Valutare la qualità e l'apprendimento della didattica a distanza: Il caso dell'Università di Pisa

This contribution illustrates the results of the evaluation on distance learning commissioned by the University of Pisa during the period of the pandemic emergency. Educational and training institutions underwent a "paradigmatic shift" through the mandatory digitalization of the educational offer, characterized, given the available time frame, as a learning-by-doing process. Students, on the other hand, had to rethink their daily lives, redefining the ways in which they carried out their work, study, research, and personal activities. The University of Pisa commissioned an evaluation to the Human Foundation that could provide an initial assessment to be read from an evidence- based perspective, in order to understand if, how, and where to make necessary improvements to the already efficient and effective teaching and learning methods adopted during the emergency phase. The commissioned evaluation activity focused on the following dimensions: attendance in classes; increased participation of specific targets (stu- dents with disabilities, with specific attention disorders, working students, other vulnerable categories); quality of learning; difficulties encountered in accessing education; strengths and weaknesses of distance learning; the ability of distance learning to impact the reconciliation with personal/family needs.