Hacking Higher Education: Rethinking the EduHack Course

• Published in: Education sciences Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 40 - 50
• Main Authors: Barpi, Fabrizio, Dalmazzo, Davide, De Blasio, Antonella, Vinci, Fiorella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Collaborative learning; College Faculty; Colleges & universities; COVID-19; Design; Distance Education; Distance learning; e-learning; educational challenge COVID-19; Educational Environment; Educational Resources; Educational Technology; EduHack; Electronic Learning; Faculty Development; Feedback; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Innovations; Interdisciplinary aspects; Learning Activities; Learning Strategies; Online Courses; Online instruction; Pandemics; School environment; Students; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Training; virtual learning environments; Italy
• ISSN: 2227-7102; 2227-7102
• DOI: 10.3390/educsci11020040

The paper presents a report that discuss the experience of participation of the authors in the EduHack, an online course designed to train university teachers in the use of digital techniques and learning strategies. This study highlights two issues of great interest in pandemic times. The first one is the structure and the organization of the EduHack course with some suggestions related to its improvement; the second one is Drag&Fly, the project idea of an e-learning web platform developed by the authors during the collaborative part of the course. The experience of participation to EduHack course has been analyzed by authors using concepts and categories of analysis widespread in the pragmatic theoretical tradition, enhancing the possibility of changing the teachers’ approach to the design and the implementation of a higher education e-learning course.