Virtual experience
Virtual work placement
Virtual work placement is carried out entirely in an online environment. The participant can learn and train from their home or the education institution. Virtual work placements provide the students with remote working skills and competences for the global employment market.
What are the benefits of a virtual work placement?
The global and gig economy requires a new set of skills and competences that a virtual work placement can train your students for. The main benefits of virtual work placement:
- Global and remote working skills and competences;
- Increased intercultural communication and awareness;
- Global team building and teamwork skills and experience;
- Improved adaptability, flexibility and ability to work independently;
- Increased employability skills;
For education institutions:
- Increased internationalisation in the school environment;
- Improved education offer and curriculum;
- Providing international offers to various students;
- Ensuring the quality virtual work placements;
- Additional help and support with the management and implementation of work placements.
How can The IBD Partnership help your organisation?
The IBD Partnership has more than a decade and a half of experience in the management of international education projects with the majority of EU countries. We offer to provide you with partners and suitable work placement according to your curriculum and manage the practical aspects of the virtual work placement.
Our staff will provide the necessary project monitoring and support to your students throughout the virtual work placement.
We offer:
- Tutor from the IBD Partnership throughout the project period;
- Real work experience with professional companies;
- Enablement of the professional development of participants;
- Qualitative project and work placement management;
- Free time activities.
Each virtual work placement offer can be tailored to the specific needs, training or education programme.
Blended learning
A blended learning programme consists of an integrated approach to education and training. The participant carries out the programme both virtually and physically. The programme can be arranged and implemented according to the curriculum, individual needs and wishes.
The IBD Partnership has experience in the design and management of blended learning programmes. We offer an individualized approach to our clients and their students. Please contact us to discuss the possibilities for your institution.
Virtual job shadowing
Virtual job shadowing is aimed at the education and other associated professionals who wish to improve their skills and competences, share their knowledge and exchange ideas in a specific area. These programmes help to gain deep knowledge in the field and build a network with international colleagues.
Virtual job shadowing is managed as a series of online meetings, collaborative work and exchange, an online experience through observation process and participation. It can take a variety of forms.
The IBD Partnership can help you and your organisation to organise and implement virtual job shadowing according to your staff needs and requirements. We can arrange the experience with suitable and professional partners, as well as manage all the practical aspects of the virtual job shadowing.
Virtual courses
Virtual courses are professional courses carried out in an online environment. Together with highly skilled and expert instructors you and your staff can be trained online.
The IBD Partnership offers a variety of professional themes and topics. Furthermore, we can arrange an accredited English language course according to your needs and wishes.
Contact us to receive a list of all the courses! We also offer to organise a bespoke online course to match your requirements!
Virtual exchange
What is a virtual exchange?
Over the last decades or so, a variety of educational institutions from secondary schools and colleges to universities around the world offer their students virtual exchange programmes.
“Virtual exchange (VE) refers to sustained, technology-enabled, people-to-people education activities in which constructive communication and interaction take place between geographically dispersed groups or groups from different cultural backgrounds, with the support of educators. VE combines the deep impact of intercultural dialogue with the broad reach of digital technology.”
(See full article here: https://www.eaie.org/blog/virtual-exchange-internationalisation-at-home.html)
In short, in the majority of cases, the students from two or more different institutions work together on a project according to their curriculum.
The virtual exchange projects can be done as a part of a blended learning approach, together with a physical internship or other programmes abroad.
What are the benefits of a virtual exchange?
There are numerous benefits both to the students and the education institution:
- Improved global skills and new contacts;
- Possibility to gain remote work and international project experience;
- Improved and innovative study programme;
- Internationalisation opportunities for university staff and students;
- Providing students with the skills and competencies required in the modern labour market;
How can The IBD Partnership help your organisation?
The IBD Partnership has more than a decade and a half of experience in the management of international education projects with the majority of EU countries. We offer to provide you with partners according to your curriculum and manage all the practical aspects of a virtual exchange programme.