In the last years, the concept of Virtual Mobility has receiving a growing attention from educational policy makers and institutions, because it has the potential to make more accessible and effective students and teachers mobility in Higher Education. Virtual Mobility could be defined as institutional ICT-supported activities that trigger or facilitate international collaborative experiences in the context of teaching and/or learning. Despite the interest, there is still a few empirical researches regarding actual effectiveness of Virtual Mobility implementation and which technological solutions could be adopted. The present paper describes a research project aimed at designing an Open and Accessible Virtual Mobility Massive Open Online Course, by involving students and teachers from six European countries and higher education institutions. 716 participants completed and assessed the Open Virtual Mobility MOOC. Participants expressed a positive evaluation of different MOOCs features: 1. Badges; 2. Technical features; 3. Gamification. Four out of eight MOOCs obtained the highest evaluation: 1. Collaborative learning; 2. Autonomy-drive learning; 3. Open-mindedness; 4. Intercultural skills. Future research trajectories would be addressed.
Negli ultimi anni, il concetto di mobilità virtuale ha ricevuto una crescente attenzione da parte dei responsabili delle istituzioni educative per la sua potenzialità di rendere più accessibile ed efficace la mobilità degli studenti e degli insegnanti nell'istruzione superiore. La mobilità virtuale potrebbe essere definita come l’insieme di attività istituzionali, supportate dall’uso di ITC, volte a facilitare la collaborazione internazionale nel contesto dell'insegnamento e / o dell'apprendimento. Nonostante l'interesse, il numero di ricerche empiriche sull'efficacia dell'implementazione della mobilità virtuale e su quali soluzioni tecnologiche potrebbero essere adottate risulta insufficiente. Il presente contributo descrive un progetto di ricerca finalizzato alla progettazione di un Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), aperto e accessibile, rivolto a studenti e insegnanti di sei paesi europei e istituti di istruzione superiore. 716 partecipanti hanno completato e valutato il MOOC sulla mobilità virtuale aperta. I partecipanti hanno espresso una valutazione positiva delle diverse caratteristiche dei MOOC: 1. Badge; 2. Caratteristiche tecniche; 3. Gamification. Quattro tematiche dei MOOC hanno ottenuto la valutazione più alta: 1. Apprendimento collaborativo; 2. Apprendimento autonomo; 3. Apertura mentale; 4. Competenze interculturali. Nella parte conclusiva, verranno descritte le implicazioni e le future traiettorie di ricerca.
Poce, A. (2020). A Massive Open Online Course designed to support the development of Virtual Mobility Transversal Skills: preliminary evaluation results from European participants. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES, 21(21), 255-273 [10.7358/ecps-2020-021-poce].
A Massive Open Online Course designed to support the development of Virtual Mobility Transversal Skills: preliminary evaluation results from European participants
Antonella Poce
2020-01-01
Abstract
In the last years, the concept of Virtual Mobility has receiving a growing attention from educational policy makers and institutions, because it has the potential to make more accessible and effective students and teachers mobility in Higher Education. Virtual Mobility could be defined as institutional ICT-supported activities that trigger or facilitate international collaborative experiences in the context of teaching and/or learning. Despite the interest, there is still a few empirical researches regarding actual effectiveness of Virtual Mobility implementation and which technological solutions could be adopted. The present paper describes a research project aimed at designing an Open and Accessible Virtual Mobility Massive Open Online Course, by involving students and teachers from six European countries and higher education institutions. 716 participants completed and assessed the Open Virtual Mobility MOOC. Participants expressed a positive evaluation of different MOOCs features: 1. Badges; 2. Technical features; 3. Gamification. Four out of eight MOOCs obtained the highest evaluation: 1. Collaborative learning; 2. Autonomy-drive learning; 3. Open-mindedness; 4. Intercultural skills. Future research trajectories would be addressed.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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