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The legislative framework

Law January, 28 1999, n. 17, integration of the previous law February 5 1992, n. 104

Disabled students enrolled to university courses are provided with the necessary technical and didactical support as well as specialized tutoring services;

Universities have a delegate directly nominated by the Rector who coordinates, monitors and supports all the initiatives related to the integration of disabled students.

Front office for disable students and graduates

In 2010 the University Centre for the Orientation (CAO) enhanced the facilities for the disabled with two front office services:

COT: centre for the orientation

CETRIL: centre for internship and job placement

COT: centre for the orientation

Organizational/technical facilities: Accompanying services: mobility support to take the students to

class, library, administartive offices Mediation with academic and administrative staff: COT staff can

contact teachers, reference persons at Faculties, secretarial staff to facilitate the buroucratic procedures and gather the neede information about exams and timetables or other didactical activities

Internet points: at the COT office students can take advantage of computers and internet connection

Free and equipped rooms in dormitories: with a disability that is higher than 66% the student can ask for a room to live in during his study period.

Deaf interpreneurs Technological support: the student can ask to buy the

devices he/she will use during the whole course period

(computer, software, specific devices)

Learning support:

Specialized tutoring service : according to the law 17/99 every disabled students can ask for support from a young graduate

Personalized exams: the COT staff can interact with the teacher to negotiate the modalities of the exam procedure

International mobility: disabled students can participate to Socrates/erasmus programmes with the support of the required staff .

COT: centre for the orientation

CETRIL: centre for internship and job placement

The law March,12 1999, n. 68 establishes the norms for the right to work for disabled people.

The front office activated for disabled is taking care of the following issues:

Internship/stages Job placement Post lauream education

CIEM: Centre for e-learning and multimediality

The centre CIEM is a service center that gathers two organizations:

CAIM: computer science and multimediality CELFI: e-learning and integrated training

CIEM was awarded the European quality label UNIQUE (http://www.qualityfoundation.org/unique-certification/) for the use of ICT and E-learning in HE (2009-2012) .

CELFI: e-Learning Centre

CELFI supports and coordinates the methodological-technical development of teaching/learning processes based on ICT and multimedia.

Since 2005 the centre provides: strategic, pedagogical and organisational

modelling of the university online learning offer; teacher and online tutor training; LMS and technical facilities for faculties and

Departments ; research about pedagogical models and online

environments; coordination and development of international

project.

6 6 Faculties 1717 Degree

Programmes 10811081students

4 4 Postgraduate Masters

220 students 3 3 Postgraduate

Courses 175 175 students

Ph.D. programme Ph.D. programme in Technology of Education

Faculty of Faculty of Law Humanities and

PhilosophyEducation

Political Science Cultural Heritage

Communication sciencesCELFI e-Learning centre provides resources and technologies supporting personalised, online/blended learning activities.

The department of Educational Science is responsible for research and development of advanced learning content.

e-learning at University of Macerata

ThankThank you!you!

Pier Giuseppe RossiEducation Faculty DeanUniversity of Macerata Italypg.rossi@unimc.it