SW-Vircamp Consortium Meeting – VITERO April 2010 Overview of the project achievements By Anne Karin Larsen, HiB

Content – Status of the Project April 2010 Aims and deliverables Project achievements Things to be done

Just a reminder: Why did we want to undertake this project? The situation in Europe affect the professional social work in EU and should be met by new educational programmes. We know that: ◦ Labour migration ◦ Immigration to EU ◦ Cultural diversity ◦ Poverty ◦ Alcohol and drug abuse ◦ Child and family problems Are common challenges, and need intercultural cooperation and development of methods to strengthen social cohesion and reduce ethnocentrisme and social exclusion

Administration of the project Project manager/ contractor HiB WP 3, 4 INH WP1 UCM WP6, 7 HHJ WP2 HS MA WP5 STEERING GROUP/ WP Leader Group PAG- Project administrative Group

WP1- Virtual Campus for international Social Work Aims - Deliverables Realisation of a shared/tuned Framework Agreement for this specialisation; Bologna aligned and tuned with relevant national quality standards. Work delivered Proposal for a new future Consortium Agreement WP1.1. Report from VIRCLASS to Virtual Campus Based on a partner survey/telephone interviews. To be done: – An overview of placement posibilities – An overview of study abroad possibilities – A signed Agreement – A published Agreement

International Specialisation in Social Work – BA level IS including: – E-learning courses ( up to 30 ECTS credits) – Placement and/or study abroad (up to 30 ECTS credits) – BA thesis in English with a comparative international perspective on social work

WP2 E-learning Module in comparative Community Work Aims - Deliverables Developing module on Community Work /Community Development Pilot execution of new CW/CD module in the VIRCLASS setting, 15 ECTS and 55 students Evaluation of the pilot Work delivered Curriculum plan 15 ECTS credits Pilot started 25 January – ends 7 June Intake of 51 students Evaluation of the process is going on both with students and teachers To be done: – Finish the course – Evaluation report

WP3- Virtual Learning material Aims - Deliverables ◦ Functional and technical upgrading of the existing VIRCLASS system and facilities into a Virtual Campus ◦ Upgrading the competences of the technical /media staff involved ◦ Developing VirCamp learning materials for the new module(s) ◦ 6 screen lectures ◦ 10 triggers ◦ 1 case Work done A new Web Portal is under construction A workshop for media staff and academics at HiB in March 2009 A Madrid-Patones meeting in May 2009 A virtual book designed including: 10 screen lectures 10 triggers 1 case

Project achievements: Upgrading competences of the staff Workshop at HiB with 14 media and academic staff from 7 partner institutions, HiB, INH, UCM, HHJ, HSM, LPA, KHKempen Production of virtual learning material involving 16 people from all partners except for: HIBO, ULHT, HSMA Developed competence based Curriculum Plan Developed a course programme for the e-learning module in Community Work for 16 weeks E-teaching competences, 7 teachers involved in the CW module from: HiB, INH, HHJ, ISMT, HSM, HIBO, KHKempen

WP4 – Project Management Aims - Deliverables Consortium Contract – Consortium Agreement Working Plan Project budget Project report – Progress report, Public report and Final report Consortium meetings, WPL meetings Administrative and financial model for a Virtual Campus Work done An updated and active website Consortium Agreement A yearly budget + amendments A project plan/timeschedule Resourceplan + amendments Draft for an administrative and financial model Contact and meetings with the EACEA administration – 2 meetings Progress report and public reportAll planned meetings arranged + additional meetings – 4 Partner meetings (1) – 10 (3) Steering Group meetings – 5 (3) WP2 meetings – 6 (2) WP3 meetings – 1 WP5 meeting – 1 WP6 meeting To be done: – Administrative and financial model – Final report – Wpleader meeting in Lusofona June 2010 – Partner meeting in Latvia aug/sept 2010

WP 5 Exploitation of results towards decision makers and students Aims - Deliverables ◦ Strategic plan and promotional material for a Virtual Campus for internatinal social work students ◦ Awareness raising of the importance of a Virtual Campus for international learning environments – a strategic plan Work done Survey to potential students Interviews with the field of social work Plan for promotion strategies Strategic plan for awareness raising Promotional material for students and for conferences – Posters, miniflyers, posterflyers Presentation of the project at partner Universities – Different forum – To different stakeholders To be done: – Pamphlet to HEI, students + professional field – Exploitation of results

WP6 Quality Assurance for the Virtual Campus for Social Work in Europe Aims - Deliverables ◦ A quality guide - electronic ◦ Internal Evaluation Reports Series (IERS) ◦ Programme evaluation of the pilot by an external evaluator Work done Evaluation of the progress of the project – Partner survey – Teacher interviews – Students surveys – Meeting evaluations Quality Guide for the Virtual Campus under construction External evaluator – programme evaluation – Interviewing partners in the project – Access to the community course – Access to website material To be done: – Finalising the Quality Guide – Finalising the IERS – Programme evaluation report

WP7 Dissemination of the Virtual Campus for Social Work in Europe Aims - Deliverables Plan for dissemination Project presentations – oral and written Conference proceedings Papers in Journals Work done Plan for dissemination made and updated PPT-about the project made and available for partners PPT design made Paper presentation at xx conferences Paper presentation at the NSHK- conference, Bodö Symphosium – ENSACT –Conference Dubrovnik Poster and paper presentation at the EDEN annual conference, Valencia June 2010 Paper presentation at the 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development, Hong Kong To be done: – Papers in journals – Conference presentations

Summary of things to be done Deciding the administrative and financial model for a future Consortium including the VIRCLASS and SW-VirCamp courses and the administration of the SW-VirCamp webportal. Develop and signing a new Consortium Agreement for a sustainable organisation Clarification of teachers involved Clarification of the administrative institution Clarification of workshare

Things to be done Clarifying the starting point for the e-learning courses 2010/11 – Mapping the adjustments needed – Who can participate directly – Who will need more time for planning Evaluation of the pilot course in CW – Adjustments needed to be done Deciding when to advertice the courses for 2010/11

Things to be done Mapping the possibilities for study abroad among partners: – Courses in English/or courses open for students from neighbour countries Mapping the possibilities for practice placements among partners Creating a ”bank” with exchange courses (campus courses) and practice places Developing a webportal for the Virtual Campus

Things to be done Dissemination and Exploitation – Pamphlet for the three target groups (students, field, HEI administrators – Promo video – Presentation at conferences – Paper for an international journal – Final reporting