Quality of Virtual Studies

The Project

Project number: 2020-1-LT01-KA226-HE-094740
Period: 01/06/2021 – 31/05/2023
Project coordinating institution: Kaunas University of Applied Sciences
Project partners: Savonia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), School of Coding Limited (England), Francisco de Vitoria University (Spain), Zagreb School of Business (Croatia)
Project summary: This project will improve the quality of virtual studies by creating teaching/learning methodology and implementing technological and pedagogical innovations (teachers’ didactic, digital competencies, gamification of the study process), which will increase study accessibility and learners’ motivation. This project is dedicated to educate staff about pedagogical and technological innovations (growth of digital literacy competencies among academic staff) and to transfer the good practices for cohesion in Europe. Teachers with a deeper understanding of virtual learning, pedagogical and technological innovations will be able to use this information in their subjects, which will ensure the quality of studies, student motivation and academic integrity. HEI will be able to ensure the quality of virtual mobility and the recognition of study results by developing the internationalisation of HEI at home (virtual student and teacher mobility, inter-institutional studies, mobility windows). The aim of this project is to increase the quality of teaching/learning in VLE and the study process by creating preconditions for the recognition of the acquired results during virtual mobility. During the project, the VLE teaching / learning methodology will be prepared and according to it, 4 pilot study modules will be created, in which students from the project partner institutions will carry out virtual mobility.

Outputs

VLE teaching/learning and assessment methods analysis report.

The purpose of this analysis is to investigate the situation of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and related areas at institutional, national, and international levels to develop VLE teaching/learning and assessment methodology.

Results

The analysis will cover scientific literature, legal documents and best practices in order to obtain the required knowledge.

The analysis will be conducted in three areas:

VLE teaching/learning and assessment methods;
plagiarism prevention and academic ethics assurance at the VLE;
VLE tools designed to promote student support and motivation (the gamification of study process).

The analysis in these areas will be carried out by examining the following levels: International best practices and innovation in the scientific literature; documentary regulation of the application of VLE teaching/learning methods at the national (project partner countries) level; documentary regulation of VLE teaching/learning and assessment methods at the institutional level.

Each project partner, highlighting the aspects of their own country and institution, will carry out the research and will be integrated into the final VLE teaching/learning and assessment methods analysis report. Research reports will be published in institutional and international open access repositories so that all higher education institutions (HEI) could benefit from the collected experience.

VLE teaching/learning and assessment methodology

Based on the results of the research of VLE teaching/learning and assessment literature, legal documents and best practices, a comprehensive VLE teaching and learning methodology will be developed.

This methodology will include: 1) The selected teaching/learning and assessment methods that can be practically implemented in the Moodle environment. 2) A description of their accomplishment processes and implementation methodology taking into account the procedures for applying intellectual property, academic ethics, and plagiarism prevention procedures. 3) A description of the implementation of practical examples highlighting VLE teaching/learning and assessment scenarios, and VLE tools selected for their implementation, taking into account the intercultural aspects and situations.

VLE methodology application practice

The VLE methodology application practice is intended for teachers who prepare and improve VLE classes according to the developed VLE methodology.

Its aim is to demonstrate in practice the possibilities of the teaching/learning and assessment methods selected in the VLE methodology; the performance of various virtual activities and the use of virtual tools in the teaching/learning process; the efficiency; the feedback provision to students and predictable achievements of learning/studying outcomes. The VLE methodology application practice is demonstrated to the interested individuals by using video material that includes a computer screen image of the testing and demonstration expert, as well as audio comments and insights from this expert on the analysis of specific aspects.
When presenting the developed VLE methodology, it is very important to create primary visuals for teachers who are deepening their competencies, so that they could clearly and comprehensibly get the necessary impression of practical application of the theoretical material, and then use this impression for independent analysis of sample VLE classes and further development of working in the VLE.

News

The 3rd newsletter of the project “Quality of Virtual Studies” came out

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The project has been running for two years already and is coming to an end – it will end on 31 May. The third and final intellectual product of the project “VLE methodology application practice” is currently being finalized.

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The second newsletter of the project “Quality of Virtual Studies” came out

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Follow-up of the Erasmus+ project “Quality of Virtual Studies” activities in the second newsletter.

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Train the Trainer Event and Partner Meeting at School of Coding, UK

3-day training event for project lecturers followed by the international partner meeting took place on May 17-20, at Scool of Coding (UK).

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Second “Quality of Virtual Studies” project partners meeting in Madrid

On March 15-16th there was a second international partner meeting of the Erasmus+ project “Quality of Virtual Studies” at the University of Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid.

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The first newsletter of the project “Quality of Virtual Studies” came out

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The first newsletter of the Erasmus+ project “Quality of Virtual Studies” coordinated by Kaunas University of Applied Sciences came out.

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First international partner meeting of project “Quality of Virtual Studies”

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The first physical international partners meeting of the project “Quality of Virtual Studies” (QVS) (No. 2020-1-LT01-KA226-HE-094740) under the Erasmus…

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Kaunas University of Applied Sciences with international partners will develop the quality of virtual studies

This year on February 1^st, the Education Exchange Support Foundation announced the results of the Erasmus+ 2020 Strategic Partnerships Additional Call for Proposals…

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Project Coordinator

Vytautė Giedraitienė

Kaunas University of Applied Sciences
Pramones pr. 20, room 1-018
LT-50468, Kaunas
Lithuania
Tel. +370 37 35 24 54,

Mob.+370 645 15740