VIRCLASS NEW ADMINISTRATIVE
and
FINANCIAL MODELPresentation at the VIRCLASS conference in Bergen
23-25 November 2006
By/ Anne Karin Larsen
Existing organisation
Project administration • HiB – project
leadership• Virclass Board
• Inholland• Jønkøping• Warmia-Mazury• Parma• Bergen
• Project group• All partner
institutions
• Commitment to the project established by letter of intent and agreement about educational participation
Financial situation 2003 - 2006/07
• Grants from NUV (Norway Opening University)
• Grants from HiB – Department of Health and Social Science and the Institute for Social work
• Partner institution support by workload, covering travel costs and hosting meetings
• Many hours of voluntary work from project members
Budget 2003 - 2006
• SOFF/NUV 2004/05 400.000NOK
• NUV 2006/07 450.000NOK
• HiB department/institute 1.200.000NOK
• Total 2.050.000NOK• Approximately: EURO 250.000
Production of the Virtual BookBudget
• Working time Media Centre:
• 1020 hours 326.400 NOK
• Actors 25.000 NOK
About 351.400 NOK
Approximately: EURO 43.000
In addition working time for teachers
and travel costs/accomodation
Important aspects with the VIRCLASS project
• High commitment to the work that has to be done• Broad feeling of ownership to the project from
partners• Common experience by running e-learning
courses together and even a summer school• The project group know each other, collaborate
and cooperate easily• Increase knowledge of Bologna Process; Tuning
Project and Lisbon Agenda
Important experience about international cooperation
• Since 2002 • Focus on internationalisation as part of
the expectations to all HEI in Europe• Teacher involvement in the VIRCLASS
project should be included in the ordinary work as teacher
• Institutions should be represented with the same person over time.
A pilot project – pioneer workWhat has been achieved
• E-learning in social work education on an international level
• Developing e-learning competence
• Developing e-learning pedagogy
• Developing Virtual Book
VIRCLASS CONSORTIUMTHREE PILLARS
• Education through e-learning
• Development of new theme/courses
• Research related to the experience in VIRCLASS courses
VIRCLASS CONSORTIUM
• A higher level of commitment• Including responsibility for a common
budget• share of expenses• Educational cooperation
• Teachers• Assessors• Supervision to students• Developing e-learning competence in staff
VC CONSORTIUM
• Incorporation of VIRCLASS courses as optional courses in the BA programme
• Support with applications
• Adverticing the courses in study plan, web sites and by direct student contacts
Administration• Bergen University College (HiB):
• Project leadership• Coordination of the courses• Intake of students• Coordination of assessors and assessment
• HiB and Partner institutions• Adverticing the courses• Recieving applications and quality control• Certificate
Elements for calculation of costs• Number of students• Number of teachers• Number of teaching hours• Number of assessment hours• Administrative costs• Teaching costs• Project leadership costs• Marketing costs• Meeting and travel costs
Number of students in future courses
• 75 students• 55 students from partner institutions• 10 scholarship to East European
students• 10 places paid by student fee
Calculating the costs
• Module 1• 14 hours of teaching and assessment/student• 60 Euro/hour• Total 840 Euro/students
• Module 2• 17 hours of teaching and assessment/student• 60 Euro/student• Total 1020 Euro/students
• Module 1 and 2 = 1860 EURO/student
Additional costs
• Project leadership: 10.500 Euro/year
• Marketing: 1200 Euro/year
• Meetings:• Teachers meetings 2 meetings/year:
1500 Euro/participant• Board meetings: 1 meeting/year: about
750 Euro/participant
Price/hour teaching• 48 Euro direct cost
teaching/assessment
• 12 Euro indirect cost• Administrative costs:
• central and department administration• admission costs • administration of assessment and certificate• ICT – licenses for use of IT:s Learning• technical support
Refundance teacher/assessor costs
• 48 Euro/hour with a group approximately around 15 students according to the fixed hour of work for module 1 and 2
Different teachers roles
• Main teacher• Responsible for weekly programmes and
bulletin board, coordination of the module/theme
• Supervisor• Responsible for supervision to a group
of students
• Assessor – internal/external• Assessing the final assignment
ECTS credits
• Optional courses in the BA programme:• Students receive their ECTS from their home
institution
• Courses on top of BA programme:• Students receive their ECTS from HiB
• Optional courses in MA programme:• Students receive their ECTS from their home
institution
• Professional social work students:• Students receive their ECTS from HiB
Towards a Consortium AgreementPROGRESS PLAN November
2006
December
2006
January
2007
February
2007
March
2007
Partner meeting in Bergen
Signing letter of intent
23-25 nov
Presentatin of consortium agreement. First draft
15 January
Administrative discussion/hearing in partner institution from --- till
Middle of jan Middle of Febr
Feedback from partner institutions 12 Febr
VIRCLASS Board meeting
Developing the final proposal by
15-17 Febr
28 Febr
Final proposal for consortium presented for the partners
1 March
Administrtive decisions in partner instiuttions by
15 March
Establishing the VIRCLASS consortium with signature of the partners
20 March
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