Politecnico di Milano (Centro METID)

National Network
إيطاليا
Address

Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133
Milano
إيطاليا

Telephone
0039 02 2399 2480
Telephone (other)
0039 02 2399 2439
Fax
0039 02 2399 2481
E-Mail
susanna.sancassani@polimi.it
E-Mail (2)
nicola.padovani@polimi.it
Mobile Phone
349 4335097
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1996
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
The METID (Metodi E Tecnologie Innovative per la Didattica) Centre is a non-profit centre of the public university Politecnico di Milano. It employs 45 people, divided into different sections: Management (3), Admin and Logistics (4), Adiministration (4), Responsable Project Areas (11), Editing (6), Develop (5), Visual Design (8), Tutoring (4). The budget reosurces available in a year are estimated around 2.000.000 euros: one third of the whole amount is coming from the Politecnico di Milano, while two third from external projects financed by different institutions and "customers" (European Commission, Public Authorities, Regional Insitutions and Schools and Private Companies). All the incomes qare re-invested in the Centre's activities. METID is involved in development of numerous projects for Politecnico di Milano, public authorities, Italian and foreign companies, developing services and products in many areas of interests: the Centre works with national and international partners.
Mission and Objectives

The METID (Metodi E Tecnologie Innovative per la Didattica) Centre was created to provide support to teachers in this didactical innovation via the use of computer, multimedia and telecommunications technologies, creating collaboration agreements with internal and external bodies, and comparing its activities with other Italian and international experience. The Centre aims therefore to innovate the methodologies and technoglogies for "teaching and learning", aplying its reasearching activities to many fields of interests and targets, from the primary school to the life-long learning area. In its project, the Centre always try to experience the integration between traditional way of learning and ICT tools of last generation, focusing on the needs of the target and developing solutions that fits at its best to the context.

Main Projects / Activities

METID is involved in development of numerous projects for Politecnico di Milano, public authorities, Italian and foreign companies, dealing with different areas: International, Science and Youth, Enterprises and Lifelong Learning, Inclusion and Cooperation, Didactic and Innovation, Communication and Collaboration.
The Centre has a multimedia lab and a recording studio for the realization of video services, organizes training activities on e-learning themes and offers course on Web 2.0 tools and multimedia production techniques. It offers design, development and delivery of e-learning products, testing, monitoring and training activities, tutoring and counseling support. For further details o the projects see the file attached to this form or the website of our organization.

Contact (1) Full Name
Susanna Sancassani
Head of the organisation
Alberto Colorni
Contact (2) Full Name
Nicola Padovani