Virtual Mobility as Innovative Approach in Education
Modern realities requires new and innovative approaches in organization of university educational process. Academic mobility is one of these innovative approaches, equipping students with the new comprehension of global educational and modern world in general, which is characterized by free movement of people and ides. Virtual mobility is one of the forms of academic mobility, which cannot substitute the physical one, but can enhance organization of digital educational formats, open for joint of work of students from geographically remoted countries and universities. Virtual mobility was born on the cross-section of several initiatives – development of electronic tools in education, digital formats of education and international cooperation in high education. The article summarizes the experience of the Students' Mobility Capacity Building in Higher Education in Ukraine and Serbia (MILETUS) project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of European Union and implemented in 2019-19, as well as other similar initiatives. The results and outcomes of these projects confirm that mobility is very relevant element of today's education, which enriches educational experience and provides global competence, while in the current pandemic realities virtual mobility is a valuable alternative to the physical one.