VILMA – Validation of Informal Learning in Mobility Actions

Providing instruments to assess and evidence competence development in mobility actions

• Collecting existing approaches and instruments used to validate informal learning; evaluating them in terms of their feasibility for the context of mobility actions;
• Investigating the demand for evaluation with regard to competence development in mobility actions;
• Establishing an inventory of possible learning outcomes through mobility actions;
• Developing reference systems to evidence learning outcomes and competence developments based on the LEVEL5 evaluation system designed for informal and non-formal learning (to evidence learning outcomes on the cognitive, affective and activity related level);
• Developing and piloting a European training course aiming at raising awareness for the topic of evidencing and validating informal learning and enabling the participants to apply the VILMA approach in their mobility projects;
• Creating a transnational network consisting of experts from research and practice contributing to greater recognition for the validation of non-formal and informal learning.
• Nine partner organisations from eight European countries
• Project coordination: BUPNET GmbH, Germany
• Funded by the European Lifelong Learning Programme Grundtvig
• Duration: 01/11 – 12/12

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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.