VALUE-X
VALUE-X (Virtual Albanian European Universities Exchange)
Funding Programme
ERASMUS+ CBHE 2019
Project Number
610360-EPP-1-2019-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Duration
36 months
Overall Budget
72.536,00
Countries
Albania, Germany, Italy, Slovenia
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VALUE-X
Rapid advancements in ICT impose significant change in almost all aspects of our lives. Networked technologies offer opportunities to reshape human interaction, and create new possibilities in key sectors including health, business, and education. The VALEU-X project wants to add significant value to the teaching process in Albania by empowering academic staff with contemporary teaching competencies. A comprehensive capacity-building Programme will be implemented to facilitate intensive know-how transfer among the consortium members to address the problems of outdated instructor-centered frontal teaching methods, limited physical academic mobility, and ineffective use of ICT in formal higher education in Albania. The overall objective of VALEU-X is to improve quality of teaching in Albanian Higher Education Institutions by introducing innovative collaborative tools and methodologies and fostering academic international exchange.
Objectives of the project
- Qualification of academic staff at Albanian Higher Education Institutions on modern pedagogical and didactical methodologies for innovative virtual teaching and learning settings;
- Support Albanian Higher Education Institutions in adopting and implementing effective ICT-based internationalization at-home activities and integrate Albanian HEIs in a global network for Virtual Mobility;
- Qualification of administrative staff at Albanian HEIs on adopting and recognising Virtual/Blended Mobility as part of their institutional internationalisation strategy.
Expected Results and Outcomes
- A Needs assessment report on Virtual Collaborative Teaching and Learning in Albania.
- Virtual Collaborative Learning Case Study.
- Didactical design patterns to realize Virtual Collaborative Learning modules.
- Staff training material Virtual Collaborative Learning, Virtual Mobility and Internationalization at home.
- International pilot VCL: Albania’s next Unicorn.
- 3 Expert Forums and An E-Tutors series of qualification workshops
- An Observation visit & Job shadowing activity
- Final Conference
Project Activities
- Setting up and moderating an experts forum on innovative virtual teaching and learning
- Conducting desk research on Virtual Mobility and international exchange
- Scheduling and conducting interviews with Albanian practitioners and
experts
- Benchmarking Albanian case against international state of the art
- Conducting empirical research studies on the potential and impact of proposed intervention
- Developing didactical staff training materials
- Designing and implementing online interactive platform
- Organising staff observation visits in EU
- Developing and localising didactical ETutors qualification content
- Organising and delivering staff training courses in Albania
- Organising and delivering E-Tutors qualification courses
- Designing didactical teaching and learning materials of selected
- Designing and implementing an integrated Virtual Collaborative Learning environment
- Organising and facilitating local undergraduate course delivery
- Organising and facilitating international postgraduate course delivery
Project Partners
- Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
- International School for Social and Business Studies, Slovenia
- Mediterranean Universities Union, Italy
- European Universit of Tirana, Albania
- Turgut Ozal Education SHA, Albania
- University Fan S. Noli, Albania
- Aleksandër Moisiu Universtiy of Durrës, Albania
- “Luigi Gurakugi” University of Shkodra, Albania
- University of Elbasan ” Aleksander Xhuvani”, Albania