By Cristina Stefanelli, UNIMED senior project manager

1. Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange and Open online courses
Cristina Stefanelli, UNIMED

2. Erasmus+
Virtual Exchange
www.europa.eu/youth/erasmusvirtual
OPENING UP EDUCATION
IN SOUTH-MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES
www.openmedproject.eu

3. www.europa.eu/youth/erasmusvirtual
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange is a groundbreaking project enabling youth in
Europe and the Southern Mediterranean to engage in meaningful
intercultural experiences, as part of their formal or non-formal education.
Through a range of activities, Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange aims to expand the
reach and scope of the Erasmus+ programme through Virtual Exchanges,
which are technology-enabled people-to-people dialogues sustained over a
period of time.
What is
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange?

4. www.europa.eu/youth/erasmusvirtual
Three Virtual Exchange programmes connecting
young people in non-formal discussions from
various countries to each other for exposure to
diverse views and cultures, language exchange
and practice, and employability skills.
Online Facilitated Dialogues
Professional development for youth workers and
university educators to learn how to develop a
Transnational Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange Project
(TEP) in order to enrich and expand existing
programmes.
Training to Develop
Virtual Exchange Projects
Bringing young people from different backgrounds
together to develop parliamentary debate skills
with the support of a network of trained debate
facilitators, fostering listening and understanding
through advocacy training.
Advocacy Training
Access open online courses across cultural
contexts and national boundaries to learn with
peers from diverse backgrounds using bite-sized
video lectures, supported by skill building activities
and facilitated intercultural discussions.
Interactive Open Online
Courses
Activities

5. www.europa.eu/youth/erasmusvirtual

6. www.europa.eu/youth/erasmusvirtual
Get Invovled
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange is seeking
partnerships with Higher Education institutions,
Civil society organisations and Youth
organisations. There are many ways for you to
get involved in Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange.
Participation is free of charge.
Find out how you can get involved:
www.europa.eu/youth/erasmusvirtual

7. MEMBERS OF THE CONSORTIUM
www.OpenMedproject.eu
OVERALL GOAL
To raise awareness and facilitate the
adoption of Open Educational
Resources (OER) and Open
Educational Practices (OEP) in the
South-Mediterranean countries, with a
particular focus on higher education in
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and
Palestine.
OPENING UP EDUCATION
IN SOUTH-MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES

8. HIGHLIGHTS
www.OpenMedproject.eu
Twitter @openmedpro
Compendium with a review of open
education in the region, webometrics
analysis and 11 case studies
Series of video interviews with
experts in open education
OER National Strategy Forums in
Egypt (Nov-16), Morocco (Dec-16),
Jordan (Feb-17), Palestine (Apr-17)
OER Regional Agenda for South-
Mediterranean Universities
Innovation Centers for Open
Education at South-Med partner
universities
Capacity-building course on Open
Education, 70 academics trained face
to face (Torino, Sep-18) and online
phase (Oct-17 Mar-18)
Institutional Roadmaps on Open
Education

9. www.openMedproject.eu
OER TRAINING COURSE
Open Education: fundamentals and approaches
A learning journey to open up teaching in higher education
Learning Outcomes
After having taken this course, learners will be able to:
• Understand the potential advantages of adopting OER and open
education approaches in different contexts
• Understand how content released under different kinds of open
licences can be reused and apply open licenses to your content
• Search for, reuse and remix OER
• Understand what MOOCs are and how to produce MOOCs
• Adapt OER and MOOCs to your specific context.
• Incorporate open educational practices into your daily teaching.

10. 5 MODULES 80 hrs
3 LANGUAGES
9 LEARNING CIRCLES
12 FACILITATORS
62 LEARNERS
5 COUNTRIES
ONE MED COMMUNITY
EGYPT
JORDAN
LEBANON
MOROCCO
PALESTINE
English
Français
‫عربى‬
OpenMedPILOTCOURSE
www.OpenMedproject.eu
Twitter @openmedpro

11. COURSE PARTICIPANTS
Participants to the Open Education Training Week, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (25-29 September 2017)

12. OPENMEDDERS

13. PILOTEVALUATION

14. www.openMedproject.eu
What’s next
• Evaluation of the pilot phase of the course
• Improvement and validation of the course
• Opening of the course:
• For universities to set up Learning Circles
• For individuals to take the course online
• Possible collaborations with other platforms (EDRAAK,
MUN-MOOC etc.)

15. www.openMedproject.eu
Erasmus+
Virtual Exchange
www.europa.eu/youth/erasmusvirtual
OPENING UP EDUCATION
IN SOUTH-MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES
www.openmedproject.eu
Cristina Stefanelli, UNIMED
c.stefanelli@uni-med.net