Lurking Reduction at School Through Virtual Communities of Practice: The Binario 9 ¾ Project

Abstract

The recent COVID-19 emergency has pointed out the importance of distance learning in modern Education. Indeed, although it cannot be considered a substitute of traditional didactic methodologies based on frontal lectures, it can be a valid integration, especially when addressed to those students characterized by learning disturbs and/or cultural barriers. In this paper we present a recent project, namely Binario 9 ¾, where distance learning has been implemented through virtual communities and storytelling adoption, to support impaired students of middle school to bridge the gap with others.