Internationalisation has been a key theme in higher education (HE) for decades. Multiple initiatives across the world have contributed to creating offerings of high-quality online education, with collaborations across national borders. Two of the concepts that have proved to be influential are Virtual Mobility (VM) and Open Education (OE). Virtual mobility refers to study activities that students enrolled in HE in one country undertake online in other countries without physically moving. Such activities are certified and mutually acknowledged by participating institu-tions. Open education covers global initiatives increasing access to free online qual-ity education, without or with alternative forms of certification.The research presented in this article identifies the learner skills and competences that are supported by Open Virtual Mobility (OpenVM), a new trend in online education that builds upon these two concepts. A group concept mapping study based on the contributions of experts in both VM and OE resulted in defining seven learner skills and competence areas including: intercultural skills and atti-tudes; networked learning; active self-regulated learner skills; media and digital literacy; autonomy-driven learning, interactive and collaborative learning in an authentic international environment and open-mindedness. The study provided input for further conceptualising of OpenVM as a bridge between VM and OE.

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开放式虚拟移动中的学习者技能

几十年来，国际化一直是高等教育（HE）的关键主题。跨国家的协作，世界各地的多项计划为创建高质量的在线教育产品做出了贡献。已证明具有影响力的两个概念是虚拟移动性（VM）和开放式教育（OE）。虚拟移动性是指在一个国家/地区注册的高中学生在不进行实际移动的情况下，在其他国家/地区在线进行的学习活动。参与机构对此类活动进行了认证并相互认可。开放式教育涵盖了全球计划，这些计划增加了免费的在线质量教育的获得，而无需或没有其他形式的认证。本文介绍的研究确定了开放虚拟移动性（OpenVM）支持的学习者技能和能力，这是基于这两个概念的在线教育的新趋势。一项基于VM和OE专家贡献的小组概念图研究得出了七个学习者技能和能力领域，包括：跨文化技能和服装；网络学习；积极的自我调节学习者技能；媒体和数字素养；在一个真实的国际环境和开放的思想中，自主学习，互动和协作学习。该研究为进一步将OpenVM概念化为VM和OE之间的桥梁提供了输入。一项基于VM和OE专家贡献的小组概念图研究得出了七个学习者技能和能力领域，包括：跨文化技能和服装；网络学习；积极的自我调节学习者技能；媒体和数字素养；在一个真实的国际环境和开放的思想中，自主学习，互动和协作学习。该研究为进一步将OpenVM概念化为VM和OE之间的桥梁提供了输入。一项基于VM和OE专家贡献的小组概念图研究得出了七个学习者技能和能力领域，包括：跨文化技能和服装；网络学习；积极的自我调节学习者技能；媒体和数字素养；在一个真实的国际环境和开放的思想中，自主学习，互动和协作学习。该研究为进一步将OpenVM概念化为VM和OE之间的桥梁提供了输入。