Up2University: a European Project to integrate formal and informal learning in secondary schools
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The up2university project aims to integrate formal and informal learning in secondary schools to smooth the transition to university by focusing on teachers’ training and leveraging technology for constructive learning. Key challenges include validating informal learning through a systematic four-step process and recognizing the obstacles faced by students in documenting their informal learning experiences. Future directions involve refining assessment protocols, enhancing learning analytics, and promoting an informal learning culture in educational institutions.
Up2University: a European Project to integrate formal and informal learning in secondary schools
- 1. Up2University: a European Project to integrate formal and informal learning in secondary schools Nadia Sansone, Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome (IT) Gabriella Paolini, GARR Consortium (IT) nadia.sansone@unitelmasapienza.it
- 3. A pedagogy-driven ecosystem to bridge the gap between secondary school and university
- 4. A step backward: teachers’ role in the project Teachers Literature and policy Up2U skills information management motivation and autonomy critical thinking collaboration creativity language
- 5. To students through teachers • Introducing technologies is not, of course, sufficient to positively influence educational practices alone • Rather, technology should be used as a tool to mediate the construction and validation of students informal learning • We stress the importance of letting teachers experience technology- mediated constructive learning so that they can challenge themselves in a new way of learning and teaching (Sansone et al., 2019) • Teachers’ training: 116 Italian teachers trained to fully integrate informal learning in formal path
- 6. The challenge: how to validate informal learning • 4 steps: • identification of the results of learning (learning outcomes), broken down by knowledge, abilities and skills of the non-formal/informal (Recognition); • production of evidence on the part of the candidate (Documentation); • evaluation of the results of learning (Assessment), or validation; • certification of the results achieved. • Learning Analytics can help in documentation and recognition online.
- 7. The Pilot • 226 students from different schools taking parts in the Pilot • 44 video-based resources created from group-works • 197 «stories» to tell about their informal learning
- 8. Obastacles and limits • Cultural biases • Infrastructures • Privacy Policies • Teachers’ training
- 9. Further directions • Defining a unique assessment protocol to evaluate informal learning • Improve Learning Analytics • Disseminate results for policy-makers to take decisions • Promote the «informal culture» in schools and university