Distance hybrid classes: methodological and practical guidelines for deploying distance hybrid classes, covering both technological and educational aspects.

Webinars proposed by the INDIRE research group (Tuesday 3 March 2020)

• Speakers: Benigno V. Caruso G. Fante C.
• INDIRE website

TRIS.2 HOME SCHOOLING METHODOLOGY: before, during and after the Covid-19 crisis

Some webinars offered in conjunction with Italy’s National Association of School Principals (ANP) and Fondazione TIM (Tuesday 10 March and Wednesday 12 March 2020 )

• Speakers: Trentin G. Benigno V. 
• ANP website
• www.progetto-tris.it/

When school comes home

An initiative by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italian Research Council) dedicated to home schooling.

• Servizio della Web TV del CNR
• #CNRrisponde: informazione scientifica sull'attualità in 2 minuti
• Tweet dell'Ufficio Stampa CNR

Education Ministry initiative: "L'INCLUSIONE VIA WEB" (web-based inclusion)

CNR-ITD researchers participate in the special Education Ministry taskforce set up by Italy’s Department of Human, Financial & Technical Resources. The taskforce’s remit is to help manage activities undertaken within the "L’inclusione via web" initiative.

• CNR-ITD researchers involved: Vincenza Benigno, Lucia Ferlino & Giovanni Paolo Caruso
• Taskforce webpage on the Education Ministry website

Good Practices and Challenges in School Hospitals during the Covid-19 crisis

Interview with a group of teachers from various hospital schools around Italy. A document summarising the main outcomes will soon be published.

WEB INCLUSION: Good practices in the age of Covid-19

How do you manage ODL when teaching students with autism? How can you respond to families who feel abandoned? Where can you find strategies and good practices to prevent at-risk students wandering off their learning and educational pathway?

• Speakers: Flavio Fogarolo, Fabrizio Corradi, Stefania Vannucchi, Claudia Munaro, Carlo Cipollone, Raffaele Ciambrone, Tiziana Catenazzo, Lucia Ferlino (CNR-ITD)
• Registration form
• Video of the webinar (it is mandatory to register in order to access the video)

The Essediquadro training platform offers a space featuring:

• a virtual space where teachers and experts can get together and discuss matters;
• a section for each webinar;
• sections dealing with specific issues and that feature video lectures, and video tutorials dealing with both theory and practice.

Topics currently available include: 

• Da scuola a casa: usiamo la multimedialità per raccontare storie
• APP-rendiamo a distanza nella scuola dell’infanzia
• Coding a distanza con Scratch

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The Institute for Educational Technology part of the Italian National Research Council is the only scientific research institute in Italy devoted solely to research into educational innovation supported by the employment of ICT-related models, methods and tools.

ITD's investigation of Educational Inclusion addresses the relationship between education and students with Special Education Needs (SEN), including those related to disability, immigration, people with learning difficulties or who are unable to attend school regularly. This research effort is inspired by the UNESCO approach to inclusion, whereby the individual requirements of learners with difficulties are best met by creating learning environments and communities that can be configured in an agile manner to meet their specific needs.

The current spread of the COVID-19 virus is posing enormous challenges, profoundly affecting our daily way of life, including the way we work, socialise and learn. CNR-ITD researchers and support staff are seeking to help Italy's teachers by offering them opportunities to take part in online initiatives that explore the adoption of distance learning strategies and environments and inclusive education.