Participatory evaluation as starting point to design for smarter learning ecosystems: The UTOV case history

Abstract

In the recent past it has been shown that participatory evaluation constitutes an alternative approach to traditional benchmarking of learning ecosystems capable to provide an insight on the smartness of universities and schools. Such alternative approach has also been shown capable to make emerge problems and desiderata from the opinions of all players involved in the educational processes. In this paper we report on the outcomes of a participatory evaluation process carried on along three years at the University of Rome Tor Vergata to show how one can use them to go beyond the evaluation stage and guide a bottom-up design process to foster the achievement of smarter learning ecosystems.