In the last years, the number of online courses offered by the Italian Universities have increased significantly and it has reached overall 100 courses and 77.000 students enrolled. Many academics have thus experienced the design of online courses delivered by means of Virtual Learning Environments. The aim of the research reported in the present contribution is to investigate this scenario with respect to the Italian Universities. We assumed that a reconceptualization of the models for University’s online teaching activities has triggered the born of new communities of practices (CoPs), that emerged to animate the search for more effective and sustainable online teaching models. The survey focused on the presence and the key features of CoPs for online teaching. The results of the survey confirms the presence of informal learning dynamics within the University’s organizations: a common repertoire, a sense of community and active interactions toward common objectives were identified and described by the interviewees.
Online higher education teaching practices
Paolo Raviolo
2019-01-01
Abstract
In the last years, the number of online courses offered by the Italian Universities have increased significantly and it has reached overall 100 courses and 77.000 students enrolled. Many academics have thus experienced the design of online courses delivered by means of Virtual Learning Environments. The aim of the research reported in the present contribution is to investigate this scenario with respect to the Italian Universities. We assumed that a reconceptualization of the models for University’s online teaching activities has triggered the born of new communities of practices (CoPs), that emerged to animate the search for more effective and sustainable online teaching models. The survey focused on the presence and the key features of CoPs for online teaching. The results of the survey confirms the presence of informal learning dynamics within the University’s organizations: a common repertoire, a sense of community and active interactions toward common objectives were identified and described by the interviewees.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
