Alessandro Caforio from UNINETTUNO gave a presentation about the Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO Course Delivery Model as part of the online events by expert pool Curriculum Development & Course Design within EMPOWER.

1. Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Alessandro Caforio
12/09/2017
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model

2. Objectives
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
1. Introduce UNINETTUNO framework and model
2. Highlight the close interactions between
technological, pedagogical and organizational
models
3. Show a real case about delivery model evolution

3. UNINETTUNO model
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
A framework for course design, production and
delivery used by all the courses in all the
programs.
25+ years of applied research carried on by Prof.
Maria Amata Garito and her research team.

4. UNINETTUNO model
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
UNINETTUNO
Model
Learning
Contents
Collaboration
and
Interaction
Learning by
doing
activities
Support and Orientation contents
Assessment and evaluation systems

5. UNINETTUNO
Model
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Concept Maps
Didactic Plannings
Exam Guides
Agenda
Videolessons (index,
bookmarks)
Books & Articles
Multimedia
Bibliographies
Web referencesExercises
Interactive exercises
Virtual Labs
Learning analytics
Qualitative evaluations
Exams Admission Criteria
Collaborative
Learning
Environments

6. UNINETTUNO 2006 model
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
1. Videolessons, indexed and linked with bookmarks
to learning contents related to lessons’ subjects
2. Exercises – students had to deliver one exercise
per lesson of the course; Tutors evaluated and
graded the exercises for each students;
3. Interactions through text-based forum and
chatrooms

7. UNINETTUNO 2006 model
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Issues:
1. 16-lessons course for 30 students
means about 500 exercises to be
corrected by the Tutor; each course
is deliverd 3 times/academic year,
resulting in about 1500 exercises to
be corrected per each course
2. Interactions between students and
with Tutors and Professors is limited
(only text-based forum and chat)

8. UNINETTUNO model - 2008 update
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
1. UNINETTUNO Island of Knowledge on Second Life
2. UNINETTUNO Virtual Classroom system

9. UNINETTUNO Island of Knowledge
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model

10. UNINETTUNO Virtual Classroom
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model

11. UNINETTUNO model - 2008 update
Improvements
• Application of the flipped
classroom approach on
SecondLife
• Forum animated as
preparatory sessions for
Virtual Classroom events;
• Collaboration and interaction
part of the delivery model for
all the courses
• Reduced number of exercises
Issues
• Technical requirements for
Second Life
• Complex UI for Second Life
• Virtual Classrooms are live
sessions but text-only input for
students is still a limitation
• Organizational bottleneck for
Virtual Classrooms
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model

12. UNINETTUNO model – 2017 update
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Interactive Classrooms System

13. UNINETTUNO Interactive Classrooms
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Implementation process:
1. About 2 years piloting experimentations in
partnership with Microsoft (started late 2015)
2. Teaching/Learning models definition (february
2017)
3. Training of professors and tutors (march-april 2017)
4. Large scale roll-out (may 2017)

14. UNINETTUNO Interactive Classrooms
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Pilot experimentation

15. UNINETTUNO Interactive Classrooms
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Pilot experimentation
• 3 pilot courses for 5 course delivery phases
• About 450 students involved
• Different teaching/learning models tested:
• Flipped classroom
• Weekly revision for wiki-based collaborative activities
• Shared virtual space
• Technical instruction through application sharing

16. UNINETTUNO Interactive Classrooms
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Teaching/Learning models definition

17. UNINETTUNO Interactive Classrooms
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Training of professors and tutors:
1. 12 group training events
2. About 250 Tutors and 120 Professors trained
3. Individual support granted both for didactic and
technical needs

18. UNINETTUNO Interactive Classrooms
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Large Scale Roll-out: May 2017. Main results
• Interactive classrooms sessions are a requirements
for all courses since May 2017 course delivery
phase
• 471 Interactive Classes already performed
• About 5000 thousands students already involved

19. UNINETTUNO Interactive Classrooms
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Main obstacles
1. Technical difficulties (installation, syncronization,
first-access disorientation)
2. Acceptance curve in early adoptions
3. Psychological dimensions

20. UNINETTUNO Interactive Classrooms
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Organizational and pedagogical impacts
1. Recording studios are no more a bottleneck: technical equipments and staff
resources freed from Virtual Classroom activities;
2. Real-time collaborative learning part of UNINETTUNO model for all the
courses/programs
3. Students’ role in the teaching/learning process is more active;
4. professors and tutors have a clearer idea of their classes’ learning performances
and receive constant feedbacks from their students;
5. Professors and tutors experimenting on virtual shared spaces and shared
applications will bring more innovation on UNINETTUNO model

21. Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Alessandro Caforio
12/09/2017
Interactive Class System in UNINETTUNO
Course Delivery Model
Thank you!
(questions are welcome)