ICT

The course is part of the 24CFU PF pathway (area D). The main objective of this course is to enable students to acquire the basic knowledge of the field of Educational and Learning Technologies for the school environment.
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the following six (6) subject areas:
1) Interdisciplinary foundations of educational technologies in the school environment;
2) Instructional Design: theories and models of design and approaches/strategies/methods of digital didactics in schools;
3) Universal Design for Learning: assistive and inclusive technologies for the inclusive school;
4) Media/digital literacy, media education, adolescents' media consumption and issues related to young people's use of digital technologies;
5) Educational research in the field of educational technologies;
6) European and national policies on technologies and digital competences for school innovation.

Knowledge and understanding. Students demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of: educational and teaching technologies, theories of learning and design (methods/strategies) with/through technologies; assistive and inclusive technologies for schools; media/digital literacy and media education; issues of adolescent media consumption; school policies on technologies and digital skills.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. Students demonstrate the ability to recognise, distinguish and identify the different theories, approaches and models underlying educational projects with/through technologies.

Autonomy of judgement. Students demonstrate the ability to critically elaborate and formatively evaluate learning processes implemented with/through digital/technological environments/tools.

Communicative skills. Students demonstrate mastery of the basic specialist vocabulary of the discipline in order to communicate clearly and unambiguously with the main players in the school environment (teachers, pupils, parents, school management, school counsellors, etc.).

Learning ability. Students demonstrate that they have acquired autonomy in continuing to update themselves in the field of educational technology, in order to operate in a qualified manner in future teaching and training contexts.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

1) Interdisciplinary foundations of Educational Technology for the middle and secondary school;
2) Instructional Design: theories and models of design and approaches/strategies/methods of digital didactics in schools;
3) Universal Design for Learning: assistive and inclusive technologies for the inclusive school;
4) Media/digital literacy, media education, adolescents' media consumption and issues related to young people's use of digital technologies;
5) Educational research in the field of Educational Technology;
6) European and national policies on technologies and digital competences for school innovation.

For the 8 lessons (5 in the virtual classroom in synchronous mode and 3 online in asynchronous mode), the study materials (written handouts + supporting ppts) are available on Moodle.
For those who do not attend the lessons in synchronous mode (Zoom), the content is available in the written handouts.
The handouts are study materials for the exam (mandatory). The PPT files support the understanding of the handouts (not compulsory).

For those who wish (i.e. it is not compulsory) to delve into some topics themselves, we recommend the following reference manual:
Le tecnologie educative, A. Calvani, G.Bonaiuti, L. Menichetti, G. Vivanet. Carocci Editore, 2017.

The course takes place entirely online in synchronous and asynchronous mode:
- 5 synchronous lessons on Zoom, video-recorded, are available on the Moodle platform. They are held on Thursday afternoons from 2pm to 4.30pm. Attendance at the synchronous online lessons is not compulsory.
It is compulsory to study the handouts of the synchronous lessons.
- 3 asynchronous lessons on Moodle with compulsory attendance. Study of the handouts for the asynchronous lessons is compulsory. Attendance at the asynchronous online lessons is checked by completing the online quiz by the set date (see the indication of the specialist tutors on the platform).
Students who are absent from the asynchronous online lessons cannot be admitted to the final examination. If you are unable to attend for serious reasons, please contact your tutor in good time.
Quizzes will be provided for both synchronous and asynchronous lessons to give students the opportunity to practise for the final examination.


Written exam
A written test with 32 multiple-choice questions, some of which are provided during the course and some of which are new. The duration of the exam is approximately 30 minutes, after identification in synchronous mode on Zoom (with the connection during the exam always open).
The exam questions cover theoretical and practical knowledge acquired during the course.

The course is organised completely online in synchronous and asynchronous mode.
- Five (5) synchronous online lessons in ZOOM from 14.00 to 16.30, in co-presence with lecturers Monica Banzato and Giorgio Riello. The frontal lesson is alternated by practical demonstrations, case studies, simulations etc.... Attendance to synchronous lessons in ZOOM is not compulsory (the video recording of the lessons is available in Moodle). For the synchronous lessons, the handouts to be studied (compulsory) and the ppts to support the study (not compulsory) are made available.
- For the three (3) asynchronous online lessons (5 hours each for a total of 15 hours), the handouts are made available for study (compulsory) and are accompanied by a self-study test on Moodle (multiple choice items).
In summary, the written handouts for the synchronous and asynchronous lessons are to be studied for the examination.

Subject to new provisions (national health situation, new ministerial and university regulations), the final examination will take place in synchronous online mode.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development