The historic alliance between Italian universities and the Web 2.0 What should be done within three years. The provision contained in the timetable of e-government 2012, the plan for the reorganization and digitization of Pa launched by Minister Renato Brunetta, and the ambitious and that really deserves attention if, as certified on the latest parliamentary inquiry state of our universities (see Sole 24 Ore, 26 February), only re-balancing the ratio of non-teaching staff and professors of the national average could save 250 million euro a year. In a context of "diseconomies" still so gross, with far fewer resources (48.5 million, of which 17, 5 available now and the other 31 to be found during the Term) Vidoni Palace aims to put all faculties within 18 months on the same level for at least the WiFi network coverage and availability of VoIP service, two simple conditions to ensure advanced online services to all students and a new digital standard for internal administrative processes and communication between universities and the Ministry of ' University.
Action programs are very targeted and run on a number of development projects in digital that universities have submitted to a selection committee (composed of representatives from the Department for Technological Innovation, the Ministry of Education and the Rectors' Conference) for co-financing in exchange for the guarantee to ensure at least 12 months before the subscription service and online verbalization of electronic exams. Over 60 projects submitted for the "university Itc 4 - digital campus" were selected 34 (no rain for more funding to all, in fact), while for the spread of WiFi in the southern universities is the commitment of funding At least 20 of the 23 projects submitted. If
with this second action is still acting on the hardware side, just to ensure the connettività senza fili laddove ancora non c'è, con il primo gruppo di progetti si punta a far fare un passo avanti a chi può permetterselo. Come, per esempio, l'Università di Ferrara (17.000 studenti su una città di 120mila residenti) che grazie a questo bando punta per esempio a offrire il servizio Voip agli allievi (visto che i professori lo utilizzano da tempo). «Pensiamo inizialmente a un utilizzo interno che consenta agli studenti di comunicare tra di loro con il programma open source già sperimentato negli ultimi due anni – spiega Cesare Stefanelli, docente di Reti di calcolatori – ma già in una prima fase ci sarà anche la possibilità di riceve chiamate via web». L'università ha anche in corso di sviluppo un accordo con il Comune per garantire l'accesso agli studenti alla futura rete WiFi cittadina e l'autenticazione condivisa con altri atenei regionali per assicurare l'accesso a internet con la stessa password in tutta l'Emilia Romagna.
A Ferrara, come in altri atenei che vantano un rettorato attento alla frontiera digitale, il piano e-government probabilmente offre solo un'accelerazione a cantieri già aperti: «Certo è che con i nuovi bandi attivati dal Dit e le risorse messe a disposizione – dice ancora Stefanelli – si alza l'attenzione e questo aiuta a mobilitare gli organi di governo degli atenei visto che, come già è accaduto in passato, i tempi di realizzazione degli obiettivi sono fissati in 12 months. "
But even where the use of technology at ITC is the most advanced program of the Ministry appears to allow a sort of "start" and testing programs undertaken. The University of Rome "La Sapienza", with over 100 thousand students of whom 20 thousand regular users of the WiFi network at least a couple of years, was selected along with two other major universities Capitoline ("Tor Vergata" and Rome 3 ") just to test as they can operate a widespread use of advanced technology such as digital signatures," In our universities - says Renato Masiani, professor of construction science at the Faculty of Architecture - 4 or 5 years are examination of the minutes online, but the process still requires the signature of a final document is printed. With the new plan seeks to test the transition to the digital signature for all the implications that has in terms of greater efficiency. " Procedures will be implemented to pilot for the dematerialization of administrative acts and for the development of VoIP over the use already reached. "If something works Wisdom can work in all other Italian universities. It's a little 'this is the idea behind the new series of developments on communication technologies made possible by the e-gov plan 2012 - Masiani contends - and more resources put into the field, it is certain that the approach given by Dit enables us to put a common factor a series of programs that start and now must undergo a due verification. "
Source: Il Sole 24 Ore
