CSVM – Cross Sector Virtual Mobility

1 October 2006 – 30 September 2008

Summary
The objective of CSVM was to facilitate distance education students to enter into online working, stimulate their employability, and provide distance educational systems with increased business and market connectivity. The specific aim of the project was to establish a sustainable mechanism for interaction between the business and the distance education sector so as to enhance the inflow of knowledge in distance education and the employability of distance education students on the labour market. A European Web-based Portal, a Clearing House for Virtual Internships, was developed to provide students in distance Higher Education with the possibility to obtain an international learning experience through Virtual Mobility. The final product is a matchmaking portal and service for standardised submission and placement of European Virtual Internship offers for distance Higher Education.

Project partners:
European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (NL), ESIB – The National Unions of Students in Europe (BE), Estonian E-University (EITF) (EE), Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), (ES) e−Collegium Foundation (HU), University of Miskolc (HU), Università Telematica Internazionale UNINETTUNO (IT), Open University of the Netherlands (NL), Universiteit Maastricht (NL), Maria Curie Sklodowska University (PL)

Project website: http://www.eadtu.nl/csvm

CSVM Matchmaking platform: http://matchmaking.eadtu.nl/

Contact details: Kees-Jan Van Dorp, EADTU Supported by the European Commission under the Leonardo Da Vinci Programme