Publication Date:
2019
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.
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.
Iris type:
4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno
Keywords:
E-learning, Community of Practices (CoPs), higher education, university teaching, online teaching.
List of contributors:
Raviolo, Paolo
Book title:
IC4E '19 Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning Tokyo, Japan — January 10 - 13, 2019