Technology enhanced active and collaborative learning in distance higher education: Students’ perception

This paper focuses on the three year-degree e-Learning course in Psychological Sciences and Techniques delivered by Sapienza and Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome. In designing the course, a decision was made to integrate classic e-Learning with a participatory and collaborative approach, safeguarding the strengths of both models. To this end, the degree course is based on three fundamental pillars: a theoretically anchored Learning Design, an experienced and continuously supported team of teachers and tutors, a flexible and rich Learning Management System. The study presents the data relating to the opinions of the first graduates of the course (a.y. 2019-2020), collected through a semi-structured questionnaire in which different dimensions relating to the overall experience were investigated. 22 students answered the questionnaire so far. Results show how the students strongly appreciated the experience, considering the online course to be worthy of a face-to-face course, both from the point of view of the quality of teaching and the possibility of learning knowledge and skills useful both in academic and professional life.