The course is divided into three sections:
I. Media and pedagogy in the transition from the communicative frameworks of orality to those of writing, printing and multimedia;
II. The role of communication technologies and current knowledge infrastructures in learning processes;
III. Cultural software and digitally enhanced teaching tools.

In detail, the following topics will be developed during the course:

I - Media and pedagogy in the transition from the communicative frameworks of orality to those of writing, printing and multimedia.
1. Media and technological dimension; 2. Modes of communication and educational reflexes; 3. Orality, writing, printing, multimedia, networks; 4. Reconfiguration of the methods of archiving, reproduction and creation of knowledge for learning.

II - The role of information and communication technologies in learning processes.
1. Technologies and incorporation of values; 2. Relational configurations of knowledge; 3. The infosphere as a knowledge infrastructure and basis for digitally enhanced teaching.

III - Cultural software and digitally augmented teaching tools.
1. Software and learning platforms; 2. Metadata, databases, algorithms; 3. E-learning, mobile learning, online training, social learning and social reading; 4. Openness and Open Educational Resources.

REFERENCE TEXTS

Mandatory texts for attending and non-attending students (the first text is available in ebook version, the others are available in both paper and digital versions):

1) One of these:
a) Rivoltella P.C., Rossi P.G., Tecnologie per l'educazione (Pearson, 2019)
b) Rivoltella P.C., Apprendere a distanza. Teorie e metodi (Raffaello Cortina, 2021)

2) Maragliano R., Pireddu M., Storia e pedagogia nei media (#graffi, 2014: ebook).
3) Ferri P., Moriggi S., A scuola con le tecnologie. Manuale di didattica digitalmente aumentata (Mondadori Università, 2018).