Main activities
The project embraces two interrelated and parallel running action lines:
Observatory (A) and Implementation (B)
1. An in-depth analysis on VM will be conducted by the Observatory in dedicated workshops interrelated with action line B, with two new to be implemented test beds and two case-studies analysing already running in existing practice covering all four identified opportunities in VM.
2. Implementation of VM will be executed by the 2 test-beds and 2 case studies:
* Test-bed “a virtual stay abroad” will focus on course exchange in European studies by distance teaching and learning on a multilateral basis.
* Test-bed ”a virtual community” will create a virtual workspace with time-independent and place-independent access for an international community of students, teachers, practitioners in the discipline of Marketing
* Case study “Joint-courses. Sustainable development course”
* Case study “virtual continuing professional training and development (CPTD)”.
The result of the implementation action line (test-beds and case studies) will provide an overview of possibilities, constraints and good practice within the implementation of the four models of VM. The “Observatory”, consisting of experts in distance education and VM, will analyse, harmonize and integrate these results in examples of good practice and actual implementation. In supporting the implementation of VM also a “European information sharing portal" will be established for library and information support (LIS) to students and staff operating in VM.
