New technologies for a better support of Learning mobilities :Developing a digital mobile logbook

"Get on www.daytripper.mobi, download easily the application ""Daytripper!"", get into the Erasmus community and DAYTRIP!!!!!The issuesIt’s not because a young person goes abroad that s/he is more “logically” able to work in a multicultural environment. Without a reflection on this experience, most of the competences used and acquired remain unconscious and under-used / under recognized. The transversal evaluation of social experiments on international mobility projects (Fonds d’expérimentation pour la Jeunesse, July 2012), based on more than 300 interviews of young persons underlines these facts. On the field, qualitative dimension of mobilities is frequently put aside for the benefit of administrative and logistical matters. Moreover, existing solutions (especially of preparation) are more about theoretical knowledge (language/culture), but soft skills are forgotten, ignored or neglected. We beleive that new technologies could answer this issue. In fact, the use of mobile devises is more and more democratic and connections are easy in Europe (roaming). More and more young people possess a smartphone. Our aimOur aim was to increase the quality and relevance of the support in Learning mobilities, using an innovative digital tool (web application available on smartphones, tablets and computers) to better accompany young people, capitalise their experience and value technical and human competences gained. Our operational answers1. The publication of a study, analysing the digital practices of the major stakeholders concerned by educational mobility projects and assess their needs more in depth. This study, through differents steps, has shown that there was a need to exploit the opportunities offered by the digital world, considering that existing tools are more adapted to communication than Education. 2. The adaptation, test and implementation of a digital logbook to better accompany young people during learning mobility projects. The innovation transferred was based on the experiment of an Innovative Digital logbook to value local territories (www.eva.travel). This application has been developed. It is called ""Daytripper"". It's a personal and confidential logbook, where users can storytell their own experiences and translate their expériences into competences. 3. The production of tutorials for tutors for a better on going support of young learners in their project, based on concrete experiences. A space on the Daytripper Internet site has been created: ""Daytutors"". People can have access to a series of tutorials gathering examples of practices. The product of the project (digital logbook) addressed directly the issues raised before: - Issue: not attractive tools and “heavy” use.o Our answer: the application is dynamic and inclusive. The work done with designers and “gamers” to guaranty the attractivity of the application and facilitate a daily use in learning mobility projects. Missions, easy access educational sessions, the opportunity to print easily an aesthetic logbook(…) reinforce their implication in the use of this tool. o Our answer: available on smartphone and tablets (in short, tools of the new generation), the application developed helps to gather data and experiences “on the spot”. Moreover, being easy to use in every daily moment, this application helps to exploit “dead minutes”.o Our answer: Our aim is to better collect data and elements that are easy to compile in a European transversal competences frame (AEFA). - Issue: lack of time (and “expertise”) in educational support of international learning mobilities (especially in Intercultural issues).o Our answer: a tool developed with active learning methods (games, quiz, video…) to learn how to evolve in a non-familiar environment. To finish with, the project has tackled other opportunities that are going developed in a short future (2018) : - facilitating an easy collection of data. It will have a great value to analyse the impact of mobility projects (within the legal frame of privacy protection). - taking a step forward in “Erasmus + mobilers” community. We will exploit social networks, mapping…)."