Distance Learning and ICT as driving forces for change: what social impacts in secondary schools in Rome


After the spread of Covid-19 in Italy, digital technologies have made it possible to carry on the ordinary activities of the various educational agencies, through the main tool of Distance Learning (DaD). This paper focuses attention on the social impact (OEC-DAC in Stern, 2016) of the DaD to evaluate: the extent and intensity of the methodological-didactic innovation required of teachers for the organization and conduct of lessons distance; the increase - in students - of transversal and digital literacy skills (team working, problem solving, etc.) potentially associated with the use of ICT; the involvement and collaboration of families in the process of evaluating and verifying learning. The reflection returns the first results of the background research conducted as part of the University project (Sapienza, University of Rome) on "The Social Impact Assessment of DaD after Covid 19"; addressed to a typological sample of upper secondary schools in Rome, in an evaluation oriented by the Positive Thinking Evaluation framework (Lo Presti, 2020).