In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis on the benefits of social media and social network sites to foster young people’s participation in digital public spaces and their civic engagement. Using the principles of the Student Voice approach, this study investigated the use of a Facebook group to support secondary school students’ voices and viewpoints on school quality and policy. The results showed that students were reluctant to be active in the group for several reasons, such as mistrust of school policies and resistance to combining Facebook use with school-related issues. The low participation provided clues to reflect on the design of Student Voice projects to support civic engagement at school and to evaluate the use of digital sites to support Student Voice. Some considerations on the reasons for project failure and how to successfully reach student participation in a technology-enhanced environment at school that addresses power relations, authenticity and inclusion are provided

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La ricerca internazionale sul feedback s'inserisce in un framework costruttivista, all'interno del quale i ricercatori suggeriscono che per migliorare l'apprendimento, gli studenti devono assumere un ruolo maggiormente attivo nei processi di valutazione e di feedback. Questo articolo presenta la teoria dell' internal feedback sviluppata da Nicol (2020) come alternativa radicale alle precedenti teorizzazioni sul tema. La premessa è che gli studenti generano continuamente feedback interni confrontando i loro pensieri, azioni e produzioni con diversi tipi di informazioni esterne. Tali informazioni potrebbero venire da libri di testo, video, osservazioni, risorse online, o potrebbe derivare da commenti o dialoghi con gli altri. In questa prospettiva, per migliorare l'apprendimento e la capacità autoregolativa degli studenti, si dovrebbe utilizzare e integrare un'ampia gamma di risorse, che potrebbero stimolare i processi comparativi ben al di là dei commenti valutativi dei docenti e dei feedback formali. In questo contesto, il presente articolo intende esplorare le implicazioni pedagogiche di tale teorizzazione oltre che presentarne una sperimentazione in un contesto universitario.

The spread of Covid-19 pandemic upturned higher education routines, inducing a shift to online learning which sometimes translated into a huge leap towards didactic experimentation. While exposing critical issues in existing teaching methodologies and assessment processes, such emergency distance education condition could spark meaningful educational innovation. This paper describes an international study engaging teachers of professionalizing courses in the educational area across the world (N=120). The aim was to investigate their perception of the induced distance education in terms of teaching methodology and assessment practices. Emerging findings indicate a silver lining in the midst of the pandemic storm, as teaching practices gear more towards being student-centred.

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