1. SOCIAL WORK-VIRTUAL CAMPUS
International specialisation in comparative social work. A presentation of the SW-VirCamp project.

2. Presentation by: XX
At the XXX V

3. Agenda: (each presenter pick what he/she want to use)
About SW-VirCamp
Backdrop for the project
From VIRCLASS to VirCamp
Aims and objectives
International specialisation in Social Work
Target groups
Funding
Organisation
Workpackages and deliverables

4. About the SW-VirCamp SOCIAL WORK – VIRTUAL CAMPUS (SW-VirCamp)
An international collaboration between 12 HE institutions from 9 countries
Bergen University College (HiB) is the leader of the project
Support from the European Community under the LifeLong Learning Programme (Virtual Campus programme)
Duration: October 2008 – September 2010
A continuation of the VIRCLASS project

5. Partners in SW-VirCamp
P1- HiB: Bergen University College, Norway (coordinator) P2- INH: Inholland University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands P3- UCM: University of Complutense, Madrid, Spain P4- HHJ: School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden P5- ISMT: Miguel Torga University College, Coimbra, Portugal P6- HSM: Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany P7- Swansea: Swansea University, Wales, UK P8- HSM: Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Germany P9- LPA: Liepaja University, Latvia P10-HIBO: Bodø University College, Norway P11-ULHT: Lusofona University, Lisbon, Portugal P12-KHKempen: KHKempen University College, Geel, Belgium

6. SOCIAL WORK-VIRTUAL CAMPUS
Backdrop for the SW-VirCamp project.

7. Continuing the collaboration in VIRCLASS:
The Virtual Classroom for social work in Europe - The VIRCLASS project started in 2004
An e-learning course in comparative social work,
credited with 15 ECTS
5th cohort will start autumn 2009
More than 200 students from 15 countries have participated in the course
15 teachers from 10 land have been teachers and assessors in the course
10 teachers have taken the course “e-pedagogy for teachers in higher education”

8. Why did we wish to undertake the new project?
The situation in Europe affect the professional social work and should be met by new educational programmes. Because:
Labour migration
Immigration to EU
Cultural Diversity
Poverty
Alcohol- & drug abuse
Child and family problems
Common challenges all over Europe demand intercultural co-operations and development of methods to strengthen social cohesion and reduce ethnocentrism and social exclusion

9. Objectives for the SW-VirCamp
“Campus without borders”
The overall aim of VirCamp is that social work students will be more competent to meet the need of a knowledge based, intercultural, socially cohesive Europeans society, by means of an international specialisation on Bachelor level in social work realised via a Virtual Campus

10. Aims & objectives for the SW-VirCamp
Develop a shared/ tuned framework for an international BA specialisation in Social Work
Make a e-learning module in Community Work in an international perspective credited with 15 ECTS; Bologna aligned and within relevant Quality Standard
Create digital learning material for this module:
- screen-lectures, triggers, a case
Pilot an execution of the new CW Module in the VIRCLASS setting for 55 students spring 2010
Disseminate knowledge and information about the project to all user groups
Quality assurance

11. An international BA specialisation in Social Work
Optional Curriculum to BA students in Social Work including:
Intake at the national University
From the 2nd or 3rd year of study:
30 ECTS credits international comparative e-learning courses
30 ECTS credits: study abroad and or practice abroad
Writing the BA thesis about social work in an international comparative perspective in English or with an English summary

12. Target groups Students Teaching staff Technical /Media staff
Social University network and other university net-work
Social work professionals

13. Budget project period
2 years project starting in October 2008-September 2010
Total Cost: Euro
EU Community Grant: Euro
Member funding:

14. Project Organisation:PM
12 Partner institutions
SWSC –
5 WP leaders,
1 financial manager,
1 international office
WP1
Remmelt Veenkamp
WP2
Klas-Göran Olsson
WP3/WP4
Anne Karin Larsen/
WP5
Ulla Törnig
WP6/WP7
Andres A. Astray

15. Work Packages (WP): development and management (partners in charge in brackets)
WP 1: Virtual Campus for international Social Work (P2)
WP2: A new e-learning module in comparative Community Work (P4)
WP 3: Virtual learning material (P1)
WP4: Project management (P1)

16. WP: Exploitation- Quality Planning- Dissemination (partners in charge in brackets)
WP5: Exploitation of results towards decision makers and students (P6)
WP 6: Quality Assurance of the Virtual Campus for Social Work (P3)
WP7: Dissemination of Virtual Campus for Social Work (P3)

17. 22 deliverables altogether :
Deliverables are task that have to be done in order to reach the realisation of the work packages.
All partners have different roles in fulfilling the deliverables

18. References SW-VirCamp: www.vircamp.net VIRCLASS: www.virclass.net
Publications based upon the experiences from the VIRCLASS project are available at