Education Mobility as a Service: A Study of the Features of a Novel Mobility Platform

The European Union’s Erasmus+ program strongly supports mobility for finding training or work opportunities. However, in the era of pandemics, there is a need to find remedies for restricted movement. One solution is to create a platform for collaboration in the spheres of work and training. This ar...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2023-04, Vol.13 (9), p.5245
Main Authors: Gawlik-Kobylińska, Małgorzata, Kabashkin, Igor, Misnevs, Boriss, Maciejewski, Paweł
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to education
competence-based education
Didacticism
Digital technology
Distance learning
Education
education mobility
Epidemics
Gamification
Higher education
Hypotheses
Literature reviews
Mobility
Pandemics
Pedagogy
platform for collaboration
Poland
Social networks
Software
Students
User experience
Virtual reality
Web 2.0
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Summary:The European Union’s Erasmus+ program strongly supports mobility for finding training or work opportunities. However, in the era of pandemics, there is a need to find remedies for restricted movement. One solution is to create a platform for collaboration in the spheres of work and training. This article aims to identify the crucial factors for the development of a novel ecosystem for the European education mobility. This mixed-method study employed interviews with 140 respondents. The authors utilized the NVivo software, specifically its Word Frequency Query functionality, to identify relevant features in the four main categories: competence acquisition, pedagogy, organization, and technology. Findings suggest that the acquisition of competencies should be oriented towards the future labor market, students prefer gamified activities, the platform should be organized to allow for easy job and training searches, and 2D and 3D solutions should be combined for versatility. Overall, future-oriented content, motivation, and technologically diverse activities are positively perceived by students and can be seen as a major trend in creating similar tools. This type of user experience research could also be extended to a group of teachers and administrative personnel engaged in education mobility as service activities. This research was conducted as part of the ERASMUS+ project eMediator.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app13095245