VICTORIOUS - Virtual Curricula Through Reliable Interoperating University Systems

1 January 2005 – 28 February 2007

Summary

The Victorious project was an in-depth analysis consisting of feasibility tests in three different areas that are key to opening the door to large-scale implementation of virtual mobility: Quality, Interoperability/Open Standards, and Digital Repositories and Resources.

The Victorious project used physical mobility in a digital world as a proxy for virtual mobility. It researched how mobile students and university staff can deal with varying organisational systems and ICT facilities at different European universities. This was investigated through two surveys and feasibility tests (pilots).

The student survey probes the student’s experience of differing ICT facilities when on exchange. The survey has been followed up by a university survey which focuses on the institutions’ view on and priorities in ICT facilities.

The pilots deal with six possible solutions to identified issues, which include: (1) quality of information about the host university, (2) making courses more ‘visiting student friendly’, (3) interconnections between virtual learning environments, (4) making course choice from remote universities easier, (5) sharing digital identities between universities and (6) remote access to the full digital services of the home university.

The outcomes of the Victorious project are gathered in the final report ”Student Mobility in A Digital World” including an extensive report on the surveys and the pilots and guidelines for students, universities and policy makers.

Project partners:
Coimbra Group (BE), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - AVNet (BE), University of Edinburgh (UK),University of Tartu (EE), University of Bristol (UK) University of Groningen (NL), University of Siena (IT), University of Turku (FI), University of Granada (ES) and University of Pavia (IT)

Project website: http://www.coimbra-group.eu/victorious/
http://www.coimbra-group.eu/victorious/VIC%20Final%20Report%20print%20version.pdf

Contact details: Catarina Moleiro, Coimbra Group

Supported by the European Commission - DG Education and Culture under the eLearning Programme