VAluing experience Beyond the University
-VAB
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- Initiated by the University of Evry Val d'Essonne and
IRIV under the "Lifelong learning" programme (call for
proposal 2009), under the Leonardo da Vinci programme, the project
is meant to identify, value and validate
experience acquired by students beyond the University. Five
countries have been associated : France, Austria, Greece, Eire and
Poland. This is a transfer of innovation of
former LdV project initiated and directed by Iriv (www.eEuropeassociations.net.) This project is
supported by the European programme Leonardo da
Vinci.
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Presentation
Many European countries are faced to
high levels of unemployment among youngsters. Universities around the
European Union have tried to bridge the gap between the knowledge
they deliver and the demands of the labor market. In this
perspective, they have tried to express their diplomas in terms of
skills and competences. This is one of the key points of the recent
reform LMD (Licence, Master, Doctorate) to propose a common framework
to European universities to enhance transparency and mutual
recognition of the diplomas and as a result the validation of their
students' skills and competences. The main reproach made to
youngsters is to lack of a professional experience. The VAB project
aims at proposing a pedagogical tool for teachers/trainers teaching
at the University together with an e-training to allow them to
integrate non-formal/formal learning of their students/trainees
acquired outside university in their global evaluation. Thanks to the
VAB, they will be able to value the personal, social and professional
experience acquired by their students/trainees beyond the University
in order to enhance their professional integration. The expected
impact of the VAB project is a better preparation of
teachers/trainers working at the University to answer the labor
market's needs.
State of the Art
Thanks to the reform of the
universities all around Europe, the same common framework has been
organized: Licence, Master, Doctorate (LMD). So that the diplomas are
more comparable from one country to another especially for the
employers. This is a key issue to enhance mobility in Europe.
Moreover, each of the countries has made an effort to express the
content of the diplomas/certificates with regards to the skills and
competences acquired and their link with the labour market (types of
employment to be proposed). Nevertheless, the unemployment among
youngsters is still high; the time to find a first job has been
increased for the graduates. One of the main reproaches made by
employers is their lack of experience even though many youngsters
could justify of valuable personal, social or professional
experiences that might be useful on the labour market. The
teachers/trainers would require a complementary evaluation of their
students taking into account the skills and competences they acquire
and develop outside the educational system through their personal,
social or professional experiences. They know how to assess
traditional knowledge of their students/trainees using a grid of
evaluation based on the content of their course. They do not have any
methodology nor pedagogical tool to assess non-formal and informal
learning of their students/trainees. This is the aim of the VAB
project to provide such a pedagogical tool.
Objectives
The main aims and objectives of the project
should be:
- to build a pedagogical tool for
teachers/trainers working at the University, a portfolio, to
identify, assess and integrate in their global evaluation the
skills and competences developed by students beyond the University
; this portfolio for teachers/trainers will be usable for
identifying and assessing the non-formal and informal learning of
their students/trainees;
- to develop a digital pedagogial tool, an
e-portfolio, on this basis thanks to a virtual tutoring for the
teachers/trainers (a smart assistant) ;
- to propose an e-training course for the
teachers/trainers in order to use this pedagogical tool ;
- to develop a portal meant to access the
e-portfolio and e-training ;
- The e-portfolio and e-training will be
experimented among selected teachers/trainers in the 5 countries
to make it clear, usable and understandable.
- Networks of teachers/trainers,
university/training bodies, experts in lifelong learning,
professionals in 5 different labour markets with different
professional backgrounds will be built in the 5 countries in order
to enhance the use of the tool and method.
- The expected impact is to enhance
training of teachers/trainers at the University meant to support
the professional integration of their students and enhance a
global evaluation of the students.
Results
- The main results to be achieved through
the VAB project ae :
- a pedagogical tool, a portfolio ;
- a digital portfolio, an e-portfolio
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- an e-training course ;
- reports on the experimentation of the
e-portfolio and e-traning provided ;
- networks of teachers/trainers ;
universities/training bodies ; experts in life long learning ;
professionals of the labour market ;
- newsletter and website for the
dissemination of the results ;
- web log for the experimentation ;
- articles and publications on the results
achieved
Planning
1st of October 2009 - 30th of September 2011
Partners
France
Université d'Evry Val
d'Essonne, chef de file
Pr Dr Jeanine Tortajada,
vice-présidente chargée de la recherche
Mne Christine Dicostanzo, responsable du bureau
administrative et financier (Département de la
Recherche)
Avenue François
Mitterrand
91 000 Evry
Tél : 00 33 1 69 47 76 58
Fax : 00 33 1 69 77 76 59
http://www.univ-evry.fr
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IRIV Conseil, coordinateur
Dr Bénédicte Halba
11 rue de Saussure
F-75017 Paris
Tel.: +33-1-42 84 08 25
fax : +33-1-42 84 08 25
contact@iriv.net
http:// www.iriv.net
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Austria
- Die Berater
Mr Holger Bienzle project coordinator
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- Wipplingerstrasse 32/Top23-26
AT-1010 Vienne
- tél : + 43 1 53245450;
fax : + 43153245451145
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- http://www.dieberater.com
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- Greece
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- Hellenic Open University
Dr Achilles Kameas
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- 18 Parodos Aristotelos Street
GR-26335 Patras
- Greece
- tél : + 302610367402
fax : + 302610367416
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- http://www.eap.gr
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Eire
- University of Limerick
Dr Dermot Coughlan
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- Ollscoil Luimnigh,
Luimnench,
Limerick, Eire
- tél : + 35361213544;
fax: + 35361202757
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- http://www.ul.ie
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Slovenia
- Université of Ljubljana
- Dr Rajko Mursic
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- Kongresnl trg 12
SI-1000 Ljubljana
- tél : + 38612411530;
fax : + 38614234497
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- http://www.uni-lj.si/
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