Elena Mosa, National Agency for the Support of the School Authonomy (ex-INDIRE), Italy
Training experience
Elena Mosa has a degree (University of Pisa) in foreign languages and literature (English and Spanish), a masters degree in “Digital writing” (attended in Milan); another University master in “E-learning design in school, academic and business environments” (University of Genoa); “Multimediality for e-learning” (University of Rome). She is currently enrollend in another degree course in “Educational Sciences” at the University of Florence.
Work experience
She worked in a private language school as the Director’s secretary working at the same time as a translator.
She has worked for four years as an instructional learning designer for ANSAS, the National Institute of Documentation for Innovation and Educational Research, based in Florence, Italy (www.indire.it).
She is currently coordinating project groups and running research activities on innovation in school through the use of ICT.
She published some papers on the social dimension developed in collaborative on line learning environments (communities of inquiry) and a critical analysis of the use of Learning Object in school. Also, she has worked on the analysis of spatial deixis and methapors in on line learning enviroments.
At present she is working on the methodological use of Interactive Whiteboards in school.
She presented her research works in many national and international conferences:
- m-ICTE, Seville (22-25 Noveber 2006)
- I-learn forum, Paris (4-6 February 2008)
- Eminent, Rome (4-5 December 2008)
- IADIS, Algarve (Portugal, 19-23 June 2009)
She was interviewed in a TV programme on the topic of school and reforms.
She taught in a University on line Master “School learning environment transformed by ICT” (www.iuline.it).
Brief presentation of the National Agency for the Support of School Autonomy (ANSAS, formerly INDIRE)
ANSAS stands for the National Agency for the Support of School Autonomy. It was instituted by legislative decree on the 20th July 1999, following the reform of the Biblioteca di Documentazione Pedagogica. It is a public institution with administrative, financial and accounting autonomy, operating on a national level and regulated by the Italian Ministry of Education.
ANSAS collaborates with the Italian Ministry of Education in the management of EU programs, projects and initiatives including the European Schoolnet. The institute manages the Italian SOCRATES agency (LLP, LongLife Learning Program), the Italian Eurydice Unit and the e-Twinning National Support Service.
Since 2001 it has been conducting research into the use of e-learning for the training of school personnel, teachers, school heads, administrative staff and students. Among the projects which are particularly relevant for the current proposal, it is worth mentioning its participation in the EUN Consortium (www.eun.org).