility;
• Engagement on the topic of student virtual mobility with Directors of International Affairs and International Offices from invited HEIs;
• A better understanding of how OCW can facilitate student virtual mobility.

Programme Wednesday 12 June

During the second day, the focus of the workshop will shift to student perspectives. Through a number of presentations and interactive discussions, participants will learn about what OpenCourseWare can mean for students, teachers and various study programmes. A Student Mobility Handbook will be presented and preliminary results from a student survey on mobility will be discussed.
The following questions will be addressed:

• How can OpenCourseWare improve student mobility?
• What are the benefits of OpenCourseWare and Networked Curricula for institutions? Can they serve to attract more mobile and independent students?
• Can teachers reach out to off-campus students through OpenCourseWare courses?

Recordings

The event was recorded and the videos are available on this page.

Report

Download the report of the workshop