SOCIAL WORK-VIRTUAL CAMPUS International specialisation in comparative social work. A presentation of the SW-VirCamp project.

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Agenda: (each presenter pick what he/she want to use) About SW-VirCamp Backdrop for the project From VIRCLASS to VirCamp Aims and objectives International specialisation in Social Work Target groups Funding Organisation Workpackages and deliverables

About the SW-VirCamp SOCIAL WORK – VIRTUAL CAMPUS (SW-VirCamp) An international collaboration between 12 HE institutions from 9 countries Bergen University College (HiB) is the leader of the project Support from the European Community under the LifeLong Learning Programme (Virtual Campus programme) Duration: October 2008 – September 2010 A continuation of the VIRCLASS project

Partners in SW-VirCamp P1- HiB: Bergen University College, Norway (coordinator) P2- INH: Inholland University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands P3- UCM: University of Complutense, Madrid, Spain P4- HHJ: School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden P5- ISMT: Miguel Torga University College, Coimbra, Portugal P6- HSM: Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany P7- Swansea: Swansea University, Wales, UK P8- HSM: Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Germany P9- LPA: Liepaja University, Latvia P10-HIBO: Bodø University College, Norway P11-ULHT: Lusofona University, Lisbon, Portugal P12-KHKempen: KHKempen University College, Geel, Belgium

SOCIAL WORK-VIRTUAL CAMPUS Backdrop for the SW-VirCamp project.

Continuing the collaboration in VIRCLASS: The Virtual Classroom for social work in Europe - The VIRCLASS project started in 2004 An e-learning course in comparative social work, credited with 15 ECTS 5th cohort will start autumn 2009 More than 200 students from 15 countries have participated in the course 15 teachers from 10 land have been teachers and assessors in the course 10 teachers have taken the course “e-pedagogy for teachers in higher education”

Why did we wish to undertake the new project? The situation in Europe affect the professional social work and should be met by new educational programmes. Because: Labour migration Immigration to EU Cultural Diversity Poverty Alcohol- & drug abuse Child and family problems Common challenges all over Europe demand intercultural co-operations and development of methods to strengthen social cohesion and reduce ethnocentrism and social exclusion

Objectives for the SW-VirCamp “Campus without borders” The overall aim of VirCamp is that social work students will be more competent to meet the need of a knowledge based, intercultural, socially cohesive Europeans society, by means of an international specialisation on Bachelor level in social work realised via a Virtual Campus

Aims & objectives for the SW-VirCamp Develop a shared/ tuned framework for an international BA specialisation in Social Work Make a e-learning module in Community Work in an international perspective credited with 15 ECTS; Bologna aligned and within relevant Quality Standard Create digital learning material for this module: - screen-lectures, triggers, a case Pilot an execution of the new CW Module in the VIRCLASS setting for 55 students spring 2010 Disseminate knowledge and information about the project to all user groups Quality assurance

An international BA specialisation in Social Work Optional Curriculum to BA students in Social Work including: Intake at the national University From the 2nd or 3rd year of study: 30 ECTS credits international comparative e-learning courses 30 ECTS credits: study abroad and or practice abroad Writing the BA thesis about social work in an international comparative perspective in English or with an English summary

Target groups Students Teaching staff Technical /Media staff Social University network and other university net-work Social work professionals

Budget project period 2 years project starting in October 2008-September 2010 Total Cost: 405 788 Euro EU Community Grant: 300 000 Euro Member funding: 105 788

Project Organisation: PM 12 Partner institutions SWSC – 5 WP leaders, 1 financial manager, 1 international office WP1 Remmelt Veenkamp WP2 Klas-Göran Olsson WP3/WP4 Anne Karin Larsen/ WP5 Ulla Törnig WP6/WP7 Andres A. Astray

Work Packages (WP): development and management (partners in charge in brackets) WP 1: Virtual Campus for international Social Work (P2) WP2: A new e-learning module in comparative Community Work (P4) WP 3: Virtual learning material (P1) WP4: Project management (P1)

WP: Exploitation- Quality Planning- Dissemination (partners in charge in brackets) WP5: Exploitation of results towards decision makers and students (P6) WP 6: Quality Assurance of the Virtual Campus for Social Work (P3) WP7: Dissemination of Virtual Campus for Social Work (P3)

22 deliverables altogether : Deliverables are task that have to be done in order to reach the realisation of the work packages. All partners have different roles in fulfilling the deliverables

References SW-VirCamp: www.vircamp.net VIRCLASS: www.virclass.net Publications based upon the experiences from the VIRCLASS project are available at http://virclass.net/index.php?action=static&id=6