PROJECTX - A TOOL TO PROMOTE STUDENT MOBILITY
1 University of Pitesti (ROMANIA)
2 Centro de formaciĆ³n profesional Xabec (SPAIN)
3 Technical University of Valencia (SPAIN)
About this paper:
Conference name: 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 3-5 July, 2017
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Abstract:
The authors consider that student and teacher mobility between partner institution is very beneficial for everybody. The teachers can learn in a different environment than their home-institution different teaching and relational approach for their students. The students can better understand what global market and global education means.
This paper describes the results obtained through using the tool called ProjectX. This instrument is the end-result of Transfer of Innovation Leonardo da Vinci project that was developed between seven European educational institutions. The authors focused on the actual situation of student mobility in Europe, mainly on the data about their home countries. A different data that was analyzed was the involvement of students in Lifelong Learning Programs. The article presents the ProjectX methodology and the results that were obtained during the project development. In addition, the authors have some conclusions after the project ended and what could be some of the long-term benefits of using this tool.