The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, better known as Coronavirus, has forced the adoption of restrictive measures aimed at reducing/eliminating social contact for the containment and management of the health emergency. The Education and Training System represented one of the main sectors that underwent these provisions with the suspension of face-to-face teaching and learning activities and the transition to distance learning, based on the provision of lessons in a virtual environment through adoption of online platforms (Learning Management System), through which training continuity was ensured. In the wake of Emergency Remote Teaching, this doctoral thesis work contains a reflection on the temporary changes imposed by emergency events on the university education system and the related teaching methods. The paper aims, on the one hand, to return an overview of the theoretical constructs underlying online education in Higher Education, and on the other hand, to show the outcomes of the exploratory survey, using a mixed methods approach, conducted on a convenience sample consisting of 305 students attending humanities degree courses at the University of Salerno. Through the administration of a semi-structured online questionnaire, consisting ex novo of 72 items organized into 6 sections,, students' perception of the forced technological educational innovation that occurred in the university reality was revealed, from which to start a reflection on future training actions. The results provide a snapshot of the changes experienced by the university in response to the pandemic situation and, similarly to similar national research, highlight a fairly positive consideration of the stakeholders about the university educational experience lived during the lockdown, recognizing and appreciating the efforts of the university and teachers to keep training activities unchanged and guarantee the right to study. Starting from the in-depth analysis of the evidence that has emerged, in particular the positive and negative elements of online lessons, we reflect on the factors that characterize effective digital teaching and possible developments when this modality, no longer tied to the emergency, it can represent an opportunity to integrate with traditional in-person forms.
La pandemia da SARS-CoV-2, meglio noto come Coronavirus, ha imposto l’adozione di misure restrittive volte a ridurre/eliminare il contatto sociale per il contenimento e la gestione dell’emergenza sanitaria. Il Sistema d’Istruzione e Formazione ha rappresentato uno dei principali settori che ha subito tali disposizioni con la sospensione delle attività didattiche in presenza e il passaggio alla didattica a distanza (DaD), basata sull’erogazione delle lezioni in un ambiente virtuale mediante l’adozione di piattaforme online (Learning Management System), attraverso cui è stata garantita la continuità formativa. Sulla scia dell’Emergency Remote Teaching, il presente lavoro di tesi dottorale racchiude una riflessione rispetto ai temporanei cambiamenti imposti dai fatti emergenziali al sistema di formazione universitaria e alle relative modalità di insegnamento. L’elaborato mira, da un lato, a restituire un quadro di sintesi sui costrutti teorici alla base della didattica online nell’Higher Education, dall’altro a mostrare gli esiti dell’indagine esplorativa, con approccio mixed methods, condotta su un campione di convenienza composto da 305 studenti frequentanti corsi di laurea umanistici presso l’Università degli Studi di Salerno. Mediante la somministrazione di un questionario semi-strutturato online, costituito ex novo da 72 item organizzati in 6 sezioni, si è rilevata la percezione degli studenti rispetto alla forzata innovazione didattica, di stampo tecnologico, avvenuta nella realtà universitaria da cui avviare una riflessione sulle future azioni formative. I risultati restituiscono un’istantanea dei cambiamenti vissuti dall’università in risposta alla situazione pandemica e, similmente alle analoghe ricerche nazionali, evidenziano una considerazione abbastanza positiva degli stakeholders circa l’esperienza didattica universitaria vissuta durante il lockdown, riconoscendo e apprezzando gli sforzi dell’Ateneo e dei docenti per mantenere inalterate le attività formative e garantire il diritto allo studio. A partire dall’approfondimento delle evidenze emerse, in particolare degli elementi di positività e quelli di negatività delle lezioni online, si riflette sui fattori che connotano una didattica efficace integrata dal digitale e sui possibili sviluppi quando tale modalità, non più vincolata all’emergenza, può rappresentare una opportunità da integrare alle forme tradizionali in presenza.
La didattica a distanza all'università ai tempi del Covid-19: la percezione degli studenti / Mariagrazia Santonicola - Università degli Studi di Salerno. , 2024 Jun 11. XXXV ciclo. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2021-2022.
La didattica a distanza all'università ai tempi del Covid-19: la percezione degli studenti
SANTONICOLA, Mariagrazia
2024
Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, better known as Coronavirus, has forced the adoption of restrictive measures aimed at reducing/eliminating social contact for the containment and management of the health emergency. The Education and Training System represented one of the main sectors that underwent these provisions with the suspension of face-to-face teaching and learning activities and the transition to distance learning, based on the provision of lessons in a virtual environment through adoption of online platforms (Learning Management System), through which training continuity was ensured. In the wake of Emergency Remote Teaching, this doctoral thesis work contains a reflection on the temporary changes imposed by emergency events on the university education system and the related teaching methods. The paper aims, on the one hand, to return an overview of the theoretical constructs underlying online education in Higher Education, and on the other hand, to show the outcomes of the exploratory survey, using a mixed methods approach, conducted on a convenience sample consisting of 305 students attending humanities degree courses at the University of Salerno. Through the administration of a semi-structured online questionnaire, consisting ex novo of 72 items organized into 6 sections,, students' perception of the forced technological educational innovation that occurred in the university reality was revealed, from which to start a reflection on future training actions. The results provide a snapshot of the changes experienced by the university in response to the pandemic situation and, similarly to similar national research, highlight a fairly positive consideration of the stakeholders about the university educational experience lived during the lockdown, recognizing and appreciating the efforts of the university and teachers to keep training activities unchanged and guarantee the right to study. Starting from the in-depth analysis of the evidence that has emerged, in particular the positive and negative elements of online lessons, we reflect on the factors that characterize effective digital teaching and possible developments when this modality, no longer tied to the emergency, it can represent an opportunity to integrate with traditional in-person forms.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


