1. Social Work Virtual Campus
NFF konferanse 14-15 nov 2011:
Utdanning i bevegelse
Grete Oline Hole & Anne Karin Larsen
Høgskolen i Bergen

2. Background
Partners:
• A collaboration in • Bergen University College,
International Social Norway
Work at BA level • Mannheim University of Applied
• EU grant 2008-2010 Sciences, Germany
• Inholland University of Applied
– 12 HEI involved Sciences, the Netherlands
• 2011: 7 partners • University of Nordland, Norway
– Organised in a • Mittweida University of Applied
consortium Sciences, Germany
• Complutence University, Spain
• K.H. Kempen University
College, Belgium

3. VIRCLASS: The Virtual
Classroom for Social Work
• 2004: Task force group
under EUSW-thematic
network:
• First e-learning courses
started spring 2005
• Virtual courses for
partners’ BA students.
• Made the first Virtual
book 2006
– (grants from HiB /
Norgesuniversitetet)

4. SW-VirCamp
• EACEA funded 2008-2010 • Competence-based
• Objectives for the project: curriculum plan
“…a Virtual Campus for Social • Within the Bologna
Work in Europe including an framework
international specialisation with • Task centred pedagogy
e-learning courses, study – Linking theories and practice
abroad programmes ….”
• Reflection on learning
• A pilot-course in • Cooperation and active
Community Work held participation
spring 2010 – Synchron and asynchron
• Virtual learning material for discussion
the new course • Academic writing

5. Collaboration
Development of courses
and learning material
Teaching & supervision

6. Learning material & e-pedagogy

7. Learning material in blog format:
The Green Park Community Case

8. The Consortium Agreement
• Organisation
– Consortium Management Group
– Steering Committee
– Teacher group
• Work-share among the partners
– Agreement upon number of students from each
partner per course
– Agreement about the workload for teachers/assessors
– Administrative partner fee per year
• Integration of the courses as optional courses in the BA
programmes

9. E-learning courses arranged in
2011
• M 1: Social work in Europe Commonalties and differences
(5 ECTS )
• M 2: Comparative Social Work Core Issues (3 subjects,
each 10 ECTS)
– M 2 a: Discrimination, Oppression and Ethnic Diversity
– M 2 b: Poverty and Welfare Systems
– M 2 c: Social Work Practice in an European Context
• M 3: Community Work from an International Perspective
(15 ECTS)
• E-pedagogy for Teachers in HEI (10 ECTS)

10. Web portal –
for more information visit
http://vircamp.net