RT info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject T1 Developing win-win solutions for virtual placements in informatics: The VALS case A1 García-Peñalvo, Francisco J. A1 Cruz-Benito, Juan A1 Griffiths, David A1 Sharples, Paul A1 Wilson, Scott A1 Johnson, Mark A1 Papadopoulos, George A. A1 Achilleos, Achilleas A1 Alier Forment, Marc A1 Galanis, Nikolas A1 Conde González, Miguel Ángel A1 Pessot, Elena A1 Elferink, Raymond A1 Veenendaal, Edwin A1 Lee, Steve K1 Virtual placements K1 Informatics K1 Computer Sciences K1 VALS K1 Semester of Code K1 Open Source K1 1203 Ciencia de los ordenadores AB The placements and internships are one of the main paths to get professional background and some skills for students, especially in areas like informatics and computer sciences. The European-funded VALS project tries to promote the virtual placements and establish a new initiative in virtual placements called Semester of Code. This initiative binds higher education institutions, students, companies,foundations and Open Source projects in order to create virtual placements and solve needs that they have in relation with those placements. This paper introduces some projects about virtual placements that other institutions and companies perform, also the paper describes the needs, opinions and considerations about the virtual placements for each stakeholder involved in the placements, to finally explain the design decisions and actions behind the Semester of Code, and how they are intended to get better virtual placements and successful results. PB ACM SN 978-1-4503-2896-8 YR 2014 FD 2014 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10366/125094 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10366/125094 LA eng NO García-Peñalvo, F. J., Cruz-Benito, J., Griffiths, D., Sharples, P., Wilson, S., Johnson, M. Papadopoulos, G., Achilleos, A., Alier, M., Galanis, N., Conde, M. Á., Pessot, E., Elferink, R., Veenendaal, E., Lee, S. (2014). “Developing win-win solutions for virtual placements in informatics: The VALS case”. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM 2014) (Salamanca, Spain, October 1-3, 2014). F. J. García-Peñalvo (Ed.). Pages 733-738. Grupo GRIAL / ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS). New York, NY, USA: ACM. ISBN: 978-1-4503-2896-8. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2669982. DOI: 10.1145/2669711.2669982. 2014 DS Gestión del Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Salamanca RD 25-abr-2024