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Open Education Initiatives in Italy

A report by Matteo Uggeri for the POERUP project: Policies for OER Uptake Final edits, layout, summarising and geocoding by Paul Bacsich

Acc No Initiative Type Country/ Region Initiative HQ Initiative name Initiative URL Initiative summary Initiative Initiative HQ Geolocation Initiative Initiative contact Political Funders Start End year Educational Level Educ'l Interface Resource Subject(s) Licence(s) Media types Tags hashtag continent city owner address contact email scale year (text) Level language(s) language(s) person (ISCED) curator curator fill in if you By and large See examples below. This should be an abstract to a longer e.g. a The most curator use only Forename Lower case e.g. national, e.g. leave See examples if you e.g. Twitter, FB, RSS use only use only can use the name Please use the URL to narrative of a few paragraphs university or important Surname format regional, ministries blank if unders feed the locals use complete as many ministry field for the city, ongoing tand columns as possible OER Map institutional ISCED 11140901 peeragogi OER United States; California Berkeley Peeragogia http://it.wikibooks.org A manual hosted on Wikibooks Berkeley Berkeley 37.8747920,- Howard International Instititutional Schools; 2; 3; 5; Italian English; (all) Creative wiki Manuals; books; peer a Italy /wiki/Peeragogia (Italian) in order to support the Center for Center for 122.2583100 Rheingold universities 6 Italian; Commons learning; e-learning learning to learn practices and the New Media New Media, (others) sharing of learning experiences and 426 Sutardja resources among students. An Dai Hall, example is the page on 'How to University of organize a MOOC': Come organizzare California, un MOOC (Massive Open Online Berkeley, CA Class). 94720, USA 11140902 itsosporta OER Italy Lombardy Cernusco sul ITSOS Portal http://www.sloopproje The 'ITSOS Portal' - formerly 'Teca ITSOS Marie ITSOS Marie 45.5248320,9.3 Luigi petrus@itsos- Local Self-funded 2006 2008 Schools 2;3 Italian Italian; e-Learning; Foreign Depending on videos; audio Videos; schools; l Naviglio ct.eu/ ITSOS' ('ITSOS display case') - is a Curie Curie, Via 122170 Petruzziello mariecurie.it English languages; the resources: files technical subjects; portal for sharing educational Masaccio, 4, Microbiology; the portal uses audio lectures resources (video, audio, images) Cernusco sul Sports science; The PHP Motion without the use of third-party online Naviglio, use of Moodle defined as a services such as YouTube, iTunes or Milan, Italy 'YouTube any Google Drive application, in order clone' to cope with the reluctance of many teachers in putting their didactic material online, which is often due to the risks of control exert by those huge companies. Teachers, students and general users can spread in this portal all content that have a 'teaching' value and that, as a fundamental characteristic, can be 'free to use'. At the time we write, the website has more than 30 videos resources and 4 audios. The impression is that it is a kind of self- managed web portal (developed with phpmotion) which may grow significantly also because both teachers and students are getting more and more familiar with ICT skill useful to develop and share OERs in the view of co-producing learning paths. It is hard to imagine this as a model for other schools, but it may work. As far as we know, it is unique. 11140903 sloop2des OER Italy Sicily Palermo Sloop2desc http://moodle.pa.itd.c Sloop2desc - Sharing Learning Objects EACEA/ITD EACEA/ITD del 38.1650740,13. Giovanni giovanni.fulantelli Multi- EACEA 2009 2011 Schools 2; 3 English; Italian Italian E-learning; EUCIP CC presentations; Teacher training; c nr.it/sloop2desc/ in an Open Perspective to develop del CNR CNR Palermo, 3096810 Fulantelli @itd.cnr.it National (Leonardo) documents schools European Skills and Competences - is a Palermo Via Ugo La (Italy, project of online training activities Malfa, 153 Slovenia, using e-learning methodologies and Palermo, Sicily, Romania) tools, EQF and qualification systems, Italy that was carried out for 400 teachers of secondary schools in Italy. The objective of the training courses is the acquisition of knowledge and skills related to: the definition of e-learning courses; mentoring in a virtual environment, the development of 'open' digital resources using Web 2.0 tools and systems for the production of Learning Objects, and the design and development of educational resources on EQF and on European qualification systems. Open Education Initiatives in Italy, by Matteo Uggeri, with edits etc by Paul Bacsich (June 2014)

Acc No Initiative Type Country/ Region Initiative HQ Initiative name Initiative URL Initiative summary Initiative Initiative HQ Geolocation Initiative Initiative contact Political Funders Start End year Educational Level Educ'l Interface Resource Subject(s) Licence(s) Media types Tags hashtag continent city owner address contact email scale year (text) Level language(s) language(s) person (ISCED) 11140904 freeloms OER Italy Sicily Palermo FreeLOms http://www.freeloms. FreeLOms - FreeLearning Object EACEA/ITD EACEA/ITD del 38.1649222,13. Giovanni giovanni.fulantelli Multi- EACEA 2005 2007 Schools 2; 3 Italian; English Italian; (all); (STEM) Free / CC Moodle Free; Moodle org/xmlui Management System - is a place for del CNR CNR Palermo, 3093699 Fulantelli @itd.cnr.it National English; courses; learning objects; sharing and collaboration in didactics. Palermo Via Ugo La (Italy, Slovenian; presentations; LOM; SCORM The main objective of FreeLOms is to Malfa, 153 Slovenia, Romanian learning objects provide a community of teachers, an Palermo, Sicily, Romania, (LOM) online platform designed to support Italy Ireland) them in research, editing, re-use and sharing of collections of digital educational resources. The project was funded by EACEA in 2005 and since its closure in 2007 has no significant update. Nevertheless, we decided to include it in this list as it may represent a very interesting forerunner of what we now call 'OER'. In its intentions it was a very innovative project and some of the resources still included are still useful (they are all still available, and in many languages). The Sloop2Desc project, also described, is a sort of follow up. 11140905 innovalas OER Italy Lazio Rome Scuola+ Innova http://www.innovalasc 'Scuola+ Innova la scuola' (nothing to Fondazione Fondazione 41.9064200,12. Stefania stefania.farsagli@ Regional MIUR Septe June 2014 Schools; primary 2; 3 Italian Italian (all) Not specified videos; (mostly) School; video; cuola la Scuola uola.it/ do with the namesake 'Innova scuola' Rosselli Rosselli, Via 4924860 Farsagli fondazionerosselli mber schools; lectures; teacher Government initiative of 2008, see Sallustiana 29, .it 2013 secondary training; above) aims to come to light the 00187 Rome, schools dissemination; good experiences of the most significant Italy practices and innovative digital teaching developed by schools in the provinces of Rome, Latina and Frosinone, promoting networking and disseminating the technological innovation of all school contexts of the region. School+ wants to give voice to the primary and secondary schools that, by using effectively the financial resources made available by the Rome Foundation for the technological upgrading, have been able to create integrated and innovative learning environments. It operates in Latina, Frosinone and Rome. The project is operated by Fondazione Rosselli with the contribution of Fondazione Roma. 11140906 risorseper OER Italy Lazio Rome Risorse per http://risorsestudentip Risorse per Studenti ('Resources for INDIRE Indire, Via 43.7706480,11. [email protected] National INDIRE (part 2013 Schools 2; 3 Italian (many) Italian language and Copyright Videos; Resources; tests; studenti Studenti on.indire.it/ Students') is a toolbox for studying Michelangelo 2643020 of MIUR), literature; English control (Legge presentations; videos, schools; from home and school. In the portal, Buonarroti 10, FSE, PON language and 22 Aprile documents; student; Physics; students will find tools and content for 50122 literature; 1941, n. 633). tests PISA; mathematics the 'recupero dei debiti formativi' Florence, Italy Mathematics; But free o fuse ('learning debits recovery', or the Physics; OCSE PISA if without conditional advancements to the next tests economical grade, dependent on retaking failed purposes. exams), the in-depth analysis of the topics covered in class, or suggestions to simply study in a different way. 11140907 scuolaape OER Italy Veneto Belluno Scuola Aperta http://www.scuolacoo The purpose of the project Scuola Scuola media Scuola media 46.0274320,11. Renata National USR 2009 Schools ; VET 2; 3; 4 Italian CMS; support; Open Tutorial, CMS; training; ICT rta sul Web perativa.net/wordpres Aperta sul Web - Un CMS per la 'G. Rocca' di 'G. Rocca' di 9125020 Durighello Lombardia administration; templates; s/ scuola - is to provide four models of Feltre Feltre, Via schools documents; school site-based Content Arnaldo videos Management System with a common Fusinato 14, architecture with regard to navigation Belluno, and organization of the sections. A Veneto, Italy tutorial explains in more detail the characteristics of the site and provides guidance on how to use it for the site of their institute. See also the 'Porte aperte sul web' ('Doors open on the web') initiative. page 2 Open Education Initiatives in Italy, by Matteo Uggeri, with edits etc by Paul Bacsich (June 2014)

Acc No Initiative Type Country/ Region Initiative HQ Initiative name Initiative URL Initiative summary Initiative Initiative HQ Geolocation Initiative Initiative contact Political Funders Start End year Educational Level Educ'l Interface Resource Subject(s) Licence(s) Media types Tags hashtag continent city owner address contact email scale year (text) Level language(s) language(s) person (ISCED) 11140908 scuolacha OER Italy Liguria Genoa Scuola Channel http://www.scuolacha By entering the Scuola Channel Kulta Villa Durazzo 44.4152484,8.8 info@scuolachan National Business / 2014 Schools 2; 3 Italian Italian Environment; (not specified) Text; videos; TV TV; company; school; nnel nnel.it/ ('School Channel ') portal, any teacher Bombrini, Via 754982 nel.it sponsorship Citizenship; Environment; can choose in the menu of Educational Lodovico Security; Citizenship; Security; content to supplement their own Antonio Interculture; Interculture; training plans and can also enrich their Muratori 5, Economy; Health; Economy; Health; own School Channel with ideas, 16152 Genoa, New media New media projects, and content created directly Italy from the classes. The aim is to develop a digital community that gives visibility and space for the expression of new possibilities to the world of school. It is a private initiative but with free content. 11140909 unimarco MOOC Italy Lazio Rome Universita degli http://mooc.unimarco Università degli Studi Guglielmo Universita Universita 41.8938496,12. mooc@unimarco National Private 2013 University 5; 6; 7 Italian Italian (several) (not specified) videos; (mostly) Videos; university; nimooc Studi Guglielmo ni.it/index.php/corsi Marconi is the first Open University in degli Studi degli Studi 4342049 ni.it university national; private; Marconi - Italy, recognized by the Ministry of Guglielmo Guglielmo free; MOOC MOOC Education in March 2004. The Marconi Marconi, Via university, with its headquarters in Gregorio VII, Rome, coordinates a network of 414, 00165 decentralized Poles in the different Rome, Italy Regional Offices, which provide all the educational services needed. The learning activities provided by the Marconi University include 30 different undergraduate courses, more than 70 master's degrees, PhD, specialization courses, higher education and international study programmes. The University offers a flexible and innovative educational model that combines training methods at a distance (printed materials, handouts, CD-Rom, e-learning platform) with training activities (lessons, seminars, workshops, sessions review and study) in order to achieve the learning outcomes for the student. The courses are free (so it is a real MOOC, apart from the fact that it is maybe not really 'Massive'). 11140910 nettunoo MOOC Italy Lazio Rome Universita http://www.openuped The International Telematic University Universita Universita 41.8960380,12. Nicola n.paravati@unine International Private 2012 University 5; 6; 7 English, Italian English; Algorithms and data (not specified) videos; (mostly) Videos; university; penuped :OPUP Telematica .eu/courses?resetfilter Uninettuno is a single institution Telematica Telematica 4776310 Paravati ttunouniversity.ne university Arabic; structures; History Open Up Ed; EU; Internazionale s=0&clearordering=0& conceived on a grand scale in order to Internazional Internazionale t Italian; and Institutions of multilanguage; TV; UNINETTUNO - clearfilters=0 cover all the Italian territory (it has e UNINETTUNO, French the European costs; MOOCs; OpenupEd several poles) and even more, as most UNINETTUN Corso Vittorio Union; MCOCs of the courses and the website O Emanuele II, Mathematics; interface are also in English. We 39, 00186 Medieval art decided to include here because it is Rome, Italy history; Aegean an 'historical' e-learning initiatives, civilisations; even supported by the RAI (the Italian European Area of government TV channel) and because Freedom and it's huge, so we can say 'massive' in Security; this case. Nevertheless, it is not free Psychotechnology ('the student can matriculate and and learning enrol entirely via the Internet by processes; Linear paying his fees by credit card or bank Algebra; European transfer'), so we cannot truly call it Funding and MOOC, it can be a sort of MCOC Europlanning; (Massive Closed Online Course European Legal and perhaps?). The fee costs are more or Political System less aligned with those of other 'traditional' universities. We cannot exclude the possibility that, following the new economical and didactic trend, it will become open in a few years. In fact, Uninettuno is anyway part of the OpenupEd initiative. page 3 Open Education Initiatives in Italy, by Matteo Uggeri, with edits etc by Paul Bacsich (June 2014)

Acc No Initiative Type Country/ Region Initiative HQ Initiative name Initiative URL Initiative summary Initiative Initiative HQ Geolocation Initiative Initiative contact Political Funders Start End year Educational Level Educ'l Interface Resource Subject(s) Licence(s) Media types Tags hashtag continent city owner address contact email scale year (text) Level language(s) language(s) person (ISCED) 11140911 tusciaocw OER:O Italy Lazio Viterbo Tuscia - OEC http://95.110.193.186/ Open Educational resources of the Tuscia Universita 42.4274697,12. Regional Region 2009 2010 University / VET 4; 5; 6; Italian Italian Cinema and history; (not specified) Videos; University; videos; EC ocw/index.php?option Tuscia University. The website seems University degli Studi 0926384 (?) 7 ICT and human podcasts podcasts =com_seyret&Itemid= closed now but it has offered video della Tuscia, science; Czech 35&task=allvideoslist / and podcasts lectures on topics such Via San Camillo literature; e- http://ocwunitus.org/ as e-books, information taxonomy, de Lellis, learning metadata and so on. The resources are 01100 Viterbo, still available even if maybe a bit too Italy un-updated. We could not find more detailed information. Tuscia is not listed as a member of the Open Courseware Consortium. 11140912 aisberg OA Italy Lombardy Bergamo Aisberg http://aisberg.unibg.it/ According to the website of June 2014, Universita Universita 45.7044460,9.6 Ennio Ferrante ennio.ferrante@u Local Cineca 2008 University / VET / 4; 5; 6; Italian; English Italian; (many subjects, (not specified) documents; Research; Aisberg - Archivio Istitutzionale degli Studi di degli Studi di 602970 nibg.it Research 7; 8 (other organized in: 1. (mostly) biographies; Università degli Studi di Bergamo - Bergamo Bergamo, Via languages) Research output, 2. publications; library can be described as follows Since 2009 Salvecchio 19, Scholarly publishing Aisberg has been the open access 24129 initiatives, 3. Open repository of the University of Bergamo, Italy educational Bergamo. In Aisberg you can find resources, 4. collections of research materials and OpenAIRE) educational resources, all freely available. Since 2011 Aisberg has been integrated in SURplus, the new software suite for the University's research assessment. You can view in Aisberg our researcher's bibliographic data and find out open access copies of their publications. It's not a very popular initiative in Italy, but we think it's a very interesting and promising model to open up the research materials, more than the educational resources. At time of writing it looks unique in Italy. And the interface is all translated in English. 11140913 polimieco MOOC Italy Lombardy Milan Politecnico di http://ecolearning.eu/ ECO (Elearning Communication Open- Polytechnic Politecnico di 45.4786332,9.2 Alessandra Alessandra.Tomas International European 2014 2017 University 5; 6 Italian; English English; geomatics; physics (not specified videos; (mostly) International; EU; Milano - ECO portfolio/politecnico- Data) will use state-of-the-art University of Milano, Piazza 282081 Tomasini [email protected] Community Italian; mathematics yet) MOOC; research; di-milano/ technologies in implementing the Milan Leonardo da CIP Portuguese CIP; geomatics; merged MOOCs platform (based on Vinci 32, 20133 physics; mathematics individual platforms and resources Milan, Italy provided by individual partners in the project), which will enable the combined and cross-border piloting activities in all the hubs involved in the project. The ECO proposal aims at extending to a pan-European scale the most successful MOOC experiences in Europe, piloting and showcasing these best practices by its implementation in regional hubs of excellence throughout Europe. To do so ECO will implement a merged MOOC platform integrating different modules provided by some ECO partners, to train teachers for online collaborative learning and certify teachers who will create their own courses. Politecnico di Milano is the Italian partner in the project and will begin its pilot MOOC courses at the end of 2014 on geomatics, physics and mathematics.

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Acc No Initiative Type Country/ Region Initiative HQ Initiative name Initiative URL Initiative summary Initiative Initiative HQ Geolocation Initiative Initiative contact Political Funders Start End year Educational Level Educ'l Interface Resource Subject(s) Licence(s) Media types Tags hashtag continent city owner address contact email scale year (text) Level language(s) language(s) person (ISCED) 11140914 polimiokp OER Italy Lombardy Milan Polimi Open https://www.pok.poli POK - Polimi Open Knowledge - the Polytechnic Politecnico di 45.4784168,9.2 Susanna [email protected] National Institutional 2014 University 3; 5; 6 Italian / English Italian physics; Not specified videos; web University; MOOC; Knowledge mi.it/ Open Knowledge platform held by University of Milano, Piazza 271117 Sancassani mathematics; soft documents; management; Polimi (Politecnico di Milano) is meant Milan Leonardo da skills; business and (mostly) mathematics; to support the freshmen of Politecnico Vinci 32, 20133 management physics; Soft skills; on the development of soft skills and Milan, Italy transitions to help them in the transition from High school to University. With the provided online courses they can improve and consolidate their high school skills before they start the courses at the university. These courses are only for the first year students of Polimi, but others such as physics, math and business are open to anyone. Others may be added in the future. The courses are listed also on the Open Education Europa portal. The platform is built on OpenEdX by METID in collaboration with ASICT. 11140915 polimidol MOOC Italy Lombardy Milan DOL MOOC http://www.dol.polimi. DOL MOOC is described as following in Polytechnic Laboratorio 45.4823388,9.2 Paolo Paolini [email protected] National University 2014 2015 teacher training 6; 7 Italian Italian new ICT tools for Not specified (not specified) Schools; teacher mooc it/mooc/ its website: DOL MOOC is the proposal University of HOC, 398664 evaluation; digital training; e-learning; of the HOC laboratory of the Milan Politecnico di storytelling g at LMS Polytechnic of Milan as part of the Milano, Viale school; Expo Milano online training program DOL dedicated Rimembranze 2015; didactics; to the use of new technologies in di Lambrate PoliCultura EXPO teaching. The courses are intended to 14, 20134 offer teachers the opportunity to have Milan, Italy access to current topics that harness the potential of learning in the network and will respond immediately to the request for an education that will fit every need of place, time and learning time. The courses are offered free of charge, take place entirely at a distance, self-learning through e- learning platform. How many have completed the activities planned by each MOOC, at the end of the course, will receive a certificate of participation and a digital badge (according to the international standard Mozilla). The initiative looks really interesting and promising, but at time of writing cannot be really called a MOOC, as it is more a self-styled 'Massive' set of small courses (and we have no idea of the potential number of students). 11140916 design10 MOOC Italy Sicily Catania Design 101 https://iversity.org/co Design 101 won the Iversity prize Accademia Accademia 37.5588340,15. Anne-Sophie [email protected] Italian Iversity prize 2013 2014 University 5; 6 English English (not specified) Videos; PDF University; design; 1 urses/design-101 'MOOC Production Fellowship'. It is Abadir di Abadir di 0837010 Gauvin m supported by MOOC described as: 'A journey into Catania Catania, Via Stifterverban contemporary design in which you will Giacomo d fuer die transform yourself and your everyday Leopardi 8, Deutsche life into 101 projects'. For three 95030 Wissenschaft months, the students developed basic Sant'agata Li design attitudes allowing them to Battiati, thrive in today's world, while restoring Catania, Sicily, their understanding of its mechanics. Italy To do so, the students collectively explored the tools of today (such as this MOOC platform) 'to step into a fantastic voyage through time and space, in which we are all absolute beginners' as the teaser states. The same team is now designing a new MOOC.

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Acc No Initiative Type Country/ Region Initiative HQ Initiative name Initiative URL Initiative summary Initiative Initiative HQ Geolocation Initiative Initiative contact Political Funders Start End year Educational Level Educ'l Interface Resource Subject(s) Licence(s) Media types Tags hashtag continent city owner address contact email scale year (text) Level language(s) language(s) person (ISCED) 11140918 mediatou MOOC Italy Lazio Rome MOOC https://www.mediatou This is - again - not exactly a MOOC, MediaTouch MediaTouch, 41.9138565,12. info@mediatouch National Self-funded 2014 2014 VET ; teacher 4 ; 6 ; 7 Italian Italian Moodle Copyright © (not specified) Moodle; MOOC; chmoodle Insegnare con ch.it/it/eventi/il- but more a free online course on one Via Michele di 5219474 .it training 2013 school; VET; Moodle 2014 primo-mooc-moodle- of the most used e-learning Lando, 10 MediaTouch technology; training ufficiale-in-italiano- technology tool, Moodle. The online 00162 Rome, 2000 Moodle iscriviti-ora/ course is open to people dealing with Italy Partner. All training and e-learning. The students Rights will improve their knowledge and Reserved. ability to use this LSM environment. For a period of four weeks they will face the exploration of basic knowledge for: the creation of a Moodle course; the use of various types of multimedia educational materials; conducting individual and group exercise activities; the overall management of a course (by the evaluation, monitoring the organization of participants). The interesting point is - in our opinion - the fact itself that Mediatouch, one of the most important Moodle Media partner in Europe, and the leading one in Italy, is demonstrating interest in the MOOC field. We therefore may expect something bigger in the future, maybe an Italian Moodle-based real MOOC? 11140919 italianunil MOOC Italy Tuscany Florence Italian http://www.iuline.it/ This is a real MOOC by the University University of Universita 43.7776430,11. Andreas [email protected] National Self-funded / 2013 University 5; 6 Italian Italian Loptis: online (not specified) storytelling; MOOC; cMOOC; ine University Line of Florence. It is a course on 'Internet Florence degli Studi di 2597650 Formiconi and Business (the permanent blogging; social university; school; technology for school' and the founder Firenze, Piazza Giorgio students can laboratory on activities; technology; calls it cMOOC (connectivist Massive di San Marco, Federici pay to get internet technology bookmarking; connectivism; Open Online Course). A Prezi 4, 50121 the final for school (not declared, storytelling; presentation describes the first course Florence, Italy certificates) as based on blogging; social results here. In this presentation, the connectivism) activities; social authors (Formiconi and Federici) also bookmarking propose an interesting answer to what can be 'massive' or not. 'It is massive because it does not have any limit to the number of [potential] subscribers]. The most remarkable aspect of IUL is the business model, which is finally close to the actual US MOOCs, and clearly described in a very interesting article by Cristiano Ciappei, Giorgio Federici and Andreas Formiconi of the University of Florence. 11140920 khanitalia OER United States California Mountain Khan Academy https://it.khanacadem This is just the Italian page with the Khan Khan 37.3931790,- https://khanacad International Mr. Khan 2010 university; school 3; 5; 6 English; Italian; Italian mathematics; (rather videos; Khan; mathematics; no View Italiano y.org/ Khan Academy resources in Italian. Academy Academy, PO 122.0778760 emy.zendesk.com (others) (mostly) complex) documents; international; There are quite a lot, so we cannot Box 1630, /hc/en-us / or (mostly) science; USA; obviously call it an Italian OER but if Mountain info@KhanAcade university someone seeks for OER in Italian (on View, CA my.org math) they need to know about this 94042, USA resource.

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