A strong expansion of digital practices has accompanied the pandemic emergence, also in education. This rapid change in an increasingly digital society implies to rethink the way education and training are designed in the various subject areas (European Commission, 2020), taking into account the opportunities of the new digital technologies and the changes they foster. Living and working in digital conditions contributes, for example, to changing relationships of trust (Blöbaum, 2021). Trust is an important element in educational practices (Cavalli, 2009) and in social action, since it mitigates fear of risks, controls uncertainty, opens towards the other (Giddens, 1990; Luhmann, 1989). Our contribution focuses on some aspects that in the Italian university context characterise the relationship between teachers and students in third digital spaces (Potter & McDougall, 2017), with the aim of highlighting significant elements to which to direct attention in the change underway and, in particular, in the construction of the relationship of trust. The data come from in-depth interviews carried out with 32 students and 15 university lecturers as part of a research project conducted by the Salesian University Institute of Venice in collaboration with the University of Padua between March 2021 and March 2022, with the aim of investigating how the links between lecturer and student within third spaces modify the teaching relationship and the teacher-student relationship in an increasingly participatory, horizontal and hybrid context. In addition to the interviews, 13 lecturers were involved in two focus groups to investigate what kind of relationships can be established on digital platforms and, in particular, how informal digital proximity between lecturers and students can influence relationships of trust in teaching communication.
Una forte espansione delle pratiche digitali ha accompagnato l’emergenza pandemica, anche in ambito formativo. Questo rapido mutare di una società sempre più digitale implica l’esigenza di ripensare il modo in cui educazione e formazione sono progettate nei vari ambiti disciplinari (European Commission, 2020), prendendo in carico le opportunità delle nuove tecnologie digitali e i cambiamenti che esse favoriscono. Vivere e lavorare in condizioni digitali contribuisce, per esempio, a modificare le relazioni di fiducia (Blöbaum, 2021). La fiducia è un elemento importante nelle pratiche educative (Cavalli, 2009) e nell’agire sociale, poiché attenua il timore per i rischi, controlla l’incertezza, apre verso l’altro (Giddens, 1990; Luhmann, 1989). Il nostro contributo si focalizza su alcuni aspetti che nel contesto universitario italiano caratterizzano la relazione tra docenti e studenti nei terzi spazi digitali (Potter & McDougall, 2017), con l’obiettivo di evidenziare elementi significativi ai quali indirizzare l’attenzione nel mutamento in atto e, in particolare, nella costruzione della relazione di fiducia. I dati provengono da interviste in profondità eseguite a 32 studenti e a 15 docenti universitari nell’ambito di una ricerca condotta dall’Istituto Universitario Salesiano di Venezia in collaborazione con l’università di Padova tra marzo 2021 e marzo 2022, con l’obiettivo di indagare come i collegamenti tra docente e studente all’interno dei terzi spazi modificano il rapporto didattico e il rapporto di avvicinamento docente-studente in un contesto sempre più partecipativo, orizzontale e ibrido. In aggiunta alle interviste sono stati coinvolti 13 docenti in due focus group per indagare che tipo di relazioni si possono instaurare sulle piattaforme digitali e, in particolare, come una vicinanza digitale informale tra docenti e studenti possa influenzare le relazioni di fiducia nella comunicazione didattica.
La fiducia nella relazione educativa tra docenti e studenti universitari nei terzi spazi digitali = The educational relationship between lectures and university students in third digital spaces
ADAMOLI M
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2022-01-01
Abstract
A strong expansion of digital practices has accompanied the pandemic emergence, also in education. This rapid change in an increasingly digital society implies to rethink the way education and training are designed in the various subject areas (European Commission, 2020), taking into account the opportunities of the new digital technologies and the changes they foster. Living and working in digital conditions contributes, for example, to changing relationships of trust (Blöbaum, 2021). Trust is an important element in educational practices (Cavalli, 2009) and in social action, since it mitigates fear of risks, controls uncertainty, opens towards the other (Giddens, 1990; Luhmann, 1989). Our contribution focuses on some aspects that in the Italian university context characterise the relationship between teachers and students in third digital spaces (Potter & McDougall, 2017), with the aim of highlighting significant elements to which to direct attention in the change underway and, in particular, in the construction of the relationship of trust. The data come from in-depth interviews carried out with 32 students and 15 university lecturers as part of a research project conducted by the Salesian University Institute of Venice in collaboration with the University of Padua between March 2021 and March 2022, with the aim of investigating how the links between lecturer and student within third spaces modify the teaching relationship and the teacher-student relationship in an increasingly participatory, horizontal and hybrid context. In addition to the interviews, 13 lecturers were involved in two focus groups to investigate what kind of relationships can be established on digital platforms and, in particular, how informal digital proximity between lecturers and students can influence relationships of trust in teaching communication.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.