Università Roma Tre

Description of the Teaching

The use of digital technologies in professional practice is now a given that peculiarly characterizes our society. ICTs are very important not only in terms of their instrumental use, but especially in relation to the size of communication and relationships that allow access opening to a space-time dimension completely flexible. The purpose of this course is precisely to provide the theoretical and practical tools to build effective online communication and to make possible the construction of a personal ePortfolio.

Objectives

With regard to the specific characteristics of the degree course, the frequency of the course will enable students to develop the following skills and competences:

- Learn the general characteristics of digital training, in relation to its history and application of the same;
- Identify the different educational paradigms (with particular reference to instructional and constructional point of view ) that underlie the different types of training in e-learning;
- Recognize the structural obstacles to the dynamics of communication online;
- Focus the size of communicative mediation online understood as support and facilitation of relational activities;
- Develop knowledge and skills in relation to online tutoring
- Understand and apply the practices of peer-tutoring;
- Analyze situations of training in network implemented in the field by detecting strengths and weaknesses;
- Identify the characteristics that define the processes of group management in an online platform;
- Carrying out online group, aimed at research, study, simulation of professional contexts.
- Use the net to search for documentation.
- Learn the ePortfolio general characteristics;
- Know the specific use of ePortfolio;
- Know and use the Mahara platform for the building of ePortfolio
- Design and implement a personal ePortfolio in the perspective of Training and Professional Guidance



Teaching Structure
Presence and distance (blended).
The course includes a base path performed in the presence and an on-line path that develops specific topics and fields of interest and offers theoretical and operational activities for the application of acquired knowledge:
Basic course: 36 hours of lectures in the presence (6 credits).
On-line path: 18 hours of training on-line (3 credits), to be carried out mainly on the e-learning platform of the Faculty - http: \ \ formonline.uniroma3.it., and on Mahara platform.

Theoretical path (6 credits)
The course includes the study of the following texts:
1. Calvani A. ( 2005). Rete, comunità e conoscenza. Erickson. Trento
2. La Rocca C. (2016). Mediazione tutoriale e apprendimento in rete. Monolite. Roma
3. La Rocca C. (2020). ePortfolio. Conoscersi, presentarsi, rappresentarsi. Narrare, condividere, includere. In epoca digitale. Roma: Roma Tre Press. http://romatrepress.uniroma3.it/libro/eportfolio-conoscersi-presentarsi-rappresentarsi-narrare-condividere-includere-in-epoca-digitale/
4. La Rocca C. (2015). “ePortfolio: l’uso di ambienti online per favorire l’orientamento in itinere nel percorso universitario”. Giornale Italiano Della Ricerca Educativa, Anno VIII, Vol. 14, pp 157-174, ISSN: 2038-9736, http://ojs.pensamultimedia.it/index.php/sird/issue/view/130
5. La Rocca C., Capobianco R. (2019). ePortfolio: l’utilizzo delle nuove tecnologie per favorire processi di apprendimento autodiretti. Formazione Lavoro Persona. Anno IX, 26, marzo 2019, pp 138-152. ISSN 2039-4039, http://wwwdata.unibg.it/dati/bacheca/434/84731.pdf


On-line path (3 Credits)
The course of study consists of the Unit Study online and Workshop activities available online on the e-learning platform of the Faculty http:\\formonline.uniroma3.it.

1) 3 CREDITS = ePortfolio: construction of a personal Portfolio on the Mahara platform

ATTENTION PLEACE: In the case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented.