eTwinning is an initiative of the European Commission, funded by the Erasmus+ programme, under the broader umbrella of the European Union’s support for education and training.

While Erasmus+ projects enable physical mobility and cross-border learning experiences, eTwinning provides a safe, powerful digital space to sustain collaboration, dialogue and shared creation before, during and after mobilities.

In school education, this synergy can transform a mobility experience into a longer-term, blended learning journey − supporting project continuity, deeper integration of key competencies and collaborative knowledge construction.

WHY BLEND ETWINNING WITH ERASMUS+ IN SCHOOL EDUCATION?

• Ensures preparation, engagement, continuity and sustainability of the mobility activities of the project.
• Facilitates digital collaboration across international partner schools and institutions.
• Reinforces the pedagogical purpose of mobility beyond cultural exposure.
• Offers an inclusive platform to co-create, reflect on and evaluate learning processes.
• Promotes shared ownership among all pupils − those who travel and those who don’t.

BEFORE THE MOBILITY: PREPARING, PLANNING, CONNECTING

Use eTwinning to set up a project which will lay the foundation for a meaningful mobility experience.

ACTIONS TO TAKE:

• Find partners for projects via the eTwinning groups and rooms (using the partner finding forum to write your

project sketch).

• Create a project and once approved by your NSO, its TwinSpace will be automatically created.
• Initiate communication in the project’s TwinSpace among partner schools by introducing teachers, institutions,

pupils and subjects.

• Set shared learning goals by co-defining the competencies to be developed during mobility (e.g., math, literacy,

science, citizenship, digital, etc.).

• Prepare pupils digitally and interculturally by using forums or TwinBoards in TwinSpace for icebreaking, vocabulary sharing, cultural exchange, etc.
• Design collaborative tasks such as joint research, planning or prototype design relevant to the upcoming physical mobility.

EXAMPLE:

Before mobility focused on sustainability, students co-create a digital glossary of relevant terms, exchange video presentations about their local environments and plan collaborative project activities for their upcoming meeting.

DURING THE MOBILITY: DOCUMENTING, COLLABORATING, REFLECTING

The TwinSpace serves as a live collaborative learning environment, not just a repository.

ACTIONS TO TAKE:

• Encourage real-time updates by using the TwinSpace, photo galleries and discussion threads to document experiences.
• Facilitate joint learning tasks by asking leaners from host and visiting countries to work in mixed teams to

document fieldwork, practices or challenges.

• Embed reflection by asking pupils to post weekly entries, videos or group notes on what they’re learning.
• Support non-mobile pupils by asking them to comment, peer-review and collaborate online with the mobile participants.

EXAMPLE:

During mobility on environmental education, students use the TwinSpace to share videos, photos and reflective

journals, collaborating across schools to analyse and discuss their observations.

AFTER THE MOBILITY: CONSOLIDATING, SHARING, UPSCALING

Use eTwinning to transform mobility outcomes into long-term learning assets.

ACTIONS TO TAKE:

• Co-create final products such as manuals, portfolios, digital exhibitions or how-to videos to capture the skills

developed.

• Evaluate and reflect via the post-project evaluation activities, testimonials and collaborative reviews to

consolidate learning.

• Disseminate outcomes by sharing products, stories and insights via the TwinSpace and link them to wider Erasmus+ dissemination efforts.
• Plan follow-up activities by using eTwinning to develop new phases of collaboration or launch follow-up Erasmus+ applications.

EXAMPLE:

After a mobility on digital storytelling and citizenship, students collaboratively produce and share multilingual digital stories illustrating cultural experiences of citizenship, accessible to other schools via the TwinSpace.

KEEP IN MIND: THE TWINSPACE IS A CO-CREATION SPACE, NOT JUST A REPOSITORY

To fully harness the potential of the TwinSpace:

• Design it as a learning environment with structured activities, interactive content and pupil-led pages.
• Encourage pupils’ autonomy by letting them upload, comment, lead discussions and co-moderate pages.
• Organise content by themes or phases of the Erasmus+ project (preparation, action, reflection, dissemination).
• Use a variety of tools (e.g. forums, blogs, video galleries, wikis, shared files) that support dialogic, social and constructive

learning.

Erasmus+ and eTwinning: Creating blended learning mobility projects in IVET

eTwinning is an initiative of the European Commission, funded by the Erasmus+ programme, under the broader umbrella of the European Union’s support for education and training.

While Erasmus+ projects enable physical mobility and cross-border learning experiences, eTwinning provides a safe, powerful digital space to sustain collaboration, dialogue and shared creation before, during and after mobilities.

In vocational education and training, this synergy can transform a mobility experience into a longer-term, blended learning journey that supports project continuity, deeper integration of vocational competencies and collaborative knowledge construction.

 WHY BLEND ETWINNING WITH ERASMUS+ IN IVET?

• Ensures preparation, engagement, continuity and sustainability of the mobility activities of the project.
• Facilitates digital collaboration across international VET institutions.
• Reinforces the pedagogical purpose of mobility beyond cultural exposure.
• Offers an inclusive platform to co-create, reflect on and evaluate vocational learning processes.
• Promotes shared ownership among all learners − those who travel and those who don’t.