Presentation at conference ICORE 2018, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Novemner 2018

1. Developing virtual mobility for
staff and students
Alastair Creelman,
Linnaeus University, Sweden
alastair.creelman@lnu.se
Twitter: @alacre
Blog on educational technology:
http://acreelman.blogspot.se

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From Dundee,
Scotland
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3. Kalmar
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Linnaeus University
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Key skills
Source: The new basics, Foundation for Young Australians
(2016)
• Digital literacies
• Critical thinking
• Teamwork
• Problem solving
• Communication
• Presentation
• Creativity

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Arenas for learning
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What is virtual mobility?

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Why virtual mobility?
• Inclusion
• Sustainability
• Integrate internationalisation in
daily work
• Online collaboration
• Strengthen relations with partner
universities
• Create networks for life
• Complement physical mobility

8. • Step by step
• Workshops
• Good examples, best practice
• Faculty driven initiatives
• Management buy-in
• Example:
Linnaeus University
Project global classroom
Towards virtual mobility
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9. Self-analysis tool
• Aimed at degree programme
managers
• Criteria in 4 categories:
organisation, faculty, teacher,
student
• Identify key areas for
improvement
• Develop an action plan
• Download the self-analysis
form

10. Toolkit
Smarter collaboration

11. Organisations
• UNICollaboration
Good practice, research,
conferences
• COIL – Collaborative
International Online Learning
Partnerships offering joint
courses
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13. Student virtual mobility
• Project: Opening
universities for virtual
mobility (OUVM), 2014-16
http://openstudies.eu/
• Universities in Lithuania,
Spain, Portugal and Italy
• Online masters courses for
5-8 ECTS
• Mutual recognition

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MOOCs as virtual mobility
• “Wrapped MOOC”
Combining on-site teaching
and examination with MOOC
• Support in own language
• See Creelman, Witthaus (2018)
in 2018 OpenupEd Trend
Report on MOOCs
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15. Staff virtual mobility
Professional development
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16. • From internal staff development to international
community
• Open online course
• Problem-based learning in small groups
• Institutional and open learners
• ONL191 starts in February – Welcome!
• http://opennetworkedlearning.wordpress.com/

17. Open Networked Learning
ONL181
community
Karolinska
Institutet
Lund
University
Linnaeus
University
Luleå
University of
Technology
Independent
Institute of
Education
Open
Learners
Stockholm
University
8
8
8
8
8
8
88
8
Arcada
university of
applied
sciences
8Linköping
University
8
8
Aalto
University
Karlstad
University
8 8
Mälardalen
University
8
Educor

18. ONL - Online presence
Creating a learning community
- G. Salmon’s 5 stage model in E-
tivities – the key to active online
learning (Routledge 2013)
PBL groups with 1-2 video
meetings per week
Collaborative assignments
More face-to-face than
classroom courses!

19. Challenge – from project to mainstream
Incentives
Strategy
Culture
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My digital footprints ...
University profile
https://lnu.se/en/staff/alastair.creelman/
Blog on learning and
technology
Corridor of Uncertainty
Twitter
http://twitter.com/alacre
Bookmarks
http://www.diigo.com/user/alacre
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21. ‫شکریہ‬ ‫بہت‬

22. Questions?
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