Online Discussion Groups

We have specific criteria for each focus group and anticipate that all participants will take active part in the group (by sharing experiences, asking questions and most importantly, help finding answers). We will start out with targeted short information, but the main part will consist of discussion and Q&A where the participants will be both asking and responding to questions. With this we hope to establish networks and connections between HEIs and colleagues for future help and peer discussion with the digitization of the Erasmus programme. The focus groups will last for approximately 1.5 hours.

We as the representatives of the five countries of the Nordic Task force as well as a National Agency representative will host the focus groups. However, we will act as facilitators and HEIs with long experience in digitization, but not as representatives of the Erasmus Dashboard with all the answers.

We will try to select participants from diverse institutions and will only be accepting one participant per institution. The discussion points and best practices from each group will be shared on our website. If the demand is high, we will set up additional focus groups during spring. Please sign up here, and we will get back to you with a meeting link if you get accepted.

OLA for newbies

• This focus group is set up for institutions that have not implemented OLA yet. However, you need to have an E+ Dashboard user and have logged in at least once to join this session.
• Important question to address in this focus group: How do you start the implementation of Online Learning Agreement at an institution? How to inform students, signing staff, partners? What works well, and where are the obstacles? How does an OLA look from student and signing staff side?
• Target group: Institutions with no or little experience in using OLA, but who would like to implement OLA.
• When: Monday 8 March 1 pm CET
  
• Slides from the focus group

OLA for advanced users

• This is a focus group for institutions that have implemented the OLA and have used and signed Online Learning Agreements for at least two semesters.
• Important question to address in this focus group: What is or has been the major obstacle for the sending institution, and have you found a solution? How is the feedback from students and partner universities? How are the internal processes set up? How to manage big groups of students?
• Target group: Institutions with at least two semesters experience in using OLA, and who know the basic technical features.
• When: Wednesday 10 March 1 pm CET
• Slides from the focus group

OLA for HEIs using third party providers (like Moveon, Mobility Online etc)

• This is a focus group exclusively for institutions using a third-party provider for the handling of students' Online Learning Agreements.

• We are at different stages in testing and implementing Online Learning Agreements through third party providers; what is your status? Have you started testing or real transfer of OLAs through your system? Tips and advice?

• Target group: Institutions using a third-party provider.

• When: Monday 22 March 1 pm CET

• Slides from the focus group

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OLA for Erasmus Institutional Coordinators

• This is a focus group exclusively for Institutional Erasmus Coordinators, meaning the administrative Erasmus Coordinator at Institutional level of an institution (usually international office, not at faculty or department level).
• We will focus on the institutional perspective; how to implement and organize the signing flow at the HEI, how to divide different tasks related to the Learning Agreement vs. Online Learning Agreement, how to manage accounts in the Dashboard.
• Target group: Institutional Erasmus Coordinators
• When: Tuesday 23 March 1 pm CET
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