Design and Development of Multimedia Interactive Systems for Digital Learning.

For some time now in Italy, new technologies have attracted the interest of young people, they are the primary users of new communication devices such as smart-phones, tablets, iPad and iPod, and socialization environments such as social networks, to an extent that they use them as main tool for studying traditional subjects, rather than textbooks. On the other hand, students’ abilities in Italian High-schools and Universities are seriously decaying in the ranking of OCSE and in other international statistics while national instructional budget ranks at top. This document describes the development of e-learning 2.0 support for both the university and secondary school, experience in which the students of the Digital Communication Degree of the University of Milan have had an active role. A community effort with the involvement of teachers, allowing the creation and maintenance of websites, forums and WebTV portals, also accessible through mobile phones, resources for teaching new digital technologies while breaking the traditional “time & place” bound of the classroom. Lessons and homework become available through video uploaded to our server in Research Laboratory. Results achieved will be measured by reduced insufficient marks at the end of this Academic Year.