The Co-Laboratory: a tool for research and education at the University of Parma

Co-Lab proposal at the University of Parma is meant to create a virtual organization, starting from Humanities and Social Science Faculties, to foster quality concerning education and research through a collaborative approach. The problem is not about IT tools, already available to use, but the creation of a mindset and stimulation of the existing infrastructure to improve results. Collaboration and the development of a project ground for everybody might upgrade learning performances inside the University. Educational frameworks such as Masters and courses have been reinterpreted as collaboration experiences and methods to gather actors have been designed through an experimental environment. Interviews to teachers and students are used to tune up the type of service needed. Organization, technology and knowledge are considered as entangled and all necessary to Co-Lab development.