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VIRCLASS
The Virtual Classroom for social work in Europe
Summary of the work 2002-2005and future plans
HIB-AHS- Anne Karin Larsen 2
The idea startet
• In the first annual meeting in EUSW-TN in Parma in
november 2002• Then the idea about
e-learning courses in addition to the summer school in Parma started
HIB-AHS- Anne Karin Larsen 3
Several meetings have been held
• In Kaunas – May 2003• In Dornbirn – annual meeting
EUSW - June 2003• In Madrid - November 2003• In Parma – February 2004• In Hungary, annual meeting
EUSW – MAy 2004 • In Bergen October 2004• In Jønkøping February 2005• In Amsterdam Sept. 2005
HIB-AHS- Anne Karin Larsen 4
A lot of travels, and always hard work
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OBJECTIVES for VIRCLASS• To develop eLearning courses in Social Work in
a comparative perspective for an international group of students with an
• International group of teachers• A common curriculum plan and readings• To be integrated in studieplans in BA and MA
programmes at the Universities• An be interesting for professional social workers
who wish an international perspective on social work
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The elements in the project
• Curriculum co operation
• Administration, organisation and coordination
• Development of a virtual campus for social work in Europe
• Dissemination of results
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The VirClass project
• The Partnerships in the Virclass project was established by the first Minerva application in 2003.
– This application was not approved
• The second application to SOFF/NUV resulted in financial support for 2004-2005
:400.000 NOK• HIB supported the project with the same amount of
money each year.• Up till autumn 2004 the EUSW-TN programme made the
group meetings possible by support for travel costs and accomodation.
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What we have managed to do so far:• A common curriculum
plan with 20ECTS• 3 modules –
– 2-elearning, – 1 selfstudy and summer
school
• Administration of and running the studyprogramme
• Dissemination of results• New applications
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Let’s start with the educational programme
• CURRICULUM PLANAnd the overall objectives……..
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Gain knowledge and understanding about:
• Commonalities and differences in social work as subject and profession in Europe
• Anti-oppressive practice in social work• Social situation by comparing and analyse
situations in different countries• Welfare systems and social policies in different
countries and the implication this may have for social work
• Social work education and methodical and theoretical input to professional practice
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Social Work in EuropeCommonalities and Differences
• Module 1 gives an introduction to European social work
• This Module is based on the first book production of EUSW-TN
• Students can do this as self-study or as an e-learning student.
• 5 ECTS
MODULE 1
S ocial W ork in Europe
Com m onalities and D ifferences
ORS elf- study E- learning
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If you can’t go abroad..
2.1: Anti-oppressive social work. Ethics, theories, methods and working principles
2.2: The Welfare Systems in Europe
2.3: Social Work Education. Skill training and professional competence
MODULE 2
Com parative S ocial W ork:
A European perspective on Core
issues of S ocial W ork
E- learning
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Module 2.1 include 3 possible options
2.1: Anti-oppressive social work. Ethics, theories, methods and working principles
A.Discrimination and oppression as phenomenon in Europe
B.Poverty as phenomenon in Europe
C.Ethnic Diversity as phenomenon in Europe
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ECTS
• 5 ects = 7 weeks part time study• 10 ects =14 weeks part time study
• 1 ects = 1 week full time study (40 hours)• As par time student 1ects=1,4 week
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Applications from students
• The study programme was adverticed by posters sent to all Universities
• And by advertising on web-sites
• Deadline for application 1.November 2004
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The target groups are
• Professional social workers
• Social work students undertaking bachelor’s programmes or
• post-graduate programmes/MA/PhD
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Running the study programme
• Handling 120 applications from students from all over Europe
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Who were the students in the Virclass project:
• Nationalities: • Finland• Germany • Greece• Iceland• Italy• Lithuania • Norway
• Nationalities: • Romania• Sweden• Turkey• Macedonia• Spain• Estonia• Poland• Austria
• Age:19-50 – majority under 25 year of age
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Module BA/DIPL. MA/PhD Social Workers
No. of Students
M1
eLearning53% 40% 15%* 32(100%
M2
eLearning32% 52% 20%* 25(100%
M3 67% 17% 16%* 34(100%
• *The total percentage amount to more than 100%. This is because some of the MA andPhD students also were working as professional social workers in addition to their studies
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120 applications from students
Module 1selfstudy
Module 1 eLearning
Module 2
eLearning
Module 3
Summer school
applications 73 47 76 102
Participating
students64 44 31 34
Students who did the final assignment
32 30 24 28
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Reasons for reductions
• Students were:– Not well enough informed about the curriculum plan
and the time schedule, the demand about exam/final assignments
– Did not have time to do the course in addition to other educational programme, family life and job
– Wanted to join the summer school, without doing the work before
– Some students who did not need the credits skiped the final assignment
– Some students started with module 1 selfstudy at the same time as module 2 started resulted in too much work at the same time
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Reasons for reductions
• Students were not fully aware of the demand and extend of co operation needed due to the taskoriented method in the courses
• Some student had too limited access to computeres and internet
• Some technical problems in the begining of the courses
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Teachers experience
• Most of the teachers did eLearning courses for the first time
• Difficulties with planning the progress and amount of work every week and during the courses.
• eLearning pedagogy demands some new skills in teaching
• Takes some time to learn how to work on the It:s Learning platform
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Dissemination of results• NUV-conferences in Oslo –
2004 (The Norwegian Opening University)
• NSHK – Nordic Socialwork education committee, 21.st conference in Copenhagen, August 2005
• Home-page: http://home.hib.no/ahs/virclass
• EUSW-TN annual meetings
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Partners in the project period2003-2005
9 partners have been involved in the Virclass project:– Kjell Henriksbø – Bergen University College– Anne Karin Larsen – Bergen University College (coordinator)– Bob Sanders – University of Wales, Swansea– Klas-Göran Olsson – School of health and Social Sciences,
Jønkøping, Sweden– Julija Eidukeviciute – University of Kaunas, Lithuania– Annamaria Campanini – University of Parma, Italy– Andres Arias Astray – University of Complutense, Madrid, Spain– Commune di Parma, Parma, Italy– Magne Ervik - City of Bergen, Bergen, Norway – Joni Kylmälä - Polytechnic Helsinki, Finland
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Participants in developing the educational programme and running the courses
• Eduardo de Marques – Instituto Superior Miquel Torga, Coimbra, Portugal (new partner)
• University of Warminsko-Mazurski W, Olztyn, Poland (new partner)• Answin Weissenborn - Hochschule Vorarlberg, Austria (new
partner)• Morten Fahlvik - Mediacentre – HIB (new partner)• Carsten Otte, Mannheim, Germany
• NEW PARTNERS from 2006:• Remmelt Veenkamp, INHOLLAND, Haarlem (new partner)• Frank Weber – Hochschule Vorarlberg, Austria (new partner)• Lisbeth Thomassen – Mediacentre Bergen • Grete Oline Hole - HIB• Olav Hauken - HIB
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The future financial situation ?• We hope that the eLearning
application/EU will be approved (result in October/November)
• We hope that we will be funded once more from NUV
• We know there will be some support from HIB for the next year.
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Main objectives for the next project period
• A model for didactical approach to eLearning courses in Social Work education
• Creation of a Virtual Book
• A model for administration and finance for international eLearning courses in Social Work in Europe
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Plans for future
• Adjustments of curriculumplan and modules - ects
• Develop a new administrative and financial modell
• Development of a didactical model and
a Virtual Book about social work in Europe• Increase the flexibility in the study programme• Make the study available for use in other LMS
programmes
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It:s learning – a LMS system• This Learning Management System consists
of:• Bulletin Board• Tutorials• Links• Organising the material in folders and files• Discussion area
– Syncronic – Non syncronic
• Possibilities to – Upload files– Pictures– Video
• To administrate exam– To upload tasks and use the portfolio method
• Includes a register for participants in courses
– Internal/external messages– Statistics of progress
• Calender function