Application form 2008: Lifelong Learning Programme Sub...

Application form 2008: Lifelong Learning Programme Sub-programmes– Multilateral Projects, Networks, Accompanying measures –

SECTION 1: IDENTIFICATION DATA FOR THIS APPLICATION

For official use only Reference number :

Acronym[limit 10 characters] SW-VirCamp

Start date and duration

Start date: 01/09/2008

12 Months 24 months 36 Months Title[limit 50 characters]

Social Work-Virtual Campus

Language used to complete the form

English For communication with the AgencyOnly 1 choice possible

EN

This is an application for funding under the following LLP Action (Select one only) :

SUB-PROGRAMMES Deadline: 29/02/2008

COMENIUSMultilateral projectNetworkAccompanying measures

ERASMUS

Multilateral Projects

Curriculum Development: Programme for a complete cycle of studyCurriculum development: Continuing education courseCurriculum development: Teaching moduleProjects focusing on cooperation between higher education and enterprises [ET2010, innovation and application]Projects supporting the modernisation agenda for higher education institutions [Bologna]Virtual Campus projects [ICT, access, innovation]

Network Academic NetworksStructural Networks

Accompanying measures

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Multilateral project (Development of Innovation only.)

Network Stakeholders Networks ECVET Networks.

Accompanying measures

GRUNDTVIGMultilateral projectNetworkAccompanying measures

Please state whether any of the following themes are addressed by this Sub-Programme proposal

Languages ICT Dissemination and exploitation of results

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Contents

Section 1: identification data for this application...................................................................................................1Section 2 : Participating Organisations...................................................................................................................4

Applicant Organisation.......................................................................................................................................6Coordinating Organisation..................................................................................................................................6Partner Organisations..........................................................................................................................................8

Section 3 : Summary of the proposed project.......................................................................................................25Summary...........................................................................................................................................................25Budget summary...............................................................................................................................................25Profile of Consortium........................................................................................................................................26Associated projects............................................................................................................................................26

Section 4: Detailed Description of the proposed project.......................................................................................28Why does the consortium wish to undertake this project?................................................................................28Aims and objectives..........................................................................................................................................28What will this project produce?........................................................................................................................29What is the approach adopted by the consortium to develop the work of this proposed project?....................30Impact and Sustainability:.................................................................................................................................31Who will produce these outputs?......................................................................................................................32

Section 5 : Workplan and workpackages..............................................................................................................34Summary of Workpackages..............................................................................................................................34Deliverables List...............................................................................................................................................34Workpackage Number.......................................................................................................................................36Deliverables – outputs / products / results........................................................................................................36Consortium partners involved:..........................................................................................................................37Resources required to complete workpackage..................................................................................................37Tasks that will be subcontracted.......................................................................................................................38Explanation of workpackage expenditures.......................................................................................................38

Section 6: Justification of the project in terms of quality and relevance to the Call.............................................54Part 1 - Lifelong Learning Objectives and Priorities addressed............................................................................54

Part 2: Justification of the proposal according to the Award Criteria...............................................................55

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SECTION 2 : PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS

Summary table of partnersPartner number Country Legal name Type P1 Applicant Organisation NO HiB EDU-UNIVP2 NL INH EDU-UNIVP3 ES UCM EDU-UNIVP4 SE HHJ EDU-UNIVP5 PT ISMT EDU-UNIVP6 DE HS MA EDU-UNIVP7 UK Swansea University EDU-UNIVP8 DE HSM EDU-UNIVP9 LV LPA EDU-UNIVP10 NO HIBO EDU-UNIVP11 PT ULHT EDU-UNIV P12 BE KHKempen EDU-UNIVAdd rows as necessary. If the Coordinating Organisation is different from the Applicant Organisation, it should appear as P2.

Associated partnersPlease complete the table below, providing details of organisations that are not formally part of the consortium, but who will be contributing to the work of the consortiumCountry Organisation name Type of organisation

South Africa University of Kwazulu-Natal, School of Social Work and Community Development (UKZN)

EDU-UNIV

Brief description of the role in the project

The University will serve as consultant with regard to curriculum development in community work and community development. Professor Vishanthie Sewpaul will lend an international perspective to the curriculum development; will play a role in quality assurance and facilitate links with the global community of social workers. Sewpaul has written the Global standards for Social Work Education and Training in her capacity as Chair of the International Association of School of Social Work/ International Federation of Social Workers (IASSW/IFSW) Joint Committee.Dr. PhD Raniga is teaching modules on Community Development & Social Policy in the School of Social Work at UKZN, supervising community based students field practice; has conducted an extensive community based research project on an informal settlement, and done research in the area of HIV/AIDS with a focus on Schools based policy. She will contribute with her knowledge in the field as consultant. Copy Table as necessary

Country Organisation name Type of organisation

South Africa University of Western Cape, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, Department of Social Work (UWC)

EDU-UNIV


Professor Vivienne Bozalek will serve as consultant and external expert with regard to curriculum development, and with her experience from an international consortium of post-graduate programmes in Women’s and Gender Studies. She is involved in an action research project on innovative curriculum practices focusing on Community, Self and Identity across historically advantaged and disadvantaged institutions in South Africa and across disciplines. She will contribute with her expertise gained from participation in the International Digital Publications project which has given free access to e-books for social work students, and has experience from getting students to do pod casts on their practical or fieldwork experience in social work. She is engaged in developing communities of practices and virtual communities. Country Organisation name Type of organisation

Chile University of Tarapacá in Arica (UTA) EDU-UNIV


Mrs. Vanessa Andrea Jara Laberthé, Community Social Worker and Associate Lecturer at the University of Tarapaca in Arica, will contribute to the project as consultant and external expert to curriculum development in community work and community development. She is an expert in community development and multicultural social work. She will contribute with the expertise, knowledge and tools developed in her university gained from the participation in a project whose ultimate goal is to empower the Andean Region (Chile, Perú & Bolivia) by strengthening the multicultural relationships with the Aymara people.

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Applicant Organisation P1

Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Høgskolen I Bergen

Bergen University CollegeShort name / acronym HiBRegistered Address P.O.Box 7030 Street number Nygårdsgaten 112Postcode 5020 City Bergen Country NOLegal Status For profit Not for profit

Contact details of the Legal Representative of the Applicant Organisation (this person must sign the declaration of honour and attach it to the application. In the event of a successful application, this person will also sign the Grant Agreement on behalf of the Consortium).Title Rector First name EliFamily name Bergsvik Male FemaleDepartment Central AdministrationPosition RectorAddress P.O. Box 7030 Street number Nygårdsgaten 112Postcode 5020 City BergenCountry NO Region NO05 VestlandetTelephone 1 ++ /47 55587513 Telephone 2 ++ /47 55587500Mobile ++ / Fax ++ /47 55326407Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.hib.no

Contact person When the Applicant Organisation is also the Coordinating Organisation, these must be the details of the CoordinatorTitle Cand.San. First name Anne KarinFamily name Larsen Male FemaleDepartment Health and Social SciencesPosition Assistant professor, Project leaderAddress Haugeveien Street number 28Postcode 5005 City BergenCountry NO Region NO05 VestlandetTelephone 1 ++ / 4755587821 Telephone 2 ++ /4755293224Mobile ++ /4791348930 Fax ++ /4755900011Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.VIRCLASS.net

To be completed by each organisation involved in the consortium / network including Applicant and Coordinating OrganisationsType of organisation EDU-UNIV

General description of the organisation: [Limit: 1000 characters] scope of work, areas of specific expertise and competence in relation to the project / network proposedHøgskolen i Bergen (HiB) is a state institution of higher education, established in August 1994 by the merging of six former independent colleges in Bergen, Norway. Currently 6000 students are enrolled at HiB and around 600 teaching and administrative staff. The University College is organized in three faculties; Faculty of Education, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (AHS). In addition to the faculties four Competence and Research Centres, which functions as cross-thematic knowledge clusters and producers, have been established the resent years.

Internationalisation is one of HiBs strategic priority areas and through its partners in 35 countries worldwide the institution has extensive international cooperation.

Institute of Social Work and Social Education (IVS) has over more than 15 years been involved in international exchange and IP programmes in Europe and was one of the co-founders of EUSW and the founder of the VIRCLASS project which has been strongly supported by all levels in the HiB organisation. AHS held a Master programme in Community Work and is building a research programme in Community Work and Social Disruption.

The Media Centre (MC) at HiB is a contract based centre with high expertise in development and training in Open Distance Learning (ODL) courses and development of multimedia material for educational purposes. MC has been a strong support to development of the VIRCLASS project and courses and will continue to support the new Virtual Campus.

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Application identification: document.docAHS has for several years developed competence and experience in the use of ODL support to both campus students and students in e-learning classes, like VIRCLASS. Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] Bergen University College is the coordinating institution and will take the leadership and the responsibility by monitoring the project. HiB will contribute with expertise in e-learning pedagogy, staff for teaching in the e-learning courses; participate in new curriculum development in community work and community development, research development and dissemination of results. As the coordinating institution HiB will promote good partnership among the participating institutions, stimulate and build the ground for organising and developing an international Virtual Campus for specialisation in comparative social work together with the partners.Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the project / network Name Limit 50 characters

Summary of relevant skills and experience Limit 750 characters per person

Anne Karin Larsen Mrs. Larsen is assistant professor, lecturer in social work theories and methods and professional competences, and project leader for the VIRCLASS project she initiated in 2003. HiB represented by her is one of the founders of the EUSW –TN, and she was leader of the “school group” that developed curriculum plan for e-learning courses and summer school programme in Parma in 2005. She is representative in the Board of EUSW. Larsen has special competence in project development and in e-learning pedagogy and has organised and led the international e-learning courses in “Social Work in Europe – Commonalities and Differences” and been teacher in two of the modules in this educational programme of 15 ECTS credits. She is responsible for development of the VIRCLASS website: www.VIRCLASS.net.Her research focus is on learning communities and she has published several papers in international journals related to ICT and social work education. Larsen will be the leader of the Virtual Campus project and monitor the project and be an active partner in dissemination of results and coordination of work package 3 (WP3) together with the Media Centre.

Kjell Henriksbø Mr. Henriksbø is assistant professor, lecturer in social work theories and methods, especially community work. He has taken part in developing the first master programme in community work in Norway, started at Bergen University College in January 2007. Henriksbø is responsible for a module of 20 ECTS in this programme. Henriksbø has taken part in the e-learning courses in “Social Work in Europe – Commonalities and Differences” from the planning started, especially in developing and teaching in the module Poverty and welfare systems, Anti oppressive approaches to social work (10 ECTS credits). Henriksbø is involved in a Nordic network in community work and his research and development focus is on community work. Henriksbø will participate in developing the new curriculum plan and new learning material and be a teacher in the pilot.

Grete Oline Hole Mrs. Hole is associate professor and research fellow at the Centre for Evidence Based Practice at HiB. First educated and working as nurse, she has, after studying Sociology and Pedagogy, for several years worked with issues concerning development of professional competencies, the growth and sharing of knowledge and the rise of learning communities within situated learning. Hole has special interest in the use of Information and Computer Technology in learning. Her research focus is on learning communities through virtual learning spaces, and she published several papers in international journals related to ICT and social work education, as well as papers addressing issues concerning professional development, storage of information and knowledge-building within health- and social work education. Hole will take an active part in dissemination of results and papers for conferences and write report in WP2.

Hole has special interestThe Media Centre The main activities of the Media Centre are media development research and production related to new media, web

design and development of courses in online learningThe Media Centre is a creative melting pot, where a number of different academic and technical groups come together to create new and exciting, original solutions. Working alongside our skilled programmers are several persons with backgrounds related to the arts. This allows us to provide not only complete productions but also supply assistance with parts of productions related to graphic design, illustrations, photos and animations. The Media Centre has the equipment and expertise required for advanced video productions. The results of these can be supplied on tape, DVD or streamed via the Internet. The Media Centre will be an active partner in delivery of WP 3.1 and 3.2.

Details of projects / networks in which your organisation / department has participated with the financial support of any Community programmes/ initiatives in the last five years Starting Year

Programme or Initiative

Identification number

Contracting organisation

Title of the project / network Website

2002 ERASMUS-TN

104315-1-CP-2003-1-IT

Parma University EUSW 2002-2005European Social Work : Commonalities and Differences

http://www.eusw.unipr.it

2005 ERASMUS-TNPP

223085-CP-1-2005-1-IT

Parma University EUSW-2005-2008European platform for worldwide social work


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ERASMUS APPLICANT ORGANISATIONS ONLY

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Application identification: document.docFor Erasmus applications where the applicant organisation is a University please provide the Erasmus University Charter number: 29630-IC-1-2002-1-NO-ERASMUS-EUC-1

To be completed for Erasmus networks only : Please provide in the table below information on the person responsible for administrative/financial issues in the Applicant OrganisationTitle First nameFamily name Male FemaleDepartment Position Address Street numberPostcode City Country RegionTelephone 1 ++ / Telephone 2 ++ /Mobile ++ / Fax ++ /Contact Email website

ALL APPLICANTSIs the Applicant Organisation also the Coordinating Organisation ? Yes No

If No, Please complete the sheet for the Coordinating Organisation (Partner number P2)

Partner Organisations P 2 – Pn if the Applicant Organisation and Coordinating Organisation are the same. P3 – Pn if the Applicant Organisation and Coordinating Organisation are different

Partner Number

P2

Registered address and type of organization

Full legal nameINHOLLAND University of Applied SciencesSchool of Social Work

Short name / acronym INHRegistered Address Bijdorplaan Street number 15Postcode 2015 CE City Haarlem Country NL

Contact personTitle Lecturer First name Remmelt

Family name Veenkamp x Male Female

Department School of Social Work

Position Teacher Social Work, Coordination Internationalisation

Address Bijdorplaan Street number

15

Postcode 2015 CE City HaarlemCountry(See eligible countries in table B below)

NL Region NL32 Noord Holland

Telephone 1 +31235412841 Telephone 2Mobile +31623750246 FaxContact e-mail [email protected] website http://www.inholland.com

This section will be an important element in assessing the quality of the consortium (Award criterion 3)To be completed by each organisation involved in the consortium / network including Applicant and Coordinating Organisations

Type of organisation EDU-UNIV

General description of the organisation: INHOLLAND University is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in NL. It consists of 16 Schools, providing programs in a wide range, including social work. Each School focuses on programs for a specific sector of society/economy and/or related professions. Within INH there are 2 Schools of Social Work (in Haarlem and Rotterdam).

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Application identification: document.docOver 3,000 staff members serve approximately 40,000 students in full time, part time courses and on the basis of continuous education. INH has branches in six major cities in the West of the Netherlands; Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague (headquarters), Delft, Haarlem and Alkmaar.The overall INH strategy implies a.o. following important priorities:

1. All programs are competence based, aimed at professional practice;2. International and cross-cultural competences are an integral part of all curricula; international student mobility is stimulated, if not

physically easible than by means of virtual international classes (e-learning, videoconferencing etc.); INH is aligning its programs with the Bologna Declaration; INH is providing more than 10 international programs (some of them double or multiple degree), fully in English language, in which students from more than 50 countries study. INH has bilateral agreements with more than 250 universities from allover the world;

INH School of Social Work in Haarlem (project partner, app. 1000 students and 45 staff members) implements this overall strategy in its School. It has a competence based program and participates in the EU Social Work network and actively contributes to VIRCLASS. INH School of Social work has created the curricular and facilitary means for its students to participate in the international and cross cultural development of their (future) profession as social workers. INH Social Work courses have been accredited very well in the national ranking.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network: INHOLLAND School of Social Work will provide its expertise in 6 out of the 7 work packages (WP) as described in Section 5. INH will be the work package leader (WPL) of WP1 (From virtual classroom to Virtual Campus) and as a WPL support HiB in the overall project management (WP4), including hosting a WPL meeting in November 2009. INH experts will contribute to WP2 (curriculum development/with two teachers) and actively participate in the pilot execution of the developed course with one teacher, WP3 (Virtual Campus materials) and actively participate in WP6 (quality assurance) and WP7 (dissemination).

Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the project / networkName Summary of relevant skills and experience

Mr. Remmelt Veenkamp, BA

Mr. R. Veenkamp is lecturer in methodology of social work, international coordinator at INHOLLAND School of Social Work in Haarlem. Since 2002, course coordinator, responsible for the of international curriculum development and involved in the development of blended learning. He is representing INHOLLAND in the international project VIRCLASS. In VIRCLASS 9 European partners cooperate and have developed a course based on comparative learning. Veenkamp has been a teacher in two of the modules in this educational programme of 15 ECTS credits (www.VIRCLASS.net). Moreover, he is INHOLLAND’s representative in the EUSW thematic network, responsible for the Open Distance Learning group, responsible for the forum on the EUSW website http://www.eusw.unipr.it/ and member of the board of the network. Mr. Veenkamp will be the WPL for WP1 and contribute to WP2, WP4, WP6 and WP7.

Ms. Ingrid Wegman

Ms I. Wegman is program director at INHOLLAND School of Social Work in Haarlem. Implying she is responsible for the program management & organisation, as well as the curricular contents of all programs of the School of Social Work. This includes the responsibility for international cooperation and international curriculum development. She is INH’s representative in the VIRCLASS Consortium Management Group, of which she is the chairlady. Ms. Wegman will directly be engaged in WP1 and WP4.

Ms. Rina J. Visser-Rotgans, MA

Ms. R. Visser studied craft, art education and art history. She is educated at the Academies of Rotterdam (Nutsacademie), Amersfoort (Academie voor Beeldende Vorming) and the University of Leiden (MA). Since 1989 she works at INHOLLAND University in the Social Work profile CMV (Community work). Topics of teaching are art and culture policy, cultural participation and cultural competences. She set up different courses on these subjects. In 2001 she led a project on The Community School, cooperation between lecturers and students of the School of Social Work and the School of Education. In 2005 she wrote (together with Prof. Karen A. Ford from JMU) an article about a Blackboard Project : Internationalizing Social Work Education Using Blackboard 6: INHOLLAND University, NL and James Madison University, USA. (Published in Journal of Technology in Human Services, vol. 23, p. 147-165, 2005). Ms. Visser will contribute to WP2.

Mr. Dr. Tjerk J. Busstra, MA

Mr. T. Busstra is the director of INH International Projects Department. He is an expert in management & organization of international projects and a specialist in international curricular cooperation and aligning this cooperation with the relevant national and international regulatory frameworks (incl. Bologna). Mr Busstra graduated as a political scientist (MA) and has a doctorate degree in business administration. Accordingly he will contribute to WP1 and WP4.

ICTOICTO is INH’s specialized department for information and communication technology in education. It is a.o. an expertise and support center for INH media- and e-learning applications in education, also in international cooperation. An ICTO specialist will be selected to participate in WP3.

Details of projects / networks in which your organisation / department has participated with the financial support of any Community programmes/ initiatives in the last five yearStarting year




Title of the project / network

Website

2005 ERASMUS-TNPP

223085-CP-1-2005-1-IT-ERASMUS-TNPP

IT PARMA01

Eusw European Platform For Worldwide Social Work


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Partner Number

P3

Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Escuela Universitaria de Trabajo Social.

Complutense University of Madrid. University School of Social Work.Short name / acronym UCMRegistered Address Campus de Somosaguas Street numberPostcode 28223 City Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) Country ES

Contact personTitle Prof. Dr. First name AndrésFamily name Arias Astray Male FemaleDepartment Trabajo Social y Servicios SocialesPosition Faculty LecturerAddress Campus de Somosaguas Street numberPostcode 28223 City Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid)Country ES Region ES30 Comunidad de MadridTelephone1 ++ / 34913942683 Telephone 2 ++ /34913942678Mobile ++ /34636340424 Fax ++ /343942722Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/etsoc/


General description of the organisation: [Limit: 1000 characters] scope of work, areas of specific expertise and competence in relation to the project / network proposed The UCM is a public institution under the jurisdiction of the Autonomous Government of Madrid. It is one of the oldest universities in the world, as well as the largest and the most prestigious in Spain. Founded in 1986, the University School of Social Work (EUTS) currently has more than 1.500 students, 130 teachers and 50 administrative staff. Its academic offer includes the Social Work BA and a Master Degree in Community Work. The PhD program in Social Work will start next 2008-2009 academic year. At present, EUTS is immersed in the adaptation process of the social work studies necessary to merge with the European Higher Education Area, having a leading role in this sense in Spain. Studies internationalization, improvement of the ICT skills and competences among its students, teachers and staff, and the widespread of the use of ICT in the process of learning and teaching are in the short and middle term two of the strategic objectives of the School of Social Work.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] UCM will have an active role in 6 of the 7 work packages of this project. The School of Social Work will lead and be responsible for organizing and coordinating the work of the Quality Assurance (WP6) and the Dissemination Work (WP7). As member of the work package leaders group (WPL), UCM will support actively HiB in the management of the project, participating in meetings and hosting the one to be celebrated in May 2009 (WP4). Its activity will also be central supporting INH and the rest of the partners for the successful development of the Virtual Campus (WP1) since UCM will be responsible for the report that will be the base for the Shared Framework Agreement among the partners. 2 teachers from UCM will discuss and deliver content for the curriculum plan and the pilot (WP2); and 2 media staff will participate in the course for media and technical staff. This will support UCM teachers in the production of virtual learning materials (WP3).

Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the project / network Name Limit 50 characters


Prof. Dr. Andrés Arias Astray

Sub-director of Postgraduate Studies &Research, Faculty Lecturer of Social Work and Social Services PhD & Lic. on Psychology, Dip. on Social Work, and Master on Health Psychology. With 15 years as university teacher and social researcher, he has acquired advanced competences in the development of online formative programs at graduate and postgraduate level. He has been an active collaboration on the VIRCLASS project from its beginning.He will be the contact person at UCM, will lead the work on WP6 (Quality Assurance) and WP7 (Dissemination); will collaborate on WP2 (new e-learning module), WP3 (virtual learning material), WP4 (project management); and will be the responsible for the report “From Virtual Class to Virtual Campus” of WP1.

Prof. Dr. Agustín Moñivas Lázaro

PhD and BA In Psychology and Philosophy. Lecturer of Psychology, he has more than 10 years of experience as Sub-director of International Relationships in the School of Social Work. He is the main responsible of the 62 currently in force OMS and TS Mobility Erasmus bilateral Agreements in the School of Social Work. He will be in charge of the part of the report “From Virtual Class to Virtual Campus” related to the comparison of physical and virtual mobility.

Prof. Dr. Esteban Sub-director of Graduate Studies and Lecturer of Sociology at the School of Social Work. His experience as

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Application identification: document.docSánchez Moreno responsible of European Higher Education Area at the School of Social Work as well as co-director of our

Postgraduate Course in Drug Addiction makes him an expert in issues of European convergence and a person with extensive knowledge in e-teaching.He will share with Andrés Arias Astray the responsibility and work of the deliverables 6.1 and 6.2 of WP6 (Quality Assurance)

Prof. David Alonso González

Assistant Lecturer at the School of Social Work. He had an ample experience teaching in the field of community social work. He also counts with advanced computer skills and some experience on online teaching.He will collaborate on WP2 (new e-learning module) and WP3 (virtual learning material),

Alejandra González Bonilla

Ms Bonilla is a knowledgeable expert of the Spanish university system as well as the higher education tuning process in Europe, she holds an administrative post at the Office of International Relations at the School of Social Work. She has more than 5 years experience in this field. In addition to Spanish, she is also able to communicate with proficiency in English, French and Italian.She will collaborate with Andrés Arias collecting and organizing the partners data for the report “Form Virtual Class to Virtual Campus” (WP1).

José Manuel Ángel López

Trained originally as a psychologist, now he occupies a position of computer technician at the School of Social Work. He has extensive knowledge about computer users assistance, e-platforms for online learning, as well as most common software packages for use in the educational field.He will participate in the staff course and will contribute in the production of e-learning material (WP3).

Silvia González Pérez Ms. Perez holds an administrative post in the secretariat of students in the School of Social Work. She has good knowledge of the Spanish System of Higher education (structures, legislation and administrative processes).She will collaborate with Andrés Arias collecting and organizing the partners data for the report “Form Virtual Class to Virtual Campus” (WP1).

Julio Serrano Extremera

Technician of Audiovisual media at the School of Social Work. He has experience in recording and editing educative material. His profile includes basic user skills with audiovisual software as Photoshop, Avid express, and PremierHe will participate in the staff course and will contribute in the production of e-learning material (WP3).






2001 EQUAL ES-ES291 CEPAIM EX AEQUO/NEXOS http://www.cepaim.org/ad_nexos/web/inicio.htm

2002 TN104315-CP-1-2002-IT-ERASMUS-TN

IT PARMA01EUSW EUROPEAN SOCIAL WORK: COMMONALITIES AND DIFFERENCES


2003 IP

29148-IC-1-2003-1-PT-ERASMUS-EUC-1

PT COIMBRA12 GLOBALIZAÇAO E TRAVALHO SOCIAL

2004 IP

28955-IC-1-2004-NL-ERASMUS-PROGUC-1

NL AMSTERD05 MASTER IN SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK IN URBAN AREAS http://www.spsw.eu

2004 EM

28575-IC-1-2004-1-ES-ERASMUS-MODUC-1

ES-GRANADA01

TRAVAIL SOCIAL EN EUROPE. MODULE INTERCULTUREL COMPARATIF EN LANGUES ROMANES

2005 TNPP


IT PARMA01 EUSW EUROPEAN PLATFORM FOR WORLDWIDE SOCIAL WORK


2005 EQUAL ES-ES20040093 CEPAIM NEXOS BEMBEA http://www.cepaim.org/bembea/index.html

2007 GRUNDTVIG (IN PROCESS) BEHASSELT03 TAKE ONE

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http://www.spsw.eu/


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Partner Number

P4

Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Hälsohögskolan

School of Health SciencesJönköping University

Short name / acronym HHJRegistered Address Box 1026 Street number

Postcode Se 551 11 City Jönköping Country SE

Contact personTitle Assistant prof First name Klas-GöranFamily name Olsson X MaleDepartment Department of Behavioural Science and Social WorkPosition LecturerAddress Riset 2, Skogsbygden Street numberPostcode 441 94 City AlingsåsCountry SE Region SE21Telephone 1 ++ / 46 322 91114 Telephone 2 ++ / 46 36 101215Mobile ++ / 46 73 6265990 Fax ++ / 46 36 101222 Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.hhj.hj.se


General description of the organisation

Jönköping University in Sweden consists of four independent schools (HREF="http://www.ihh.hj.se/eng/", HREF="http://www.hlk.hj.se/eng/", HREF="http://www.ing.hj.se/eng/" and HREF="http://www.hhj.hj.se/eng") and has a vision to include an international dimension in all activities.

Jönköping University has an organisational culture that promotes and supports international collaboration and that involves a great proportion of teachers, not just an exclusive group. The school has a general notion of supporting internationalisation and the interaction between people from different countries which is of importance for cultural understanding. Knowledge about different ways of offering social welfare and education contributes to an increased understanding of the living conditions in different countries.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] HHJ will take an active part in the project by leading the activities in developing a new curriculum plan (WP2) according to a new course module, community work and community development, contribute as the head teacher for the pilot course, promote the International Virtual Campus of social work and promote this to students at HHJ, and last participate in the overall activities in creation the Virtual Campus (WP1).



Klas-Göran Olsson Mr. Olsson is assistant professor, lecturer in social work theories and methods such as social legislation, social policy from a national and international perspective, community work. He has a taken part in developing and running distance courses by IT-technology in many years and he also has long experience of interactive internet courses within the regular study programme in Jönköping. He also has long experience from international exchange, networking and cooperation with EU-countries and South Africa.






2002 TN 104315-CP-1-2002-1-IT-ERASMUS-TN

Università degli Studi di Parma

EUSW-European Social Work: Commonalities and Differences


2005 TNPP




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Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Instituto Superior Miguel Torga

Miguel Torga University CollegeShort name / acronym ISMT Registered Address Largo da Cruz de Celas Street number nº 1Postcode 3000 132 City Coimbra Country PT

Contact personTitle Dr. First name EduardoFamily name Marques Male FemaleDepartment Social WorkPosition TeacherAddress Rua Augusta Street number Nº 46Postcode 3000 - 061 City CoimbraCountry PT Region PT16Telephone 1 ++ /351 239 483055 Telephone 2 ++ /351 239 482659Mobile ++ /351 967785451 Fax ++ /351 239 825327Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.ismt.pt


General description of the organisation: [Limit: 1000 characters] scope of work, areas of specific expertise and competence in relation to the project / network proposed Instituto Superior Miguel Torga (ISMT) is a private University in Coimbra, Portugal. It was founded in 1937 as a school of Social Work and nowadays it has 92 Teachers and 1348 students. ISMT offer several degrees in social sciences and technologies, among them master and PhD programmes. Throughout the last years it has worked in the promotion of the research in Social Work through, not only by its formal education, but also, for the contact that keeps with the professionals through the field placements that is developed in the curricular period of training course in Social Work. ISMT is a cofounder partner of EUSW (http://www.eusw.unipr.it) and an active partner in the development of VIRCLASS (www.VIRCLASS.net). ISMT had already adapted its Curriculum plan to Bologna cycle and is working now for the implementation of 3ª Circle. ISMT will be involved again in the new EUSW project and will develop a Grundtvig project called SOCIAL WORKER SKILLS EVOLUTION.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] ISMT will be committed with the developing and implementation of the new Virtual Campus for Comparative Social Work, including curriculum, interactive conference rooms, video conferencing, video cases, presentations, and research centre. ISMT will provide teachers to develop new ideas a new curriculum plan and the pilot of a new course on community work and community development, e-learning products. ISMT will be committed with dissemination of the results from the Virtual Campus for Social Work in Europe at a local, national and international level.



Eduardo Marques Faculty lecturer of Social Work and Project Manager at Miguel Torga University College (ISMT). PhD student and Master on Family and Social Systems and other postgraduate studies. Areas of expertise: Theories and methodologies of social work; New technologies applied to Social Work and anti oppressive social work. As teacher and project manager he has participated and coordinated several international projects in social development and youth field. Participate in the directive board of 2 Portuguese NGO, through which he has participated in humanitarian aid projects. He has been an active partner representative in the VIRCLASS project from its beginning. He will contribute with ideas and knowledge to the development of audio-visual triggers and to the development of a module in international community work, in e-teaching and dissemination and research.

Michael Walter Knoch Faculty lecturer of Social Work. PhD Doctor in protestant theology by Humboldt-University of Berlin, with Graduation in Psychology by Classic University of Lisbon and Professional Formation in Group analysis.Has some punctual teaching experiences in Brazil and develop Social intervention in work questions and migration

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FOR WORLDWIDE SOCIAL WORKhttp://www.eusw.unipr.it

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227407-IC-1-2007-1-PT- P COIMBRA05 Erasmus - Student and Staff

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227407-IC-1-2007-1-PT- P COIMBRA05 Erasmus 2 - Student and Staff

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Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Hochschule Mannheim, Fakultät für Sozialwesen

Mannheim University of Applied Science, Faculty of Social WorkShort name / acronym HS MARegistered Address Paul-Wittsack-Strasse Street number 10Postcode 68163 City

MANNHEIMCountry DE

Contact personTitle Prof. Dr. First name UllaFamily name Toernig Male x FemaleDepartment Faculty of Social WorkPosition ProfessorAddress Paul-Wittsack-Strasse Street number 10Postcode 68163 City MannheimCountry DE Region DEZZTelephone 1 ++ 49 /621-2926734 Telephone 2 ++ 49 /621-2926718Mobile ++ / Fax ++ 49 /621-2926720Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.hs-mannheim.de


General description of the organisation: [Limit: 1000 characters] scope of work, areas of specific expertise and competence in relation to the project / network proposed Hochschule Mannheim’s Department of Social Work forms part of an old and prestigious institution. Founded more than 100 years ago, 4500 students and 160 professors are now working together in 9 departments ranging from Biotechnology to Design. Hochschule Mannheim’s primary mission is the training of highly-qualified, responsible, independently-minded and critical graduates.

At the Department of Social Work, there are 16 professors with a background in pedagogy, psychology, law, economics, theology and

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Application identification: document.docsociology. Thus, both research and teaching are interdisciplinary and broad in scope. As conditions for social work are constantly changing, the Department engages in permanent dialogue between theory and practice. It is our conviction that even as a predominantly ‘localised’ profession, Social Work can benefit enormously from international exchange and from cross-cultural perspectives. Hence the importance of VIRCLASS and the Virtual Campus for our Department. Besides contributing to a much-needed internationalisation, VIRCLASS also enriches us in methodological terms, as it provides teachers and students with e-teaching and e-learning experiences, respectively.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] HSMA will take the lead in the process and be responsible for making the two strategic documents and report related WP5 (Exploitation of results).Prof. Dr. Jochen Peter and Prof. Dr. Susanne Lang will be working as assessor, contributing with ideas and experience in developing new modules. Prof. Dr. Ulla Törnig will contribute in setting up an international specialisation in comparative social work.



Prof. Dr. Ulla Törnig Professor of law at Hochschule Mannheim since 2003, Prof. Toernig has always supported international exchange at the Department of Social Work, starting out with her own participation in international teacher exchange with partner universities in Poland (2003) and Norway (2005). Since 2007 she is a member of the Consortium Management Group of the e-learning programme VIRCLASS. Prof. Toernig is also responsible for acquiring VIRCLASS students and for recruiting new e-teachers at Hochschule Mannheim. Moreover, she is working towards including VIRCLASS in the BA and MA curriculum of Social Work.

Prof. Dr. Susanne Lang

Professor for educational trainings of youngsters and media pedagogy at Hochschule Mannheim, Faculty of Social Work since 2007. Prof. Lang is member of the European Sociological Association (ESA). She is active member of the research network `Biographical Perspectives on European Societies´/ESA. Prof. Lang started with e-learning projects in 2006 using the e-learning platform WebCT of the Virtual Campus' Rheinland-Pfalz (VCRP)/Germany. Prof. Lang has earlier participated in VIRCLASS as assessor.

Prof.Dr. Jochen PeterProfessor of Psychology in the field of social work at the Mannheim University of applied sciences since March 2006, with special qualifications and experience in the psychology of learning and teaching and in the development of adequate learning environments. Active participation in the development of a BA-curriculum “Social Work”. VIRCLASS assessor since October 2008 and preparing to act as VIRCLASS teacher.






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Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Swansea University

Short name/Acronym SwanseaRegistered Address Singleton park Street numberPostcode SA2 8PP City Swansea Country UK

Contact personTitle Dr. First name RobertFamily name Sanders Male Female

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Application identification: document.docDepartment School of Human SciencesPosition Senior LecturerAddress Vivian Tower, Swansea University, Wales, UK Street numberPostcode SA2 8PP City SwanseaCountry UK Region UKL2 East WalesTelephone 1 ++44 / (0) 1792 513353 Telephone 2 ++ /Mobile Fax ++44 / (0)1792 295856Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.swan.ac.uk/


General description of the organisation: [Limit: 1000 characters] scope of work, areas of specific expertise and competence in relation to the project / network proposed The Swansea University Social Work programme is located within the newly established School of Human Sciences which aims to provide synergy in research and teaching across disciplines. Within the school there is considerable expertise in the areas of psychology, social policy, criminology, gerontology, and child welfare to draw upon in delivering social work training. The Social Work programme itself is provided in partnership with 6 local authorities who together with university staff aim to ensure that the curriculum delivers the kind of knowledge and skill development that students will need when completing the programme. The programme has an intake of 50 full time and 5 part-time students per year. With such a strong vocational orientation, nearly 100% of students are employed in social work upon completion of the programme. With a recently appointed head of the social work programme that comes from Croatia there are strong possibilities to extend our links further into Eastern Europe.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] The Swansea Social Work programme has been an active contributor to the EUSW activities in the previous two thematic networks, and until several years ago was also involved actively in Intensive Programmes. Originally involved in the Education group, Swansea contributed to the delivery of the first Summer School project, and the initiatives that led to the development of VIRCLASS. Swansea led the development of the material for the module on discrimination and oppression. Swansea also has active involvement in the Research subgroup, and has contributed to two books being produced, and a third that is being contemplated, a compilation of papers on poverty in Europe that was used as a basis for the Summer School in 2007 in Austria. From this expertise and experience Swansea will mainly contribute in this project to WP2, WP3, WP6 and WP7.



Dr. Robert Sanders Dr. Sanders has 15 years of experience in higher education and in that time has developed a strong portfolio of modules delivered in a wide range of areas in both social work and work with children and families. He is an active researcher in work with children, and has published articles and books on child abuse, child and family support, child development (sibling relationships in particular), and working with children. He spent one study period researching sibling relationships in Italy, and has developed particularly close links with colleagues in Spain, Portugal and Norway through participation in the social work e-learning programme. He has competence in developing curriculum plans for e-learning courses and is a skilled e-pedagogue.






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2005 ERASMUS-TNPP

223085-CP-1-2005-1-IT

University of Parma, Italy

EUSW – European Platform for Worldwide Social Work


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Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Hochschule Mittweida – University of Applied Sciences

Short name / acronym HSMRegistered Address Technikumplatz Street number 17Postcode D – 09648 City Mittweida Country DE

Contact personTitle Prof. Dr. First name GudrunFamily name Ehlert Male x FemaleDepartment Social WorkPosition Professor for Social Work Sciences, Course Coordination Address Doebelner Strasse Street number 58Postcode D - 04741 City RossweinCountry DE Region SaxonyTelephone 1 ++ / 0049 34322 48627 Telephone 2 ++ /0049 341 9601331Mobile ++ / Fax ++ /0049 34322 48653Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.htwm.de


General description of the organisation: [Limit: 1000 characters] scope of work, areas of specific expertise and competence in relation to the project / network proposed Hochschule Mittweida was founded in 1867. Currently 5500 students are enrolled, among them 20 per cent from abroad. 32 courses of studies offered at the University leading to the academic degrees Bachelor, Master and German Diploma. Students have excellent modern teaching and research facilities at their disposal. Each student is obliged to do an internship during his studies. All study programmes are strictly practical oriented. Hochschule Mittweida co-operates with nearly 100 universities worldwide (Erasmus, Leonardo, Tempus, national DAAD programmes) or on the basis of bilateral agreements. Students have an opportunity to complete a practical or study semester abroad. The social work diploma courses of the department of social work have been assessed very well in the national ranking, the BA/MA programme has started very successfully in 2007. The department offers part-time courses for social work practitioners and has expertise in adult education and life long learning.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] The department of social work will be the partner in the proposed project. It will contribute with its resources and knowledge in curriculum development in the development of an international specialisation in the Virtual Campus of social work. It will offer facilities for conferences and meetings. HSM will specifically contribute to WP 2, WP3, WP4 and WP7.



Prof. Dr. Gudrun Ehlert

Prof. Dr. Gudrun Ehlert is professor in social work sciences at the department since 1996. She is the course coordinator at the department since 1998. She is doing research on professionalisation of social work and publishing about issues of gender and social work. She is also involved in a research project about right wing extremism in East Germany. Gudrun Ehlert represented the department since 2002 in the two Thematic Networks “European Social Work” (EUSW).






2002 TN 104315-1-CP-2003-1-IT

University of Parma/Italy

EUSW – European Social Work Thematic Network, Commonalities and Differences


2005 TNPP 223085-CP-1-2005-1-IT

University of Parma/Italy



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P9

Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Liepājas Pedagoģijas Akadēmija

Liepaja, Pedagogical AcademyShort name / acronym LPA Registered Address 14 Liela Str. Street numberPostcode LV - 3401 City Liepaja Country LV

Contact personTitle Dr. First name RitaFamily name Ukstina Male FemaleDepartment Department of PedagogyPosition Associated ProfessorAddress 37/39 Alejas Str., Apt. 41 Street numberPostcode LV - 3401 City LiepajaCountry LV Region LVZZ Telephone 1 ++ / Telephone 2 ++ / 371 34 07781Mobile ++ / 371 29534359 Fax ++ / 371 34 24223Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.lieppa.lv


General description of the organisation: [Limit: 1000 characters] scope of work, areas of specific expertise and competence in relation to the project / network proposed Liepāja Pedagogical Academy is a state-financed higher education institution, founded in 1954. In the beginning the higher school trained teachers mainly for primary schools (grades 1-4) and for nurseries, however, essential changes have taken place in all the fields of activity during the 45 years of its existence - in 1990 the Academy successfully started a transition to a regional higher education institution of a wider profile, and now alongside with teacher training programmes applicants are also offered a comparatively wide spectrum of programmes in other specialties, including studies in Social Work and Social Pedagogy (Social Work also on Master’s level). Those programs operate under the Department of Pedagogy.In June 14, 2006 the Constituent Assembly of the academy voted for changes in the status and name of the academy – Liepaja University. This still has to be approved in Ministry. Student body in the academic year 2007/2008: Full-time students 1400; Part – time students 1934; Staff: 280.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] Our institution will be one of external assessors of the pilot, contribute with ideas for virtual learning materials, its media staff will participate in the training courses; and would be glad to host a consortium meeting in June 2009. LPA will contribute with information and in participate in dissemination work. Summarized this means that LPA will contribute to WP2, WP3, WP4 and WP5.



Rita Ukstina Assistant professor in social pedagogy has participated in various projects and conferences on social pedagogy and social work, director of program “Social Pedagogy”, has experience in creating E-study materials.She will be external assessor in the pilot, and contribute with ideas for learning materials and participate in media training courses, and assisting in the process.

Lasma Latsone Mr. Latsone holds a Ph.D. in Religious Education, is head of department of Pedagogy in LPA, teaches courses on Social Work in World, and is involved in creating E-study material for Career Guidance Counsellors. He will contribute with ideas for learning material and participate in media training courses, and assisting in the process.

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P10

Registered address and type of organization

Full legal nameHøgskolen i Bodø

Bodø University CollegeShort name / acronym HIBORegistered Address Mørkved Street numberPostcode 8049 City BODØ Country NOContact personTitle PHD – Associate professor First

name Siv

Family name Oltedal male femaleDepartment Faculty of social sciencePosition Associate professor and leader of Master in Social Work

Address Myrullveien Street number 3 B

Postcode 8027 City BODØCountry(See eligible countries in table B below)

NO Region NO07 Nord Norge

Telephone 1 004775517337 Telephone 2 004775584499Mobile 004741237667 Fax 004775517378Contact e-mail [email protected] Website www.HIBO.no

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Type of organisation EDU-UNIV

General description of the organisation: Bodø University College (HIBO) is a place for learning, experience and research for approximately 450 staff and 5.000 students. With learning facilities across Nordland County, HIBO is an important institution of teaching and research in the region. The campus was established in 1985, and has since then been expanded as HIBO has grown. HIBO is one of a few university colleges in Norway aspiring for the status of university in the near future. This requires highly qualified academic staff. Our main task in this process is to evolve HIBO into a strong centre for higher education and research, both nationally and regionally. HIBO also aims to contribute to raising the low level of education in the region.HIBO is hosting "The Network in Social Work" within the University of the Artic, and is also main partner in the North of the NUFU project: Gender, Child and Welfare within Comparative Social Work (2007-2011) – whereas The University of Malawi is the main partner in the South. Within this network there is a partly online master course planned within the area of Community based work. Other partners in the NUFU project are Cuba, Guatemala and South Africa. HIBO is now also starting up collaboration on master level with universities in North West Russia (Arkhangelsk and Murmansk). Key staff involved in this project has written books on models for social work and community work.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network: HIBO will actively contribute to the curriculum development (WP1), produce virtual learning materials (WP3), dissemination (WP7) and of course provide its expertise in other areas (promotion) in order to contribute to the realisation of the international specialization in a Virtual Campus setting, including the recruiting of students for the course.

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Application identification: document.docName Summary of relevant skills and experienceSiv Oltedal

Sveinung Horverak

Gunn Strand Hutchinson

Ms. Oltedal has a PhD (2000) in Social Work from NTNU and a master in Sociology(1983) from the University of Trondheim (NTNU) and a Bachelor in Social Work (1980) from the Social Work Programme at Diakonhjemmet, Oslo. She is therefore a qualified social worker and has also studied Christianity. In her PhD (2000) the central research work is concentrated round long term client- social worker relationships at social welfare offices. The research analyses interviews and authentic conversations in order to study their form and content. She has been partner in the research project “Legitimisation of professional social work, studied in a comparative perspective (Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Norway)” Funded by Norwegian Research Council (2000-2003).

Mr. Horverak is lecturer at HIBO and his main teaching subject is child welfare. He has been working as a child welfare social worker for many years and was project leader in implementing Family group conference in a local Municipality. He has written a book about Family group conference and has been the teacher in the national project of implementing Family group conference in Norway. In his PHD he interviewed 20 teenagers about their participation in Family group conference.He has participated in the development and the running of the joint deegree Master in “Family related service in Europe”, administrated by Parma University and organised as a task-force group in EUSW.

Ms. Hutchinson is a professional Social Worker and cand.polit. in Health and Social Politics from the University of Bergen in 1992. She has worked as a social worker from 1978 to 1991 and from then employed at Bodø Regional University dept. of Social Science since 1991. She gives lectures in social work, particularly introduction courses, social work theory and community work. In her research and development work she has worked with theories in social work, combining micro and macro level in social work, international comparative social work and domestic violence. She has been involved in three international research projects and written books on community work.

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2005 ERASMUS-TNPP 223085-CP-1-2005-1-IT

University of Parma, Italy


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P11

Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias

Lusofona UniversityShort name / acronym ULHT

Registered Address Campo Grande Street number 376Postcode 1749-024 City Lisboa Country PT

Contact personTitle Lecturer First name Maria Irene

Family name Carvalho Male Female

Department Faculty of Social and Human Sciences – Social Work InstitutePosition Assistant Director of the Social Work Institute & Lecturer in Social Work Address Campo Grande Street number 376

Postcode 1749-024 City Lisboa

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Application identification: document.docCountry PT Region PT17 Lisboa Telephone 1 ++ / 351 21 751 55 00 Telephone 2 ++ / 351 21 751 55 00Mobile ++ / 351 96 231 0057 Fax ++ / 351 21 757 70 06Contact Email

[email protected]@hotmail.com

Website www.ulusofona.pt


General description of the organisation: [Limit: 1000 characters] scope of work, areas of specific expertise and competence in relation to the project / network proposed Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias is the largest non-public University in Portugal. The University name comes from the word “Lusofonia” which names all the Portuguese speaking countries and their common linguistic and cultural background. The university assumes itself as the leading institution responsible for the development of this geographical and cultural space with more than 200 million inhabitants. With a student body of more than 9.000 students and 1000 teachers, the University offers a very rich environment, both in scientific as in social and cultural terms.

In compliance with the requirements of the Bologna Declaration, the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences has adjusted all its courses while continuing to promote a first-rate education. The degree course in social work offered by ULHT was created in 1999/2000 and has proved to be an innovative course. It provides students with a spectrum of knowledge, skills and values for effective professional practice. Alongside compulsory modules, students are given practice learning opportunities throughout the course that fits with their special interests, in collaboration with social organisations.

In 1998 a Co-operation programme between Lusófona University and the Portuguese Speaking Countries in Africa was set up.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] With reference to the general description UHLT will provide its expertise to the project, including offering its social work network with regard to some of the Portuguese speaking countries (Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, Goa – India). It will specifically contribute to WP2 as assessor, to WP4 (hosting a meeting), WP5 (promotion) and naturally as a team member contribute to other project activities.



Ana Margarida Canhão

Lecturer at ULHT in the social work degree course and post-graduate course in child protection. Currently doing a PhD research on children’s participation in decision-making in multidisciplinary child protections teams in Portugal. Worked in three local authorities in England for 4 years as a child protection social worker.

Maria Irene Carvalho Assistant Director of the Social Work Institute & Lecturer in Social Work at ULHT. Course coordinator and lecturer in the post-graduate course in Gerontology. Currently doing a PhD research on domiciliary services for elderly people and social work intervention in that field. Worked as a social worker for 10 years in community centres and in health settings, such as hospitals. Have increased digital literacy and international knowledge as student in the VIRCLASS courses in 2006/07 (15 ECTS credits and in 2008 (10 ECTS credits).

Valter Matos Technician of audiovisual media at the University. Edit material.






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P12

Registered address and type of organisationFull legal name Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen

Kempen University College

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Application identification: document.docShort name / acronym KHKempen

Registered Address Kleinhoefstraat Street number 4

Postcode 2440 City GEEL Country BE

Contact personTitle Lecturer First name Jan

Family name Agten Male Female

Department Social WorkPosition Coordinator International Relations Social Work Address Kleinhoefstraat Street number 4Postcode 2440 City GEEL

Country BE Region BE24 Telephone 1 ++ / 32 14 56 23 12 Telephone 2 ++ / 32 14 56 23 10Mobile ++ / Fax ++ / 32 14 58 48 59Contact Email

[email protected] website http://www.khk.be

To be completed by each organisation involved in the consortium / network including Applicant and Coordinating OrganisationsType of organisation EDU-UNIV Private University

General description of the organisation: [Limit: 1000 characters] scope of work, areas of specific expertise and competence in relation to the project / network proposed KHKEMPEN has extensive experience in EU funded projects and are very strong in issues like gender and diversity. Since 1998 it has been actively involved in the Leonardo da Vinci programme and Erasmus. In 2003 KHKEMPEN developed a module Social work in an international perspective. Right now, our department is changing to a complete modularisation of its education. We try to create strong learning environments for our students, starting from a competence approach. We want our students to grow to the level of “beginning professionals”, i.e. one who is competent to function as an independent Social Worker in professional situations and who will do this from attitudes that are connected to the profession of Social Worker. We are actively involved in the EASSW and in the IASSW and in ENSACT (European Network for Social Action) We coordinate international Social work education in Flanders, and are actively involved in EUSW in the working group Networking and International Development since more the 3 years.

Role of the participant organisation in the proposed project / network [Limit: 1000 characters] The KHKempen will contribute its know-how on community development (WP2). The Virtual Campus will get access to both the material (content) and the approach (didactics of the Moodle model) used and developed in the “Community Care” project (n° 2006 – HU/06/B/F/PP-170015) This will enhance the development of a module in community work and community development as a virtual class with a comparative worldwide perspective. KHKempen will also contribute to WP3.Jan Agten is committed to promote the project through the IASSW and the IFSW and the website of EASSW and to contribute to the Exploitation of results towards decision makers and students via the Master Course of Comparative European Social Studies and ENSACT during the European SW Conference (WP5)



Jan Agten Co-ordinator of: International Relations in The Social Work Department of Kempen University College since 1987. 2 Tempus Applications about Curriculum Development (1987-1993) A pilot project and developer of a web course Gender & Social Work The Working group Networking and International Development of the Thematic Network EUSW.

Module convenor of International Network Development and Intercultural Theories in Master in Comparative European Social Studies. Developer of the web course sw in an international perspective on bachelor level. Mr. Agten is Vice-president and Secretary of the European Association of Schools of Social work (EASSW). He is also Web master of the EASSW website, co-developer of the Curriculum “Community Work for Field Teachers”, organiser of the seminar “Teaching Methodologies in SW Education”, and member of the Board of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). Co-organiser of the European Conference for Social Work “Social action in Europe: different legacies & common challenges?”

Pieter Lievens Mr. Lievens is departmental co-ordinator and local administrator of e-learning platform since 2005. Co-ordinator of an Intensive programme on the Promotion of Active Learning in Social Work Education, member of the e-learning team at Kempen University College, trainee in ELISE: E-Learning (in) In-Service (teacher training) in Europe: with courses: on-line learning, didactical processes and collaborative learning in ICT-environments for enhancing e-didactics, virtual classroom, internet assessments. Also webmaster of Vonk3.be, a research partnership in gerontology and elderly-care, partner in a Leonardo project on “Community Care” (n° 2006 – HU/06/B/F/PP-170015) in 2006 and 2007, and consultant for municipalities and local communities in regard to Local Social Policy Planning and Community Development in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

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2003Intensive Programme Erasmus

69935-IC-1-2003-1-EE-ERASMUS-IPUC-2

TARTU ÜLIKOOLI PÄRNU KOLLEDZ

Excluded People in Europe , Comparison with European Countries Practice (EPE)

http://docweb.khk.be/Jan%20Agten/IPEXcluded/index.html

2004 Leonardo Mobility

B/04/PL-144.380

Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen

Gender in a European Perspective http://docweb.khk.be/Jan%20Agten/Webmodulegender/Engels/Contentpages/Sitemapintroduction.htm

2005 TNPP

28221-IC-1-2005-1-BE-ERASMUS-IPUC-3


Project Active Learning

2006 Leonardo Mobility

B/06/PL-144.372


Mobility with diversity

2006 Pilot Project Leonardo

n° 2006 – HU/06/B/F/PP-170015

Debrecen University Hungary

Community Care Approach: A Strategy for Social Inclusion http://szociologia.unideb.hu/

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SECTION 3 : SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT

Summary For successful applications, this section will be reproduced, as presented below, in compendia etc. You should therefore ensure that it gives a concrete overview of the work you consortium plans to undertake including:

The reason for your project / network / study Concise description of the outputs, results and / or products (including where relevant key pedagogical strategies, media used,

language versions etc) The impact envisaged

Europe has the ambition to develop into a competitive knowledge based society and economy of which social cohesiveness is a dominant feature. Social cohesion, though, is not self evident. Social exclusion and ethnocentrism are challenges the EU has to deal with in realizing its ambition. These challenges in their international context are affecting the social work profession and as a result education preparing future social workers needs to change. Until recently this education was not engaged in developing a truly internationally oriented curriculum. The Social Work Virtual Campus (SW-VirCamp) project is addressing these needs by developing an international specialization social work in an international Virtual Campus setting.The international specialization will deal with the aforementioned challenges and by doing so better prepare future social workers for their job. The virtual campus will provide opportunities to social work students and staff to work and cooperate internationally, while physical student mobility also has proven to be problematic. The main planned output/results are:

1. an international specialization social work, including the development and testing of a course on community work/community

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Application identification: document.docdevelopment (15 ECTS, with 55 students and 6 teachers); the specialization will be aligned and tuned with national and international (Bologna) requirements and the quality will be internally and externally assessed;

2. a virtual campus which is a multifunctional learning/communicating community, consisting a.o. of produced e-learning materials (virtual book etc.), online community;

3. increased competences of teaching and technical staff, by cooperating in curriculum development/testing and in producing e-learning materials

Twelve partners, most of them already cooperating in a virtual class (VIRCLASS) consortium, will cooperate in a real team approach in SW-VirCamp. The impact they envisage includes the further dissemination to social work faculties (a.o. through the EUSW network), the development of the specialization into an international bachelor social work and to disseminate the Virtual Campus concept to non-social work stakeholders.For Networks onlyThematic Domain / Topic

Limit 200 characters

Budget summary

ExpenditureDirect Costs No decimals

StaffTravel and subsistenceEquipment Cannot exceed 10% of direct costsSubcontracting Cannot exceed 30% of direct costsOther

Sub-Total Direct CostsSub-total: Indirect costs 0 Cannot exceed 7% of Total Direct CostsTotal Cost 405788

RevenueCommunity Grant Requested 300000 Cannot exceed 75% of Total Cost% of total cost 73,93Own funding of the members of the consortium

105788

Other sources of financing 0Total revenue 405788 Must equal total costs above

Do not forget to attach the detailed financial tables (excel file) to this form before submitting. Check that the financial information provided in this table is identical to that provided in the detailed financial tables.

Profile of Consortium Countries involved in the proposal

All partners from eligible countries OTHER participants involved in the proposalMS ACC AC OCT TOTAL

N° participants 10 2 12N° countries 8 1 9For Erasmus Networks only: if the number of countries in the Total column is less that 31, please provide a justification below.


Organisation TypesAssociations Counselling Education

12

Enterprise Not for profit Public Bodies Other types TOTAL

12

Associated projects If your proposal is based on the results of one or more previous projects / networks, please provide precise references to this/ these project(s) / network(s) in the table below.

Identification number 1043151-1-CP-2003-1-IT, 223085-CP-1-2005-1-ITProject / network dates (year started and completed)

2002-20052005-2008

Programme or Initiative Erasmus-TN

Title of the project / network EUSW 2002-2005 European Social Work; Commonalities and DifferencesEUSW-2005-2008 European Platform for worldwide social work

Coordinating organisation Parma UniversityWebsite www.eusw.unipr.itPassword / login if required for website

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Application identification: document.docSummarise the project / network outcomes and describe (a) how the new proposal seeks to build on them and (b) how ownership / copywrite issues are to be dealt withVIRCLASS started as result of the EUSW 2002-2005 and the idea of developing e-learning modules in front of the Summer School programme in 2005 at Parma University. VIRCLASS was grounded by partners involved in the EUSW and the development of summer school and the e-learning courses started as a parallel process. From 2004 – 2008 VIRCLASS has been state funded by the Norway Opening Universities and with support from partner institution. EUSW has given support to travel costs for partners not able to raise the money from their home university, as well as supported the development of virtual learning material. Since 2005 VIRCLASS became a Task-Force Group in the EUSW- platform for worldwide social work. Through the Consortium Agreement established among partners in VIRCLASS from 2007 the copyright agreement is sorted out in the agreement available at the www.VIRCLASS.net

If this proposal concerns a Renewal request for a Grundtvig Network or the follow-up of a Grundtvig Thematic Seminar funded under Socrates in 2004, 2005 or 2006, please complete the table below

Identification number Limit 60 charactersProject / network dates (year started and completed)Title of the project / network Limit 100 charactersCoordinating organisation Limit 100 charactersWebsitePassword / login if required for website Limit 50 charactersSummarise the Network/Thematic Seminar outcomes and describe how the new proposal seeks to build on themLimit 500 characters

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Section 4: Detailed Description of the proposed project

Why does the consortium wish to undertake this project?Explain the rationale of and background to the project / network by defining the needs or constraints that it seeks to address (current situation in the countries involved, previous or preparatory work in the domain, the results of any needs analysis undertaken, methodologies selected, target languages etc.). Outline the main (published) indicators that illustrate these needs. Include references to any declared national or international political priority in this area.

The EU wants to develop into a competitive, knowledge based community of which social cohesiveness is a dominant feature. Realization is challenged a.o. by growing global interdependencies, the changing world after 9-11 and the growth of the EU itself. The labor migration within the EU and the immigration to EU is increasing. The resulting cultural diversity is challenging Europeans to create a new intercultural cooperative reality. Here social cohesiveness is not self evident and threatened by f.i. social exclusion and ethnocentrism. These developments affect the professional work of social workers in Europe and consequently education needs to change and adapt their curricula. This project aims at addressing that need.‘National’ curricula on social work (sw) address intercultural diversity and dialogue; however, international cooperation and international curriculum development in this field are only in their early stages. In 2003 the EU facilitated the foundation of the European Social Work Thematic network (EUSW), one of its results being the VIRCLASS task force (The Virtual Classroom for Social Work in Europe), consisting of 9 European universities. Mainly by its own funding (from other national, non-EU funds and own university funds) VIRCLASS started an international virtual classroom in social work. See www.VIRCLASS.net . Though a start was made by EUSW and VIRCLASS, fundamental needs still have to be addressed to better prepare future European social workers:1. international curriculum development adequately aligned with challenges described (social cohesion, intercultural dialogue), resulting in

an international social work bachelor specialization, according to Bologna requirements as well as meeting relevant (national) quality assurance standards;

2. from a virtual international classroom to a virtual international campus, which is a multifunctional learning (on-line) community of social work professionals/teachers and students; this also increases international orientation opportunities for sw students, while VIRCLASS partners’ figures show that sw students’ physical international mobility is comparatively low;

3. previous needs require increasing the international competences of the teaching staff, the Virtual Campus competences of technical staff as well as improving the necessary facilities.

All partners in this project are committed to realize the necessary results to deal with the described needs.

Aims and objectivesDefine the concrete aims and objectives of the project / network and describe the ways in which the situation set out under the previous point will be changed and the specific needs will be addressed by the project / network.

The overall project objective is that social work students (future sw professionals) will be more competent to meet the needs of a knowledge based, intercultural, social cohesive European society, by means of an international bachelor social work specialization realized via a Virtual Campus, an international sw learning community. The specific objectives are:1. International bachelor specialization in social work, implying

- realization of a shared/tuned framework for this specialization; Bologna aligned and tuned with relevant national quality standards;

- developing module on community work/ development); - pilot execution of new cw/d module, in the Virtual Campus setting, with 55 students.

2. A Virtual Campus intermediating/serving this specialization as an international learning community, implying- 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 Virtual Campus learning materials (for community work/development as a pilot);

3. To assure the quality of 1 and 2 by a quality guide (applying relevant national and international quality standards), internal quality reports, the assessment of the cw/d pilot and a programme evaluation by an external evaluator.4. To disseminate, promote and create public awareness in a planned way (dissemination plan) about the project results by means of contributions to conferences, articles in relevant journals, magazines etc., within the partner’s countries as well as via the EUSW and other relevant networks, including those of other professional sectors for which the developed Virtual Campus concept can be relevant.A conditional specific objective is an adequate project organization which can obtain the planned results. This is done by a dedicated consortium of partners (which to a great extent already cooperates), an experienced contractor, a team of 5 work package leaders (WPL) and the active involvement of all partners arranged by working agreements (working plan, framework agreement etc.), managed and monitored.

What will this project produce?Provide a summary of all the outputs / products / results that will be produced in the proposed project. Where relevant, describe the specific pedagogical methodologies / beliefs that this project will exploit.

The most important result aimed at is that major steps forward will have been made in the realization of an international specialization in social work, which is really addressing European issues of social cohesion and intercultural dialogue, being issues of major importance for (future) professional social workers in Europe. International cooperation between (future) professional social workers is a necessity for this and an international Virtual Campus an excellent tool to realize that objective, also because physical international mobility often is problematic. A Virtual Campus then, as an international multifunctional learning/communicating community, is a major step beyond an international virtual classroom, in which many partners already have some experience by their VIRCLASS cooperation.Consequently, specific project output/products and results related to the defined work packages (section 5) are:

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Application identification: document.doc WP1

- Report on international specialization sw in a Virtual Campus setting, consisting of a kind of SWOT analysis for this specialization in the different partner countries and conclusions/suggestions how to proceed taking into account the national and international (including Bologna) regulations;

- Framework agreement between the project partners (based on previous point).WP2

- Curriculum plan community work/development as a pilot for the international specialization via Virtual Campus (15 ECTS). External experts will be sub-contracted to support the work of the project partners;

- Pilot course cw/d executed (55 students, 5 teachers);- Pilot will be evaluated in a report.

WP3- Increased Virtual Campus competences for technical/media staff (5 days’ training);- Virtual Campus learning materials produced (6 short screen lectures, 10 visual/audiovisual triggers, 1 video based case).

WP4- Consortium contract, regulating partners’ work and use of products;- Working plan, defining the precise work/responsibilities of partners and fine-tuning the project plan once approved;- Project budget, formalizing the approved project budget;- Annual project reports produced (for EU and partners);- Meetings, seminars, conferences organized and executed (development, management, disseminations purposes);- Financial/administrative model for sustainable Virtual Campus produced.

WP5- Promotion materials for sw students produced and distributed;- Awareness raising activities executed for professional sw organizations and for HEI authorities and other faculties to indicate benefits

of Virtual Campus concept.WP6

- Quality guide produced to assure process/product quality;- Internal evaluations organized and reported;- Assessment of pilot cw/d executed and reported; - External programme evaluation executed and reported.

WP7- Dissemination plan developed and agreed upon between partners;- Presentations on specialization and Virtual Campus prepared and executed (in partner countries);- Conferences / participation in relevant network conferences; - Papers, articles in relevant professional journals/magazines produced

What is the approach adopted by the consortium to develop the work of this proposed project?Provide an overview of the work of the consortium during the lifetime of the project that summarises the key activities, milestones, management, monitoring and quality assurance

A major feature of the project is the team approach, which is a necessity to obtain shared, common results applicable for all participating partner universities, their students and staff and leading to increasing international cooperation in the field of social work. The team approach of 12 direct partners is reflected in all the work packages, also influencing meeting/communication costs (including traveling and subsistence / see overview presented in excel sheet).The team approach goes with clearly defined responsibilities allocated to the different partners according to their specific professional qualities and also includes the project management and coordination and related monitoring. This is described more detailed in the final paragraph of this section 4.The key project activities can be summarized in the following project stages

1. Regulatory stage Developing and implementing an international social work specialization by means of an international Virtual Campus requires an adequate alignment with the relevant national and international regulatory frameworks (internal regulations of participating universities, national legislation in the partner countries, national standards of accreditation, Bologna requirements etc.).These frameworks must be analyzed, obstacles be defined and commonly dealt with in a feasible development plan for the international specialization sw for all partners. This requires managerial, administrative and legislative qualities and input. (mainly WP1)

2. Development stage This stage includes:

o Development of a curriculum plan, including the pilot cw/d (15 ECTS credits);o Development of Virtual Campus audiovisual learning materials (including upgrading staff competences).

Mainly WP 2, 3 and 4 (meetings of experts).3. Testing stage

This stage includes:o Pilot execution of cw/d module (55 students from partner universities, 5 teachers from different partners) using the new

audiovisual learning material;o Pilot evaluation

This stage regards mainly WP2, WP3 & WP6.4. Dissemination & promotion

The promotion activities are aimed at raising awareness amongst sw students about the importance/impact of this specialization for their future profession. Dissemination activities are aimed at sharing the project results with colleagues at sw faculties and inviting them

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Application identification: document.docto join and are also aimed at sharing the benefits of the international Virtual Campus concept with research bodies, international associations and colleagues outside the sw world (other faculties etc.). WP5 and WP7.

Quality assurance is an ongoing process during the whole project, as described in WP6.

Impact and Sustainability:(a) Who will use these outputs / products / results and how will the consortium reach them? Please describe the intended users who will benefit from the project during the lifetime of the project, and after the project has finished. Explain how these users will be reached.

Short term target-groups: Describe the target group(s) that will be reached during the life of the projectThe short term target groups are:

1. students 2. teaching staff3. technical/media staff4. social work university networks and non-social work university networks5. social work professionals

ad. 1) A select group of 55 students who will participate in the international social work specialization and more particular in the pilot community work/development module (15 ECTS) by means of an international Virtual Campus..The existing modules in VIRCLASS will continue to run the following years and will be included in the Virtual Campus ad. 2) The teaching staff from the 12 partner universities which is directly involved in the development of the international specialization and in particular of the pilot module. Besides this group there is the special group of 6 teachers who will actually execute the pilot course.ad. 3) The technical staff which will be specially trained in developing Virtual Campus learning materials and who will actually do that for the pilot module.ad. 4) The social work university networks (like EUSW, the International/ European Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW/EASSW)) which will be informed about the results of the international social work specialization development and to whom the results will be disseminated. Non-social work university networks (so others academic/professional disciplines) will be informed about the concept development of an international Virtual Campus. ad. 5) Social work professionals will be informed about the international specialization and its impact for upgrading the quality of their profession by aligning it to European challenges related to social cohesion and intercultural dialogue. How will this group / these groups be reached and involved during the lifetime of the project?1) The students will be recruited through the regular recruiting procedures at the partner universities and additionally be selected by a special intake which is the responsibility of P1.2) The teaching staff is selected by the partner universities according to their professional qualities and those required in the project. Cv’s of these staff members are included in this project proposal. Their involvement is secured by clear working appointments as well as by the international teamwork character of the project.3) The technical staff is selected also by the partner universities. Involvement is secured also by providing them with a special training to upgrade their competences to produce international Virtual Campus learning materials, what they actually will do for the pilot module.4) Mostly of the 12 project partners in this project mostly are also member of the EUSW, so there is a clear connection. EUSW as well as other relevant university networks and professional associations will be informed by the VIRCLASS- and EUSW website, as well as via EUSW network meetings. Non-social work university networks will be reached via colleague faculties at the partner universities, international websites, etc.5) Social work professionals will be reached via articles in journals/magazines, presentations on conferences etc.Long term target groups: Describe the target group(s) that will be reached after the project is finishedLong term target groups after projectThe project objective is that the international social work specialization via an international Virtual Campus is regularly embedded in the educational programs of the partner universities, which implies that it is a regular specialization for which social work students can opt. So, primarily the social work students of the partner universities will be the future target groups, moreover the partners want to disseminate the specialization to other interested social work faculties/universities whose students then also can participate in this international social work specialization.The international specialization is not a one time development event; it is a permanent process of renewing materials, adjusting and aligning it with recent relevant developments. This requires an active international community of teaching staff. The Virtual Campus itself is an excellent tool for that. So the continuing commitment of the teaching staff is both a necessity and an objective/target for the existing consortium of partners. This is relevant too for the technical staff.The social work professionals remain an important target group, for after all, the international specialization will be developed to assist them in ‘doing a better social work job’. Input from these practical professionals in the continuing process of curriculum development is a necessity as well as providing them with opportunities for re-training and upgrading in the future.How will this group / these groups be reached?Reaching long term target groupsStudents will be reached by the regular university information and communication means, with of course, a special link to the www.VIRCLASS.net, showing and informing them about the opportunities of a choice for an international social work specialization by means of a Virtual Campus. Teaching and technical staff will be engaged in the international specialization because it is a challenging part of their professional job of which international cooperation on a high professional level is a special requirement. It will provide them with opportunities for their own professional development as well.Social work professionals (individually as well as via their professional organizations) will be invited to provide examples, best practices, worst case scenarios, case studies and assignments to the international specialization. This will create commitment and involvement. Special attention must be paid to the alumni from the international specialization who has become professional social workers.

(b) How will the impact of this project be sustained beyond its lifetime?

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Application identification: document.docThe VIRCLASS consortium, of which many actual partners in this project are members, already has a kind of proven record in sustainability. Since 2003 the consortium has begun to develop and execute an international virtual classroom, consisting now of two e-learning modules, a virtual book, experienced teachers embedded in an internationally cooperating network. It also include an e-pedagogy course for teachers in HEI to secure recruiting more and skilled e-teachers. This project now is aiming at making considerable steps forward in this process by developing an existing set of ‘incidental educational modules’ into a true international specialization in social work, eventually possibly leading to an international bachelor and by developing the existing virtual classroom into a Virtual Campus, which is a multifunctional learning and communicating professional community.The university management of the project partners has committed themselves to embedding an international specialization in social work via a Virtual Campus in the regular supply of university programs. These, beyond any doubt, are formal university commitments to sustainability. Sustainability is also related to continuous efforts to renew the contents of the program and keep it aligned with actual developments. The VIRCLASS record since 2003 shows that this consortium has constantly considered this to be one of its major professional responsibilities and has acted accordingly, as is shown by the progress made during the years it is in existence.Sustainability is also related to disseminating project results, engaging more universities in the international specialization. This is shown by the increase of participating universities compared to the number of VIRCLASS partners as well as the dissemination activities planned (also through the EUSW). Dissemination of results and research has been highly prioritiezed already in the VIRCLASS project and can be proven by a long list of conference presentations and papers and chapters in international books and journals (see www.VIRCLASS.net)

Who will produce these outputs?Describe the consortium, demonstrating that all the skills required to undertake this proposed project are available. Identify also, where relevant, specific tasks that will be sub-contracted to bodies outside the formal consortium.

The products and output described in a previous paragraph of this section organized in the different project stages (regulatory, development, testing and dissemination/promotion, including permanent process of quality assurance) will be produced by the project partners, in different combinations based on qualities needed. The qualities are summarized in section 2.As referred to before, many of the project partners already have a joint history of cooperation; bilateral, within the EUSW network and within the VIRCLASS consortium.Taking into account the project objectives and the number of project partners, it is clear that in order to produce the planned results; an effective and efficient project management is a necessity. The partners have agreed upon the following project management structure:

- P1 is the project manager / contractor and responsible work package leader (WPL) for WP3 & 4;- P2 is responsible WPL for WP1- P3 is WPL for WP6 & 7- P4 for WPL for WP2- P6 for WPL for WP5

P1 is the overall responsible project manager and EU contact organization; the WPL’s assist in the project coordination and are specifically responsible for their WP, including monitoring the process and product realization. Partners participate specifically in the WP’s for which they can provide the professional qualities required (also see relevant cv’s). Where necessary to safeguard the quality, external professional expertise is sub-contracted (WP3, 4, 6) and for dissemination of results (WP 7)

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SECTION 5 : WORKPLAN AND WORKPACKAGES

Summary of Workpackages

Workpackage number

Workpackage type

Workpackage title Start End

1 DEV Virtual Campus for International Social Work September 2008

30.11.2008

2 DEV A new e-learning module in comparative Community work and Community Development

September 2008

31.08.2010

3 DEV Virtual learning material September 2008

30.11.2009

4 MNGT Project management September 2008

31.08.2010

5 EXP Exploitation of results towards decision makers and students September 2008

30.06.2009

6 QPLN Quality assurance of the Virtual Campus for Social work September 2008

31.08.2010

7 DISS Dissemination of the Virtual Campus for Social Work September 2009

31.08.2010

Deliverables List

Deliverable No Deliverable title Delivery date Nature Dissemination level1.1 From virtual class to Virtual Campus 30.11.2008 R PU

1.2 Framework agreement 30.11.2008 O PU

2.1 Curriculum plan 31.05.2009 R PU

2.2 Pilot of the course Community Work and Community Development

29. 02.2009 E PU

2.3 Evaluation of the pilot 31.08.2010 R PU

3.1 Course for media staff for developing virtual learning material

March 2009 E PP

3.2 Virtual learning material 30.11.2009 P PU

4.1 Consortium Contract 30.10.2008 O PP

4.2 Working Plan 30.09. 2008 O PU

4.3 Project budget 30.10.2008 O PP

4.4 Project report September 2009and August 2010

P PU

4.5 Consortium meetings, WPL meetings October 2008 till July 2010

E PP

4.6 Administrative and financial model for a Virtual Campus August 2010 O PP

5.1 Promotion of a Virtual Campus for international social work students

June 2009 O PU

5.2 Awareness raising of the importance of a Virtual Campus for international learning environment

June 2009 O PU

6.1 Quality guide December 2009 O PU

6.2 Internal evaluation reports series (IERS) August 2010 R PU

6.3 Programme evaluation of the pilot August 2010 R PU

7.1 Plan for dissemination December 2008 O PP

7.2 Project presentations Till August 2010 O PP

7.3 Conference proceedings Till August 2010 E PU

7.4 Papers to Journals Till August 2010 R PU

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Workpackage Number

1 Workpackage Type Development

Workpackage title: Virtual Campus for International Social Work

StartMonth number September 2008 End

Month number November 2008 Duration in number of months 3 months

Description of workpackage The aims of WP1 will be to develop a shared framework, in terms of a Virtual Campus with a common coherent set of modules for an international specialisation of social work as addressed in the needs analysis in section 4. This will be done by collecting and analysing information from all partners about their actual programme structure, and the legal framework. The second step will be to design the framework of an international specialisation of social work in a Virtual Campus setting and the third step will be to present and agree upon the framework between the partners in the consortium.

Deliverables – outputs / products / resultsDeliverable number 1.1Title From virtual class to a Virtual Campus Type of outcome / product / results

A report

Description: The intention of this report is to give an overview of each partner institutions framework to sort out the possibilities for integration of an international specialisation for social work in a Virtual Campus setting. The information to be collected regards:

1. The relevant regulatory frameworks, on an institutional, national and international (Bologna) level and issues like accreditation, quality assessment

2. Actual programme objectives and structure;3. ICT equipment and competences available and necessary for proceeding from an international virtual classroom to an international

Virtual Campus;4. International student mobility. A policy and practice comparison of virtual and physical mobility between partners

This information will be collected by e-mails, online discussions etc. It will be analyzed; conclusions will be made as well as recommendations. These results will be presented in a report and be published on the www.VIRCLASS.net and the www.eusw.unipr.it, institutional websites; and press release in the partner countries.

Deliverable number 1.2Title Framework agreement Type of outcome / product / results

A document

Description: Based on the 1.1 report delivery 1.2 will present an agreement about :

1. How to align regulatory frameworks to enable the realization of a shared international specialization and also comply with the different national systems and institutional regulations;

2. What will be the objectives and contents of the new international specialization and how the existing modules in the VIRCLASS courses can be integrated and which new modules need to be developed;

3. Which (technical) facilities are conditional to be able to participate in the Virtual Campus setting. The document will describe the structure and the content of specialisation in the future social work in BA programmes and will be the partners agreement concerning new number of modules specified in ECTS credits. It will be a signed framework agreement concerning number of modules and themes, including copyright regulations.The framework agreement will be published on the www.VIRCLASS.net and the www.eusw.unipr.it, institutional websites; and will be given press release in the partner countries.

Consortium partners involved:

Partner number

Country Short-name Role and tasks in the workpackage

Lead partner: P2 NL INH Lead and coordinate the process of the work package 1 and deliver the final proposal of the agreement. Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P1 NO HiB Contribute to the processes assisting NL. Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

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Application identification: document.docP3 ES UCM Contribute to the collection of information and taking

responsibility in analysing information and making report related to 1.1. Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P4 SE HHJ Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P5 PT ISMT Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P6 DE HSMA Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P7 UK Swansea Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P8 DE HSM Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P9 LV LPA Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P10 NO HIBO Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P11 PT ULHT Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

P12 BE KHKEMPEN Provide information, agree and sign the agreement, publish at their websites, and give press release.

Resources required to complete workpackage 1

Indicative input of consortium staff: The totals provided for staff days should correspond globally with the staff table in the detailed budget.

Partners involved

Country short name Number of staff daysCategory 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Total

Lead partner:

P2 NL INH 5 1905

P1 NO HiB 1 553P3 ES UCM 5 10 2905P4 SE HHJ 1 505P5 PT ISMT 1 183P6 DE HSMA 1 363P7 UK Swansea 1 469P8 DE HSM 1 363P9 LV LPA 1 131P10 NO HIBO 1 553P11 PT ULHT 1 183P12 BE KHKEMPEN 1 376

Total 8489

Tasks that will be subcontracted Partner responsible for Sub-contract

Country short name N° days (where appropriate)

Brief description of task

P(nr)

Explanation of workpackage expenditures

Please explain and justify budget items included in the detailed budget that relate to this workpackage, specifically, where relevant under the headings: "travel and subsistence (of the staff of the consortium)", "equipment" and "other". The three partners P2.P3.P1 will have the main responsibility for developing the WP, but all the partners have to be involved with contribution of information and material. We have therefore included 1 day work for this and since the manager level has to be involved in this work the main expenses have been placed in this category.

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Workpackage Number


Workpackage title: A new e-learning module in comparative Community work and Community Development


Month number August 2010 Duration in number of months 23 months

Description of workpackage The WP2 will start with preparatory work for the curriculum plan (CP) of Community work/Community Development (Cw/CD) of 15 ECTS, within the framework of the international specialization agreed upon (WP1). A special working group will do that by cooperating in a virtual environment. The preparations will be presented, discussed and elaborated during the meeting for all partners in October 2008. The working group will continue to prepare the CP content and make assurances for quality (including the tuning) and finish their work by May 2009. The associated partners will be consultants as a quality assurance. The CP will be approved by the partners. During the project period we will run this course as a pilot for social work students in the partner institutions and to external partners, and promote it from June till October 2009. Application date will be 1. November 2009. 55 students will be accepted for the pilot programme and an estimated starting time will be in February 2010. Teachers involved in the course will be internal assessors. In addition to this external assessors will be recruited among the partners not having teachers in the course.During the autumn 2009 the weekly programme will be prepared and high quality virtual learning materials will be produced (see WP3). Working group WP2 will meet 3 times during the project (see travel & subsistence sheet).An evaluation of the pilot will be included in the final project report.

Deliverables – outputs / products / results

Deliverable number 2.1Title Curriculum plan Type of outcome / product / results

A document

Description: A competence based curriculum plan for an e-learning course in community work and community development in a comparative world wide perspective will be made. Number of ECTS credits will be 15. The course with be based on a task centred approach and student activity based pedagogy. The programme will promote intercultural exchange and sharing of knowledge by small group cooperation for students with specific tasks and through online synchronic and asynchronic chats. A well structured course plan, including weekly programme, lectures, tasks, e-portfolio assignment will be made. The curriculum plan will be announced on the public webpage www.VIRCLASS.net and the study programme will be accessible for students on the chosen Learning Management System.

Deliverable number 2.2Title Pilot of the course community work and community developmentType of outcome / product / results

E-learning module

Description: The 15 ECTS credits Cw/CD course in the Virtual Campus setting will be organized and executed. There will be an intake of 55 students, recruited from the partner universities. These students will have to meet defined enrolment requirements. Assuming that all students will fulfil the course obligations, the course will allocate 825 ECTS credits. The students’ certificate will be marked with the scale A-F. The pilot will start in February 2010. The course will be 16 weeks. Three student groups will be formed. Six teachers (2 per group) will be their coaches, tutors etc. for 5 hours per week each. This number of working hours is the minimum quantity required estimated from earlier e-learning courses. The pilot will be assessed by internal assessors (teachers) as well as external assessors (3 partners which are not directly involved in the teaching process). One of the teachers will have the special responsibility for presenting the weekly programmes on the platform (LMS) and be the head teacher in the course.

Deliverable number 2.3Title Evaluation of the pilotType of outcome / product / results

A report

Description: An electronic report made available at the VIRCLASS website summarizing experiences and challenges from undertaking and carrying out the pilot course for the first time. The contents will mainly consist of:

1. Facts & figures about the pilot (actual – planned)2. Process evaluation (a.o. lessons executed according to plan, coaching executed according to plan, cooperation staff-staff, staff-

students, students-students executed according to plan etc.)3. Product evaluation (a.o. student products according to plan etc.)4. Target group evaluation (students, staff)

The report is for internal improvements use, a relevant abstract for managerial/organization purposes and for distribution among partner institutions and will also be made available at the www.VIRCLASS.net

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Application identification: document.docConsortium partners involved:

Partner number


Lead partner: P4 SE HHJ Lead and coordinate the work with developing the curriculum plan, the weekly programmes, coordinating as the head teacher for the pilot course and will be involved as such in the evaluation. Preparing material for lectures

P1 NO HiB Participate in developing the curriculum plan and the pilot, and participate as teacher in the course. Be responsible for intake of students, and organise the Virtual Campus. Preparing material for lectures, and be internal assessor in the pilot.Write the report.

P2 NL INHOLLAND Discussing, elaborating and producing the competence based curriculum and participate as teacher in the pilot and be internal assessor and as such involved in the evaluation. Preparing material for lectures.

P3 ES UCM Main task to discuss and deliver content for the curriculum plan and the pilot.

P5 PT ISMT Main task to discuss and deliver content for the curriculum plan and the pilot. Participate as teacher in the pilot.

P6 DE HSMA Contribute to development of the curriculum plan P7 UK SWANSEA Contribute to the quality of the material produced by being

consultant and do the proof-reading. P8 DE HSM Main task to discuss and deliver content for the curriculum plan

and the pilot, and participate as teacher in the course and be internal assessor and as such involved in the evaluation.

P9 LV LPA Contributing to curriculum development. External assessor in the pilot

P10 NO HIBO Discussing, elaborating and producing the curriculum, and participate as teacher in the course and be internal assessor

P11 PT ULHT Contribute to the curriculum development. External assessor in the pilot

P12 BE KHKEMPEN Contribute to the development of a competence based Curriculum plan. External assessor in the pilot.Write conclusions (for didactical) improvements based on the external assessment

P all Approve the Curriculum Plan for the pilot

Resources required to complete workpackage 2


Partners involved


Lead partner:

P4 SE HHJ 44 19008

P1 NO HiB 19 5 10600P2 NL INH 19 9127P3 ES UCM 16 4240P5 PT ISMT 16 2576P6 DE HSMA 6 1890P7 UK SWANSEA 9 3987P8 DE HSM 19 5985P9 LV LPA 8 856P10 NO HIBO 19 9120P11 PT ULHT 8 1288P12 BE KHKEMPEN 12 3852

Total 64335




University of Western Cape South UWC 2 Curriculum consulting

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Application identification: document.docAfrica

University of Kwazulu Natal South Africa

UKZN 2 Curriculum consulting

University of Tarapaca Chile UTA 2 Curriculum consulting


Please explain and justify budget items included in the detailed budget that relate to this workpackage, specifically, where relevant under the headings: "travel and subsistence (of the staff of the consortium)", "equipment" and "other". The main part in the budget goes to the leading institution, teaching personal to develop the curriculum plan and for preparing lectures, tasks and weekly programmes. There is calculated participation in 1 meeting of 2 days for P7, P9, P11 and 3 meetings of 2 days for the other partner in this group. 5 days is calculated for administration and preparation for the intake of students and organising the Virtual Campus. Because Community Work is a well developed method in social work in other continents subcontractors with special competences in this area are invited to give their input to the curriculum plan.

Workpackage Number


Workpackage title: Virtual learning material


Month number November 2009 Duration in number of months 14

Description of workpackage VIRCLASS has already made a Virtual Book (A K. Larsen, 2006) including electronic learning material for the already existing modules. These learning materials, from students’ evaluations, have turned out a success and made the studies more interesting and interactive (Larsen et al. 2007, www.seminar.net). When developing a new module in community work the new material will be in line with the already existing. This means developing and producing new screen lectures, triggers and video case for community work. Besides this additional functions (like f.i. online community) will be introduced to realize a real Virtual Campus.The first virtual book was designed and produced by the Media Centre at HiB in cooperation with all partners who delivered the material. For the new modules we want to exploit the expertise of the Media Centre in Bergen to the other partner institutions. For this reason the production of the new learning material will be a joint venture inviting media staff/educational technologists from different partner institution to a staff training course in Bergen during spring 2009. As a result of this the next virtual book will be a co-production of the media centres within the partner institutions, coordinated and edited by the Media Centre at HiB. Besides the training WP3 working group will meet once to prepare the material for a video case and triggers (see travelling and subsistence sheet).


Deliverable number 3.1Title Course for media staff for developing virtual learning materialType of outcome / product / results

Training course

Description: The content of this course is to upgrade the competences of technical and media staff in producing and designing new audio virtual learning material, and to share the partners’ competences and expertise in this field. Training course will run for 5 days. As a start a specific number of partners will be involved.

Deliverable number 3.2Title Virtual learning materialType of outcome / product / results

A virtual book

Description: Virtual book will consist of 6 short screen lectures, 10 visual and audiovisual triggers, 1 video based community case. The recording will be done at different campuses. The new material will be learning resources for the new module in Community work and Community development and will be available at the www.VIRCLASS.net/student Partners involved in this deliverable will meet once to develop the case.


Partner Country Short-name Role and tasks in the workpackage

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http://www.virclass.net/student

Application identification: document.docnumber

Lead partner: P1 NO HiB Lead and coordinate the production of the virtual book. Produce screen lectures, audiovisual triggers and video case.The Media Centre will be the coordinating Centre for developing the new learning material and the editor for the final production. The Centre will be the host and the organiser of the course for media staff from partner institutions

P2 NL INHOLLAND Produce virtual learning materials, 1 media staff participate in the training course

P3 ES UCM Produce virtual learning materials, 1 media staff participate in the training course

P4 SE HHJ Produce virtual learning materials, 1 media staff participate in the training course

P5 PT ISMT Contribute with ideas for virtual learning materials, triggersP7 UK SWANSEA Contribute with ideas to the virtual learning material. Contribute

to quality control through proof-reading.P8 DE HSM Produce virtual learning materials, 1 media staff participate in

the training courseP9 LV LPA Contribute with ideas for virtual learning materials, 1 media

staff participate in the training courseP10 NO HIBO Produce virtual learning materialsP12 BE KHKEMPEN Produce virtual learning materials. Give input for the video

based community case.1 media staff participate in the training course

Resources required to complete workpackage


Partners involved


Lead partner:

P1 NO HiB 12 78 36336

P2 NL INHOLLAND 5 10 4305P3 ES UCM 5 10 3365P4 SE HHJ 5 10 5710P5 PT ISMT 5 805P7 UK SWANSEA 4 1772P8 DE HSM 5 10 4105P9 LV LPA 4 10 1278P10 NO HIBO 5 2400P12 BE KHKEMPEN 5 10 3635

Total 63711




University of Western Cape South Africa

UWC 4 Will deliver screen lecture, and be consultant for the manuscript for video case

University of Tarapaca Chile UTA 1 Be consultant for the manuscript for video case


Please explain and justify budget items included in the detailed budget that relate to this workpackage, specifically, where relevant under the headings: "travel and subsistence (of the staff of the consortium)", "equipment" and "other". The expenditure in this WP 3 is mainly related to developing new virtual learning material where both teachers and technical staff will be involved. All partners involved will participate in one 2 days meeting. 6 technical/media staff will participate in a 5 days training course arranged by the Media Centre at HiB. This institution will also have a coordinating role and an editing role in production of the next virtual book. Travel and subsistence costs are included in the travel and subsistence sheet.Two of the subcontracted members from South-Africa and Chile will contribute with one screen lecture and/or be consultant for the manuscript of the video case (see the budget sheet for subcontracting).

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Workpackage Number

4 Workpackage Type Management

Workpackage title: Project management



Description of workpackage The project management is about running the project, realizing its objectives and results/products/output planned. This implies:

- Defining, agreeing about the formal aspects and managing and monitoring its proceeding (consortium agreement, shared frameworks, working plan, budget & allocation etc.);

- Organization of internal communication; 12 partners are cooperating, which requires communication (via website, by consortium meetings etc.);

- Administration, external communication/reporting; the project finances must be managed, proceedings etc. must be reported to EU, external stakeholders be informed;

- Sustainability management; a post project administrative and financial model for cooperation must be developed.

The overall responsibility for the project management will be at HiB. It will be assisted in this job by 5 work package leaders (WPL). Their specific work package management tasks (working days) are calculated in the work packages, their work to assist HiB and to safeguard internal consistency and overall communication is calculated in this WP4.

Within WP4 the following meetings are included:- 2 consortium meetings- 3 WPL meetings

(See the travel & subsistence sheet).Online conferences will be arranged for the WPL group when needed in between the other meetings.


Deliverable number 4.1Title Consortium contractType of outcome / product / results

A document

Description: The project is an intensive cooperation between 12 interdependent partners producing valuable products/outcomes, funded mainly by the EU. Responsibilities and accountabilities are at stake. These must be properly and adequately arranged in a consortium agreement, once the project has been approved. Already cooperating VIRCLASS partners already have such a type of agreement, which will be used as an example and adjusted according to new circumstances if necessary (this project, new partners). The contract will be published at the www.VIRCLASS.net.

Deliverable number 4.2Title Working planType of outcome / product / results

A document

Description: This project proposal is already containing a working plan and time schedule, defining objectives and results. This working plan will be more fine-tuned and detailed once the project has been approved. It will of course be distributed to all the partners and be available at the www.VIRCLASS.net.

Deliverable number 4.3Title Project budgetType of outcome / product / results

A document

Description: Within this proposal a budget has been defined. A transparent yearly budget, including accountability requirements, money transfer regulations etc. will be defined and presented to partners. Deliverable number 4.4Title Project reportType of outcome / product / results

A report

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Application identification: document.docDescription: Annually the project will produce a report which will be available at the website and sent to EU, the partners, EUSW and presented at the meeting for partners half way and in the end of the project. Deliverable number 4.5Title Consortium meetings, WPL meetingsType of outcome / product / results

An events

Description: There will be 2 consortium meetings for all partners. The first will be the kick-off meeting in Bergen, Norway in October 2008; the second one will be in July 2010 in Latvia. As already indicated information will also be disseminated via the website. Online meetings (chat/videoconferences) will be arranged among the partners when needed.The work package leaders (WPL) will meet 3 times during the project period. These meetings will be held in Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal. In addition to this 2 online WPL meetings will be held per year. Further information is on travelling & subsistence sheet.Deliverable number 4.6Title Administrative and financial model for a Virtual CampusType of outcome / product / results

A document

Description: The VIRCLASS courses have a model to day for administration, budgeting and organization of the existing modules. New courses and an increasing number of students demand a new administrative and financial model for running the courses in a Virtual Campus. This will be discussed and developed among the partners. This model will settle the future collaboration and organization of the Virtual Campus.


Partner number


Lead partner: P1 NO HiB Lead, coordinate and manage the project. Shape the consortium contract, the working plan, the project budget, the reports, and the administrative and financial model. Main responsibility for coordinating meetings and hosting the kick-off. Host one WP2 meeting October 2008

P2 NL INH Support and be in the managing of the work as member of the Workpackage leader group. Host one leader meeting, Nov 2009

P3 ES UCM Support and be in the managing of the work as member of the Workpackage leader group. Host one leader meeting and one WP2 meeting May 2009

P4 SE HHJ Participate in kick-off meeting and in one annual meeting Support and be in the managing of the work as member of the Workpackage leader group. Host one WP2 meeting January 2010

P6 DE HSMA Participate in kick-off meeting and in one annual meeting Support and be in the managing of the work as member of the Workpackage leader group. Host one leader meeting and one WP2 meeting February 2009

P8 DE HSM Participate in kick-off meeting and in one annual meetingP9 LV LPA Participate in kick-off meeting and in one annual meeting Host

one consortium meeting July 2010P11 PT ULHT Participate in kick-off meeting and in one annual meeting Host

one leader meeting June 2010P5 PT ISMT Participate and contribute in the Kick-off meeting and yearly

Consortium meeting.P7 UK Swansea Participate in kick-off meeting and in one annual meetingP10 NO HIBO Participate in kick-off meeting and in one annual meetingP12 BE KHKEMPEN Participate in kick-off meeting and in one annual meeting



Partners involved


Lead partner:

P1 NO HiB 38 4 10 25894

P2 NL INH 18 4 5 9225

P3 ES UCM 18 4 5 7085

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Application identification: document.docP4 SE HHJ 28 4 5 16525P5 PT ISMT 4 4 1373P6 DE HSMA 18 4 5 8769P7 UK Swansea 4 4 3648P8 DE HSM 4 4 2716P9 LV LPA 8 4 6 1818P10 NO HIBO 4 4 4132P11 PT ULHT 8 4 6 2582P12 BE KHKEMPEN 4 4 2788

Total 86555




P(nr)


Please explain and justify budget items included in the detailed budget that relate to this workpackage, specifically, where relevant under the headings: "travel and subsistence (of the staff of the consortium)", "equipment" and "other". The budget for this WP4 includes time for project coordination and administration and arrangements of meetings, as well as time for all partners (one manager and one teacher staff) to participate in the two consortium meetings, and for the 5 WPL’s participation in 3 leader meetings. In the budget sheet for other costs there is allocated subsistence to HiB and LPA for arrangements of the two consortium meeting.

Workpackage Number

5 Workpackage Type

Exploitation of results

Workpackage title: Exploitation of results towards decision makers and students



Description of workpackage WP5 include development of two strategic plans for exploitation of results; one for decision makers and another for students, to ensure that the results from developing an international specialisation in social work will be known and implemented by decision makers in social work partner institutions.Underlying the aim for exploitation of results to students is the awareness of the importance of increasing the number of students that see the value in participation in international collaboration and through this increase the number of students that will participate in the e-learning courses, and as a result of this also increase the interests and the resources coming from the decision makers to the Virtual Campus.We intend to find a strategy for implementation of an international specialisation in social work that will build the ground for a future international BA in comparative social work. Delivery 5.1 should start in September 2008 and the plan should be ready in January 2009. After an evaluation of the promotion strategy in spring 2009 the plan will be refined if necessary. Delivery 5.2 should start in September 2008 – making a strategy for how to reach the professionals, the other faculties and the professional organisations/associations. Results of the strategic work with this workpackage will be presented as part of the final project report in august 2010. Depending on the content of the strategic plans promotional material will be made. The costs are presented in the budget sheet for other costs.


Deliverable number 5.1

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Application identification: document.docTitle Promotion of a Virtual Campus for international social work for studentsType of outcome / product / results

A strategic plan and promotional material

Description: We need a strategy to raise the awareness by students about the value of participating in an international Virtual Campus and the need of international collaboration and cultural understanding related to professional social work. It is also important to understand how their social system is affected by globalisation. Mobility of student is needed to gain this knowledge. For different reasons physical mobility can not be reached for a substantial number of students, for these a virtual mobility and a Virtual Campus of social work is a good solution. The outcome will be a strategy plan, flyers, pamphlets, presentations for students, and presentation at websites.

Deliverable number 5.2Title Awareness raising of the importance of a Virtual Campus for international learning environment Type of outcome / product / results

A strategic plan

Description: A strategic plan will be made for reaching the social work agencies, professional organisations and other faculties. Target groups for the exploitation of the results is the leaders of the HEI, leaders in social service institutions, regional authorities, professional unions, international and national professional organisations and associations, EUSW network.Important elements in the plan will be to spread information and exploit results at conferences and professional meetings. The aims will be awareness-raising in the professional field of social workers of the importance of employing social workers with and international specialisation.


Partner number


Lead partner: P6 DE HS MA Lead the process and responsible for making the two strategic documents and report

P1 NO HiB Assisting the process and finalising the promotional materialP9 LV LPA Assisting the processP11 PT ULHT Assisting the processP12 BE KHKEMPEN Assisting the process



Partners involved


Lead partner:

P6 DE HS MA 10 2 3540

P1 NO HiB 10 2 5392P9 LV LPA 6 642P11 PT ULHT 6 966P12 BE KHKEMPEN 6 1926

Total 12466




P(nr)


Please explain and justify budget items included in the detailed budget that relate to this workpackage, specifically, where relevant under the headings: "travel and subsistence (of the staff of the consortium)", "equipment" and "other". Time is allocated for developing the two strategic plans. Subsistence for production of information material is presented in the budget sheet for other costs.

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Workpackage Number

6 Workpackage Type Quality assurance

Workpackage title: Quality Assurance of The Virtual Campus for Social work in Europe


Month number August 2010 Duration in number of months 24

Description of workpackage This WP aims to secure all the project work according to higher education and professional standards. In order to fulfil this objective an ongoing process evaluation will take place. As a result of this process new knowledge about international e-learning and e-teaching coming from the Virtual Campus partners will be used to improve the quality of the study program.



Title Quality Guide

Type of outcome / product / results

Electronic guide

Description:

The Quality Guide is a set of written instructions & recommendations that help all the participants in the project to apply relevant national and international quality management rules and regulation in Social Work Higher Education. These instructions and recommendation refer to:-Contents of the curriculum-Technological tools and their application- Administrative and managerial aspects The guide will contain a comprehensive set of quality indicators as well. It will be compiled in an e-report to be published on the project website. It will be completed before the pilot course in community work and community development starts.


Title Internal Evaluation Reports Series (IERS)


Reports

Description:

Standardized evaluation forms will be developed which make it possible to report the same sort of data throughout the project and beyond the project period. IERS is a serial report that summarizes and analyzes evaluations from students, teachers, and the rest of participants in the Virtual Campus and monitors the WPL. It includes all the quality indicators compiled on the Quality Guide of the project. The forms will be used for the different work packages, as far as relevant, used in the different stages of the project and be included in the reports.


Title Programme evaluation of the pilot


A Report

Description:

Evaluation of the educational e-learning programme will be made by inviting an external programme evaluator who will follow the process from the development of the new curriculum plan through the running of the pilot course. This is to secure the quality.


Partner number


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Application identification: document.docLead partner: P3 ES UCM Will lead and be responsible for organising and

coordinating the work, and will be especially working with the development of the 6.1 and 6.2

P1 NO HiB Will organize and coordinate the intake of students to the pilot (see 2.2 as well), give specific regulations to the internal and external evaluator (6.3).Will contribute to the work with the 6.1 and 6.2

P7 UK University of Swansea Will participate in developing the internal evaluation report series

P all All partners will contribute with information to the evaluation report



Partners involved


Lead partner:

P3 ES UCM 12 3180

P1 NO HiB 8 3840

P7 UK Swansea 6 2658

P2 NL INH 1 333P4 SE HHJ 1 432P5 PT ISMT 1 161P6 DE HSMA 1 315P8 DE HSM 1 315P9 LV LPA 1 107P10 NO HIBO 1 480P11 PT ULHT 1 161

P12 BE KHKEMPEN 1 321

Total 12303




University of Western cape South Africa

UWC 14 days Programme evaluation according to 6.4


Please explain and justify budget items included in the detailed budget that relate to this workpackage, specifically, where relevant under the headings: "travel and subsistence (of the staff of the consortium)", "equipment" and "other". Time allocated for this WP6 is mainly related to the development of quality instruments that will be made by a few partners but with contribution of information from all partners. One programme evaluator will be subcontracted (see the budget sheet for subcontracting)

Workpackage Number

7 Workpackage Type Dissemination

Workpackage title: Dissemination of the Virtual Campus for Social Work in Europe

Start September 2009 End August 2010 Duration in number of 12

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Application identification: document.docMonth number Month number monthsDescription of workpackage A plan for dissemination of the project aims; -contents and results of the project will be drafted, presented and agreed upon at the kick off meeting in Bergen. Deliverables 7.2-7.4 refer to a continuing dissemination process, which therefore is considered to be completed in August 2010. Of course dissemination will continue after the direct project lifetime.Dissemination will be produced by all the partners trying to reach a wide range of potential audiences interested in the educational and professional outcomes of the work undertaken in this Virtual Campus.

Target groups are: National and international social work faculties (students, staff and management); HEI managers and executive boards; Social work professionals as well as their associations; Social work services, agencies and institutions, as well as private, public as well as public-private;

These target groups are both national (within the partner countries) as well as international. Basically the dissemination activities aim at underlining the benefits of as well as the project experiences with an international specialization in social work through a Virtual Campus.The deliverables 7.2-7.4 refer to the range of different dissemination tools and instruments to be used.

Moreover, the dissemination will include non-social work stakeholders which may be interested in the Virtual Campus concept and experiences.



Title Plan for disseminations


Work plan and time schedule

Description:

A written plan for dissemination with a Gantt diagram will be made during the autumn 2008 and agreed by the partners involved by the kick off conference in Bergen 2008.The dissemination plan will contain specific information about:

- the dissemination objectives;- the target groups;- the instruments to reach these target groups;- an operational plan defining ‘who will do what, when for which target group and how’.


Title Project presentations


Written and Oral Presentations

Description:

A framework for oral presentations like PowerPoint, summaries and overview of the project available in English to be used by all partners will be made and available at the project website.


Title Conference proceedings


Abstract, papers and oral presentations, and poster presentations

Description:

According to the dissemination plan the Virtual Campus will be presented at the actual venues.


Title Papers in Journals

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Application identification: document.docType of outcome / product / results

Abstract, papers and written presentations

Description:

According to the dissemination plan the Virtual Campus will be presented in professional and scientific journals.


Partner number


Lead partner: P3 ES UCM Lead and coordinate the dissemination Work. Develop the plan for dissemination

P1 NO HiB Participate in developing the plan, and in dissemination according to the plan and at conferences, and writing research papers.

P2 NL INH Contribute in the dissemination work in accordance with the plan.

P4 SE HHJ Participate in dissemination at conferences and for research papers

P5 PT ISMT Contribute in the dissemination work in accordance with the plan.

P6 DE HSMA Contribute in the dissemination work in accordance with the plan.

P7 UK Swansea Participate in dissemination at conferences and for research papers

P8 DE HSM Participate in dissemination at conferences and for research papers

P9 LV LPA Contribute in the dissemination work in accordance with the plan.

P10 NO HIBO Participate in dissemination at conferences and for research papers

P11 PT ULHT Contribute in the dissemination work in accordance with the plan.

P12 BE KHKEMPEN Contribute in the dissemination work in accordance with the plan.



Partners involved


Lead partner:

P3 ES UCM 10 2650

P1 NO HiB 5 2400P2 NL INH 1 333P4 SE HHJ 5 2160P5 PT ISMT 1 161P6 DE HSMA 1 315P7 UK Swansea 5 2215P8 DE HSM 5 1575P9 LV LPA 1 107P10 NO HIBO 5 2400P11 PT ULHT 1 161P12 BE KHKEMPEN 1 321

Total: 14798

Tasks that will be subcontracted Partner responsible for Country short N° days Brief description of task

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Application identification: document.docSub-contract name (where

appropriate)University of Western Cape South

AfricaUWC 2 Dissemination of results at their own university and at

conferencesUniversity of KvaZulu-Natal South

AfricaUKZN 2 Dissemination of results at their own university and at

conferencesUniversity of Tarapaca Chile UTA 2 Dissemination of results at their own university and at

conferences


Please explain and justify budget items included in the detailed budget that relate to this workpackage, specifically, where relevant under the headings: "travel and subsistence (of the staff of the consortium)", "equipment" and "other". As the number of days indicates as well as the role and task, some partners are expected to participate in the dissemination of the project also by writing articles for journals and these are allocated more time. Other partners will be expected to present the project as part of their work and is given one day for contribution to dissemination at conferences and other meetings. Travel costs to conferences are not included in this budget, because these expenses normally are covered by the Universities when professors make presentations. Dissemination of the Virtual Campus will be held as part of the partners’ regular conference programmes.Subcontractors will not be paid for dissemination of the results of the project, but will have access to dissemination material that they can use for free.

SECTION 6: JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF QUALITY AND RELEVANCE TO THE CALL

Part 1 - Lifelong Learning Objectives and Priorities addressed

Please identify in the box below, which of the Objectives of the Lifelong Learning Programme this application addresses CODE Description

LLP-Obj-a to contribute to the development of quality lifelong learning and to promote high performance, innovation and a European dimension in systems and practices in the field;

LLP-Obj-b to support the realisation of a European area for lifelong learning;LLP-Obj-d to reinforce the contribution of lifelong learning to social cohesion, active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, gender

equality and personal fulfilmentLLP-Obj-g to promote language learning and linguistic diversity;LLP-Obj-h to support the development of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning;LLP-Obj-j to promote co-operation in quality assurance in all sectors of education and training in Europe;LLP-Obj-k to encourage the best use of results, innovative products and processes and to exchange good practice in the fields

covered by the Lifelong Learning Programme, in order to improve the quality of education and training.Describe briefly how your project addresses this Objective The project aims to realize a joint international specialization in social work in terms of a Virtual Campus, which now is non-existent, accessible for students from partner universities (obj.g), aligned with national and European quality standards, incl .Bologna (obj.j ,k). The project is aiming at at facilitating educational cooperation and mobility of social work students and (future) social work professionals in Europe (obj.a,b). The program is aligned with actual professional needs in Europe and seeks to address the issues of social cohesion and intercultural dialogue (obj.d). The development of the Virtual Campus for Social Work specialization will be an innovative multifunctional learning/communicating community (obj.a,h).

Please identify in the box below, which of the Specific Objectives this application addressesCODE Description

ERA-SpObj-a To support the realisation of a European Higher Education Area ERA-SpObj-b To reinforce the contribution of higher education and advanced vocational education to process of innovationDescribe briefly how your project addresses this Objective Project partners want to realize a joint international bachelor specialization social work, aligned with their national standards and tuned according to the Bologna-process. This specialization is a first step to a full international bachelor, possibly with a joint or multiple degrees in the future and thus contributing to an EHEA (obj.a). It is innovative because it aligns higher education with actual European challenges (social cohesion, intercultural dialogue) for the social work profession, thus better preparing students for their future jobs.

Please identify in the box below, which of the Operational Objectives this application addressesCODE Description

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Application identification: document.docERA-OpObj-1 To improve the quality and to increase the volume of students and teaching staff mobility throughout Europe, so as

to contribute to the achievement by 2012 of at least 3 million individual participants in student mobility under the Erasmus and its predecessor programmes

ERA-OpObj-2 To improve the quality and to increase the volume of multilateral cooperation between higher education institutions in Europe

ERA-OpObj-5 To facilitate the development of innovative practices in education and training at tertiary level, and their transfer, including from one participating country to others

ERA-OpObj-6 To support the development of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learningDescribe briefly how your project addresses this Objective The project aims to increase virtual mobility for sw students, as this Is needed in addition to physical mobility. Staff mobility through the cooperation planned is considerably stimulated (1), as directly 12 partners are involved (2), in this sense the project will contribute to the 2012 goal. Dissemination and exploitation of results (including virtual learning material) is clearly planned; to other universities, via networks as EUSW and professional organisations (5). The Virtual Campus will arise as an innovative tool and zone combining effectively ICT and relevant professional contents, providing quality based virtual e-learning material (6).

Please identify in the box below, which of the 2008 Priorities this application addresses ERA-MP-VC-1 Developing and disseminating at European level replicable approaches for establishing

and sustaining Virtual CampusesERA-MP-VC-2 Providing open educational resources, ensuring that organisational, technical and

quality-related issues are addressed in order to share content and make it easilyaccessible at European level

ERA-MP-VC-3 Developing or revising integrated programmes covering a complete cycle of study(bachelor, master, or doctorate levels) and leading to a recognised double or jointdegree in which ICT tools and services are used to allow the virtual mobility ofstudents and staff

Describe briefly how your project addresses this Priority Dissemination of the realized/implemented Virtual Campus concept as a replicable approach for other disciplines is planned in the project (1). Partners want to develop from virtual classroom into a Virtual Campus and have proven their willingness to share contents and results in the VIRCLASS cooperation. Through dissemination strategies, exploitation of results, production of virtual learning material and publishing on the public webpage www.VIRCLASS.net they will continue to do so (2). These elements as well as increasing the amount of partners, is also a strategy towards sustainability, which is highly emphasised in the project. The international sw specialization is a first step towards an integrated cycle of study (3).

Lisbon Education & Training Progress Indicators (See http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/2010/et_2010_en.html)

CODE Target DescriptionLIS-H26 Mobility Inward and outward mobility of teachers and trainers within the LLL ProgrammesPlease explain how this proposal addresses the indicator selected The realization of the international joint specialization requires intensive cooperation between the partners, resulting in staff mobility. We already stated that physical sw student mobility is not self evident (compared to students in f.i. business programs). Virtual mobility is a feasible alternative and maybe a step towards increasing physical mobility.

Lisbon Key Competences (See http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/2010/et_2010_en.html)CODE Description

KC1 Communication in the mother tongueKC2 Communication in the foreign languagesKC4 Digital competenceKC5 Learning to learnKC6 Interpersonal, intercultural and social competences and civic competenceKC8 Cultural expressionPlease explain how this proposal addresses the competence selectedStudents (as well as staff) in the international specialization will communicate both in their mother tongue as well as in English (1,2). They will cooperate on the Virtual Campus with students/staff from other partner universities and will necessarily have to increase their intercultural and interpersonal competences (6), including dealing with different cultural expressions (8). This is also addressed in the content of the module in community work. The Virtual Campus setting will increase their digital competence (4) and the program itself is structured in such a way that it assists students in learning how to learn (5).

LLP Horizontal policies

CODE Descriptiona Promoting an awareness of the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity within Europe, as well as of the need to

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Application identification: document.doccombat racism, prejudice and xenophobia

a.1 Cultural and Linguistic DiversityPlease explain how this proposal addresses the policy selectedAs to its contents the project is directly aiming at aligning the professional social work education with actual European challenges (social cohesion, intercultural dialogue etc.) in a joint international specialization. The working consortium self is a vivid example of direct cooperation between 12 partners with a different cultural and linguistic background, concerning both staff and students.

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Part 2: Justification of the proposal according to the Award Criteria

This section provides applicants with an opportunity to provide experts with statements in support of their application, as described in the previous sections of this form, according to the award criteria against which they will be judged. More details on these criteria can be found in the Call for Proposals and on the Agency website.

1 - Quality of the Work ProgrammeThe Virtual Campus for International Social work aims to build on the VIRCLASS project, expanding from a virtual class to a Virtual Campus (VC), by international collaboration of HEI. Bringing into the Virtual Campus skilled e-pedagogues, e-learning course in e-pedagogy that can be run over years recruiting skilled staff to meet future needs, reusable virtual learning material and competence in developing these. By developing a framework partner agreement sustainability will be secured. A pilot will be carried out (15 ECTS, 55 students, 5 trainers from different partners); virtual learning material is produced as an outcome of staff course in multimedia educational productions according to the project quality plan. Quality is internally and externally monitored and assessed; national and international (Bologna) quality standards applied.The commitment among partners involved in the existing VIRCLASS will continue, strengthened with new partners (12 totally). The project is organised by an experienced project leader administrating and monitoring the work where the WPL collaborate with colleagues to deliver the planned outcomes according to schedule and budget. Documents, curriculum plan, produced ECTS credits, events, will be important indicators for the fulfilment of the project and presented in a transparent way at the www.VIRCLASS.net.2 - Innovative characterThe pioneering character of this project is to develop an international Virtual Campus for Social Work Education that will include different new virtual opportunities. The most important will be an international specialisation in Comparative Social Work at a BA level with different options of modules, which will be a part of an international specialisation within the partners’ national curricula. Moreover, the specialization will deal with actual European challenges regarding social cohesion and intercultural dialogue affecting the social work profession.This Virtual Campus has a skilled and trained international multimedia staff that will contribute to new digital learning materials and innovative learning objectives defined for e-learning courses in Social Work. Skilled international e-pedagogues and recruitment of new e-teachers are secured through the e-pedagogue courses, with hands-on training resulting in production of new modules/learning materials. Experiences have shown a huge demand for both these competences, while there are few opportunities which bring together professions from the technical and pedagogical area.3 - Quality of the consortiumThe consortium builds on the partners’ skills achieved through the collaboration in the VIRCLASS project, since 2003. New partners contribute with competences needed to develop a module in community work, and will enrich the Virtual Campus with experiences from other international projects. By offering their competences new partners are an important surplus with their own perspectives of social work as well as cultural and historical background. This is of great importance in relation to comparative studies and research. They also bring in other international network relations which are important for dissemination of the project. All 12 partners together provide the necessary expertise in the fields of educational/quality regulations, curriculum development/testing, quality assurance, dissemination and promotion. Where of added value external experts are sub-contracted. Distribution of tasks and responsibility are done according to the competences and skills available in the different partner institutions. The WPL are partners from the existing VIRCLASS consortium providing continuation of experience and knowledge. New partners have important roles in competence based curriculum development, content delivery, development of virtual learning material, exploitation and dissemination. Most partners have included key staff experts and managers, including media staff, to contribute to the realisation of the project objectives, which also underlines their commitment.4 - European added valueA Virtual Campus addresses the need of international sw cooperation in HEI all over Europe. Previous experiences with e-learning courses show that the 150 students from 15 European countries addressed similar problems in social work as a profession within different contexts and learned a lot from discussing commonalities and differences with a task-solving approach. Knowledge, language skills, and their European perspective on social work increased. They joined the course wishing to understand other social systems and increase future labour mobility. Students and teachers participating in the courses improved their digital literacy. Their positive experiences make them the best ambassadors for exploitation of results. The Virtual Campus builds upon former experience and continues the process of meeting challenges of European societies. By offering courses to media staff collaborating with academics interdisciplinary skills will increase. A new public framework for international specialisation and reports from achievements and evaluated experiences aims towards effective generalisation and customisation of results.5 - The cost-benefit ratio

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Application identification: document.docThe project’s outputs/benefits (detailed described in section 5) generally are: an international specialization comparative social work in a Virtual Campus setting (including a newly developed/tested module), which is a shared professional, quality assessed product of 12 European HEI with the potential of wider dissemination, which is aligned with actual social work issues in Europe and consequently better preparing future sw professionals. Project costs are all clearly related to these innovative benefits. The main costs are related to development costs (WP1-3) and related processes (quality, dissemination etc.). Realization of benefits is organized from a bottom up, team approach, involving the different qualities of all partners as much as possible, which regards both contents as well as managing/organizing the project working processes. This implies costs for the overall project management and work package management (7WP’s) and an intensive communication, as is reflected in WP4 and the travelling/subsistence costs. An increasing project revenue can be that virtual internationalisation replaces to a certain extent physical student mobility, thus reducing travelling costs etc., while preserving the benefits of international cooperation6 - RelevanceThe development of the international Virtual Campus for sw is clearly addressing the specific, operational and broader objectives of ERA & ERA-MP-VC (1-4). In the field of sw it realizes a non-existent, so innovative shared international specialization in a Virtual Campus setting, contributing to EHEA, in which European students from different backgrounds/nationalities virtually but factually cooperate on their future sw profession and so does the staff involved. The 12 HEI’s management is committed, which is a substantial sustainability condition as well as a platform for further strategic cooperation and a means for tuning regulatory frameworks. The project will provide its Virtual Campus concept as a replicable approach by disseminating it. The shared international specialization is a first step to a full swing joint international bachelor.7 - ImpactThe short term target group is HEI of social work and professional social workers in Europe. Students, staff and HEI will benefit from all the deliverables in the project. Professional knowledge in comparative community work/development as part of the international specialization gives the social work students important competences to meet future professional challenges in European societies. Language skills, cross cultural competences and digital literacy are highly demanded in a modern work force, while multimedia learning is an effective way of providing students and staff with necessary competences for upgrading their knowledge, which are all in the deliverables if the Virtual Campus. Moreover, the international specialization will have a structural impact because it will be embedded in the regular university social work programs. For the long term target groups the project will give important contributions. A rapidly changing European Society demands new competences among the social workers and the Virtual Campus gives future social workers necessary knowledge to meet the demands from a pan European workforce according to the Lisbon process. Important issues raised by the European Social Work Community like labour mobility; immigration and cultural diversity are all addressed in the project.8 - Quality of the valorisation plan (dissemination and exploitation of results)The project will make careful and structured plans for dissemination and exploitation of results. Through VIRCLASS, project partners are experienced in disseminating results to a broad audience in different ways; pamphlets, posters, project websites, HEI websites as well as presentations and written papers in/for different forum. In the same way students and social work professional organisations will be involved in dissemination of deliverables during and after the Virtual Campus project. Each project member will exploit and present the project in local and national arenas making sure the HEI and social work professionals benefit from the results. In the same way all the learning material and the knowledge gained will be useful for HEI and social workers in Europe after the project lifetime has expired. By fulfilling its short/long term goals the Virtual Campus’ international specialization is an important step towards a full swing international BA in comparative social work. The Virtual Campus concept will also be disseminated to colleagues from other disciplines/professional education programs.

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