A Blended Intensive Program (BIP) is a short, intensive program that uses innovative ways of learning and teaching, including the use of online cooperation. The program may include challenge based learning where transnational and transdisciplinary teams work together to tackle challenges. By enabling new and more flexible mobility formats that combine physical mobility with a virtual part, a Blended Intensive Program aims at reaching all types of students from all backgrounds, study fields and cycles.
Groups of higher education institutions will have the opportunity to organize short blended intensive program of learning, teaching and training for students and staff. During this blended intensive program, groups of students and/or staff as learners will undertake a short-term physical mobility abroad combined with a virtual component facilitating collaborative online learning exchange and teamwork. The virtual component must bring the learners together online to work collectively and simultaneously on specific assignments that are integrated into the blended intensive program and count toward the overall learning outcomes.
In addition, a blended intensive program can be open to students and staff from any HEI, including local students and local staff. Blended intensive program builds capacity for developing and implementing innovative teaching and learning practices in the participating HEIs.
A minimum of 3 ECTS must be awarded under this kind of programs, which have to be planned, organized and carried out by at least 3 universities (ECHE holders) from 3 different Programme countries.
A university can be coordinator or partner in one or more BIPs.
Since the a.y. 2022-2023, the University of Rome “Foro Italico” takes part in the Blended Intensive Program “English for Sport” coordinated by prof. Alessandra Fazio, responsible of the Language Center of the University.
Blended Intensive Program A.Y. 2024-2025
| BIP Title | Integrating Sport Games into Training |
| ECTS | 3 |
| Period |
Virtual component: March 3 – April 28, 2025 Physical component: 5-9 May 2025 (Kaunas) |
| Coordinator | Lithuanian Sports University (LT) |
| Partner universities |
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| Participating students from partner universities | 8 |
| Call for participants – students’ mobility
Ranking – students’ mobility |
Call deadline 10-12-2024
Ranking, published n 13-12-2024 |
| Call for participants – teaching staff mobility
Ranking – teaching staff mobility |
Call deadline 16-12-2024
Ranking, published on 09-01-2025 |
| Materials | BIP presentation (see enclosed) BIP program (see enclosed) |
| BIP Title. | New teaching approaches in European physical education: Learning about and implementing pedagogical models |
| ECTS | 3 |
| Period |
Virtual component: November 4 – December 16, 2024 Physical component: 20-24 January 2025 (Murcia) |
| Coordinator | University of Limerick (IE) |
| Partner universities |
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| Participating students from partner universities | 10 |
| Call for participants | Call deadline 04-10-2024 |
| Materials | New teaching approaches in European physical education: Learning about and implementing pedagogical models – PRESENTATION (ucam.edu) |
Blended Intensive Program A.Y. 2023-2024
| BIP Title. | English for Sport 2: Language and communication skills for sport management professionals |
| ECTS | 3 |
| Period | Virtual component: March 18-April 29, 2024 Physical component: June 17-21, 2024 |
| Coordinator | University of Rome “Foro Italico” (IT) |
| Partner universities |
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| Participating students from partner universities | 28 |
| Call for participants | |
| Materials | Program 2024 |
Blended Intensive Program A.Y. 2022-2023
| BIP Title | English for Sport |
| ECTS | 3 |
| Period | Virtual component: 11-19 May 2023
Physical component: 5-9 June 2023 |
| Coordinator | Hungarian University of Sports Science (HU) |
| Partner universities | University of Rome “Foro Italico” (IT)
Frederick University (CY) |
| Participating students from Uniroma4 | 10 |
| Call for participants | Call deadline 27-04-2023 |
| Materials | Programme 2023 |