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Virtual tour of
 WHY?
the
OLS tool –
what
you need
 HOW?
to know when
 WHAT?
using it
 WHEN?
Education
and Culture
Date: in 12 pts
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NAs role
Distribute licences to beneficiary institutions
Monitor the consumption of licences at
beneficiary and participants of mobility level
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BENs role
 Distribute licences to participants.
 Where relevant, decide which participants take the
language courses.
 Monitor licence consumption by participants of
mobility.
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MOOcs and Forum – as from January
• MOOCS: Classrooms themed courses, based on
the model of Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs), offered weekly.
• Open to an unlimited number of learners.
• Video recordings of previous lectures
• Registration for MOOCs starting from 12 January
2015
• First MOOCS in all languages except Dutch start
in the week of 19 January 2015.
• Forum: allows learners to support each other,
facilitates collaborative learning, and moderated
by tutors who provide learning tips and answer
questions posed by participants of mobility.
• Learners are able to exchange on the OLS Forum
starting from 12 January 2015.
Tutoring – expected for February
 Available once there is a minimum of 50
students active in a given target language and
level
 Available for 3 levels (A=A1+A2, B=B1+B2,
C=C1+C2)
 A pool of 80 tutors across the current 6
languages
 Questions treated within 24h
 Tutorial groups of 1 to 6 participants
 Tutoring sessions can be either thematic or
free (topic chosen by the participants)
Licence allocation in 2015
From NAs to BEN
Education
and Culture
Date: in 12 pts
Licence allocation from NAs to BENs
in 2015
• All (100%) participants using one of the
languages available through OLS as the main
language during their volunteering (except native
speakers) must take the assessments.
• Compulsory as of January 2015! Only for
projects granted at 1.10.2014 deadline!
Licence allocation by NAs to BEN in 2015
Assessments
All participants using one
of the languages available
thorugh OLS as their main
language during
volunteering (except native
speakers) have to take
OLS assessments. Access
is given also in cases
where need is not
indicated in the application
form. Assessment is
compulsory for mobility
participants, and it is not a
grant.
Language
courses
OLS licence for a
language course is given
in the cases where it has
been applied for and
approved during the
evaluation process.
Courses are not
compulsory and ARE
considered a 'grant in
kind'.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:
erasmusplusols.eu
ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus
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“Changing lives,
opening minds”
OLS information to participants:
 Introduction to OLS (video): already available online in 6
languages from the homepage
http://erasmusplusols.eu/
 Guidelines for participants: already available
 FAQs: already available
 Virtual tour of the language courses (videos): already
available online in 6 languages:
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DE http://erasmusplusols.eu/de/guided-tour-10/
EN http://erasmusplusols.eu/guided-tour-7/
ES http://erasmusplusols.eu/es/guided-tour-12/
IT http://erasmusplusols.eu/it/guided-tour-11/
FR http://erasmusplusols.eu/fr/guided-tour-9/
NL http://erasmusplusols.eu/nl/guided-tour-8/