Curriculum Vitae	Elena Caldirola	
Personal information		
First name(s) / Surname(s) 	Elena Caldirola	
Telephone(s)	0382 - 986051			
E-mail	elena.caldirola@unipv.it	
		
Nationality	Italian	
Gender	Female	
		
Occupational field	eLearning - Life Long Learning  - Continuing Education – Online Training – Online Education - Virtual Mobility – MOOCs – Learning Spaces	
		
Award		
Dates	2021 May – at the present	
Position	Fellow	
Name and address of employer	EDEN  - European Distance and E-Learning Network 	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	
		
Certified competences		
Dates	2022 - February	
Title of qualification awarded	Course / Certificate	
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	Education Innovation in a digital scenario. Goals, tools, perspectives	
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
	University Politecnico di Milano – Fondazione CRUI /Roma	
Dates	2022 - January	
Title of qualification awarded	One week event / Certificate	
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	First Teaching Excellence Training for Academic Staff 2022	
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
	European Network on Teaching Excellence - E-Note Erasmus Programme	
Dates	2021 - December	
Title of qualification awarded	Certificate	
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	Expert in Telematic University evaluation	
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
	   National Agency for evaluation of University System and Research	
Dates	2020 August 	
Title of qualification awarded	Course / Certificate	
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	Smart Working – Challenges and Opportunities 	
Name and type of organisation providing education and training	University of Naples Federico II – Federica WebLearning / IFEL Anci Foundation	
		
Work experience		
Dates	2014 February – at the present	
Occupation or position held	Head	
Main activities and responsibilities	Innovation in Didactics and Digital Communication Unit (30 people)	
Name and address of employer	University of Pavia 	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	

Dates	
2018 June – at the present	
Occupation or position held	Representative in behalf of the University of Pavia	
Main activities and responsibilities	Board of Directors – Executive Committee	
Name and address of employer	EDEN  - European Distance and E-Learning Network	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research
	
Dates	2017 June – at the present	
Occupation or position held	Representative in behalf of the University of Pavia  at Italian eLearning Society – Rome	
Main activities and responsibilities	Board Member	
Name and address of employer	University of Pavia	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	
		
Dates	2018 August – at the present	
Occupation or position held	Representative in behalf of the University of Pavia	
Main activities and responsibilities	Contact Person in EU 3 years ERASMUS+ funded project DIGIPASS – Digital PassPort	
Name and address of employer	EU – Other members: Universities of Granada, Cracow, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Dublin	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research
	
Dates	2015 December – at the present	
Occupation or position held	Member	
Main activities and responsibilities	CG Education Innovation Working Group	
Name and address of employer	COIMBRA GROUP – Bruxelles – EU	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research
	
Dates	2014 April - at the present	
Occupation or position held	Moocs Development Coordinator	
Main activities and responsibilities	Project Manager	
Name and address of employer	University of Pavia – Deputy Rector University Third Mission	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	
		
Dates	2015 October – 2017 July 	
Occupation or position held	Representative in behalf of the University of Pavia	
Main activities and responsibilities	   National Working Table on MOOCs	
Name and address of employer	CRUI – Conference of the Italian Universities Rectors - Rome	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	
		
Dates	2013 December – 2015 December	
Occupation or position held	Chairperson	
Main activities and responsibilities	CG E-learning Task Force Coordinator	
Name and address of employer	COIMBRA GROUP – Bruxelles – EU	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research
	
Dates	2014 September – 2016 August	
Occupation or position held	Representative in behalf of the University of Pavia 	
Main activities and responsibilities	Member in EU 2 years ERASMUS+ funded project OUVM – Open Universities for Virtual Mobility	
Name and address of employer	EU – Other members: Universities of  KU Leuven, Oviedo, Kaunas, UaB)	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	
		
Dates	2013 November	
Occupation or position held	Lecturer	
Main activities and responsibilities	5 weeks Virtual mobility course “Open Educational Resource”	
Name and address of employer	EU Project VMCOLAB – Virtual Mobility Co-Laboratory	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research
	
Dates	2013 June	
Occupation or position held	Visiting professor at Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)	
Main activities and responsibilities	 2 weeks Erasmus Intensive Programme “Virtual Mobility and Learning”	
Name and address of employer	Vytautas Magnus University	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	
		
Dates	2012 October – 2014 October	
Occupation or position held	Representative in behalf of the University of Pavia 	
Main activities and responsibilities	Member EU 2 years funded project PROVIP – Promoting, Supporting Virtual Mobility in Placement	
Name and address of employer	EU – Other 13 members: Universities of Edinburgh, Leuven, Padova, ecc.)	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	
		
Dates	

Occupation or position held	

Main activities and responsibilities	

Name and address of employer	

Type of business or sector	

	2010 November – January 2014	

Technical Director C.E.L.I.D. (Centre for E-Learning and Innovation in Didactics)	

E-learning (full/blended) project managing	

University of Pavia	

Education / Research	

Dates	
2010 November 	
Occupation or position held	Representative in behalf of the University of Pavia at National Department for Digitalization and Technological Innovation (Italian Ministry for Public Administration and Innovation). 
Key topic: E-learning in Italian universities	
Main activities and responsibilities	Member of a national workgroup 	
Name and address of employer	University of Pavia	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	

Dates	
2009 November 	
Occupation or position held	Representative in behalf of the University of Pavia at Coimbra Group – E-Learning Task Force	
Main activities and responsibilities	Member of an European workgroup	
Name and address of employer	University of Pavia	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	

Dates	
2007 November – 2010 November	
Occupation or position held	E-Learning Project Manager	
Main activities and responsibilities	E-learning (full/blended) projects managing	
Name and address of employer	University of Pavia	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	

Dates	
   2002 December – 2007 September	
Occupation or position held	Technical Director Language Centre	
Main activities and responsibilities	HR Manager	
Name and address of employer	University of Pavia	
Type of business or sector	Education / Research	

Education and training		
		
Dates	1994  June	
Title of qualification awarded	Degree in Political Science, cum laude.	
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	Political Science – Methodology of Social Research 	
Name and type of organisation providing education and training	University of Pavia	
Level in national or international classification
	Master Degree	
Dates	October 2002 – April 2003 	
Title of qualification awarded	Master “Web Content Manager”	
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	Web writing - Concept design – Web semiotics - Community management - Web marketing - On-line press office – Web Usability	
Name and type of organisation providing education and training	Ateneo Multimediale – Milan	
Level in national or international classification
	Post-graduate education (Master)	
Dates	2006 December	
Title of qualification awarded	Master “E-Learning Project Manager” (cum laude)	
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	E-learning (full/blended) project managing	
Name and type of organisation providing education and training	University of Florence	
Level in national or international classification	Post-graduate education (Master) 60 CFU	

		
Dates	2013 September	
Title of qualification awarded	Certification ATE (Academic Teaching Excellence)	
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered	Teaching – English as Media Instruction	
Name and type of organisation providing education and training	British Council – Oxford University	

Technical skills and competences	Educational OpenSource web based tools, Learning Management Systems: Advanced user / Administrator.
Content Management System: Advanced user/Administrator
Social networking tools/platforms - Advanced user/Administrator
ChairPerson in international working groups
International webinars Moderator
Project Manager and Coordinator
 	
Other professional competence	Civil Service Trainer – Lombardy Region	
		
Language	English (C1 CEFR level, both in speaking and writing) 	
		
Other personal information	Rotary International Past Member – eClub 2050 – Main service developed: www.alfabint.org	

Pubblications
Author and co-author of several articles, books chapters, and congress abstracts. The most relevant are reported:

Basto A., Golfredi A., Grassi D., Caldirola E. (2021) Un sistema di controllo per i tirocini di Medicina dell’Università degli studi di Pavia. Paper presentato al MoodleMoot di Torino, 2021.
Caldirola E., Pirlo G. (Editors) (2018) La formazione nell’era delle Smart Cities. Esperienze e Orizzonti. Cisalpino Istituto Editoriale Universitario, Collana EPHESO –- Euromediterranean Phenomena / Historical, Economic and Social Observatory. PP. 476 - ISBN: 9788820511043
Caldirola E., Ferlini F., Govoni S. (2018) La costruzione di Learning Spaces all’Università di Pavia
in chiave Europa 2020, in La formazione nell’era delle Smart Cities. Esperienze e Orizzonti. Cisalpino Istituto Editoriale Universitario, Collana EPHESO –- Euromediterranean Phenomena / Historical, Economic and Social Observatory pp.67-88 - ISBN: 9788820511043
Caldirola E., Svelto F. (2018) L’esperienza dell’Università di Pavia nell’ambito dei MOOCs, in La formazione nell’era delle Smart Cities. Esperienze e Orizzonti. Cisalpino Istituto Editoriale Universitario, Collana EPHESO –- Euromediterranean Phenomena / Historical, Economic and Social Observatory pp.213-226 - ISBN: 9788820511043
Caldirola E., Ferlini F., Magenes G. (2017) Corsi in modalità blended all’Università di Pavia, in “Design the Future!” Extended abstracts della Conferenza Ememitalia 2016, pp.481-492 Genova University Press, ISBN: 978-88-97752-89-9, https://www.ememitalia.org/archivio/2016/atti-ememitalia-2016
Caldirola E., Ferlini F., Previtali P. (2016) Digital Learning nella formazione professionale e permanente presso l’Università di Pavia, Didamatica 2016, Udine  - Atti del Convegno
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309579032_Digital_Learning_nella_formazione_professionale_e_permanente_presso_l%27Universita_di_Pavia
Volungevičienė A., Dauksiene E., Caldirola E., Blanco Medina I. (2014) Success Factors for Virtual Mobility Exchange on Open Educational Resources, EDEN Annual Conference, 6 pp., Zagreb 10/13 June
Caldirola E., Ferlini F., Volungevičienė A. (2014) Nuovi paradigmi per l’apprendimento: la mobilità virtuale degli studenti, Atti del Convegno Didamatica “Nuovi Processi e Paradigmi per la Didattica”, 10 pp., Napoli 7/8/9 Maggio
Caldirola E., De Lotto I., Ferlini F. (2013) ICT Tools Supporting Language Learning for Adult Immigrants, in”ICT for Language Learning”, Conference Proceedings 2013, Firenze, Libreria Universitaria
Caldirola E., Juan Fuente A., Fueyo Gutiérrez M. A., Ferreira, R. M. (2014) Smart mobility and smart learning for a new citizenship  in  Vocational Training: Research and Reality (No 25)
https://ejournals.vdu.lt/index.php/vocationaltraining/article/view/312/257
Caldirola E., Marini A. (2013) LifeLong - Learning/Mobility e il ruolo delle nuove tecnologie di social networking: la via europea alla società della conoscenza, Atti del Convegno Didamatica “Tecnologie e Metodi per la Didattica del Futuro”, 10 pp., Pisa 7/8/9 Maggio
Caldirola E., De Lotto I., Ferlini F. (2013) Strumenti ICT a supporto dell’apprendimento linguistico dei cittadini stranieri, Atti del Convegno Didamatica “Tecnologie e Metodi per la Didattica del Futuro”, 8 pp., Pisa 7/8/9 Maggio
Caldirola E. (with others) (2012) E-learning at the Coimbra Group Universities, Coimbra Group policy paper, http://www.coimbra-group.eu/publications/policy-papers
Caldirola E. (with others), e-Learning at the Coimbra Group Universities in “Focus on: Semantic Web and e-Learning” Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society Vol 8, No 2 (2012) pp.107-111 - ISSN (online) 1971 - 8829 | ISSN (paper) 1826 - 6223 © 2017 Je-LKS - Italian e-Learning Association (SIe-L) 
Cofrancesco P., Petrone M., Bruni F., Caldirola E. (2011) Web resources for Computer-Aided Instruction: a blended classification scheme, Journal of e-learning and Knowledge Society, 7(3), 87-96.
Caldirola E., Marini A. (2011) Strumenti e metodi per l’innovazione didattica in uno storico Ateneo residenziale: l’esperienza di blended learning della Facoltà di Farmacia dell’Università di Pavia, in “Manuale di didattica universitaria online”, a cura di M.B. Ligorio, E. Mazzoni, M. Casini Schaerf e A. Simone – Scripta-Web, Napoli.
Perin P., Caldirola E., Cofrancesco P., Marini A. (2011) Monitoring academic progress in a Faculty of Pharmacy Journal of e-learning and Knowledge Society, 7(1), 36-47.
Caldirola E., Marini A. (2010) Utilizzo della tecnologia OpenSource Moodle all’Università di Pavia – Facoltà di Farmacia - per l’accertamento e il recupero dei debiti formativi in ingresso (applicazione dm 270/04 e decreti attuativi collegati). Atti del convegno MoodleMoot2010, Conferenza sulle tecnologie informatiche per l'e-learning nell'Istruzione, Formazione e Università, 2-3 luglio 2010, Bari.
Caldirola E., Ferlini F., Marini A., Stefanelli M., & Civardi F. (2008) Managing Quality Improvement of Learning in a Campus-Based University. Actions for blending, monitoring and tutoring traditional learning activities. International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering, 295-298, 12-14 December, Wuhan, China, Proceedings IEEE, DOI 10.1109/CSSE.2008.118.
Caldirola E., Marini A. (2008) Blended Learning: the Pilot Project of a School of Pharmacy. Journal of e-learning and Knowledge Society, 4(3), 109-118.
Caldirola E. Interagire, integrare, internazionalizzare: ipotesi web-based per la didattica all’Università di Pavia, in Atti del Convegno Nazionale Didamatica 2007 – Informatica per la didattica, Università degli Studi di Bologna- Sede di Cesena, a cura di A. Andronico, G. Casadei, pp. 865-874, Maggio 2007
Caldirola E. (2006) Diciannove collegi per due fiumi: l’e-learning all’Università di Pavia. (Tesi Master “Progettista e gestore formazione in rete” - Università di Firenze) Cum laude. (estratto pubblicato sull’Open Journal Form@re, Erickson:
http://formare.erickson.it/wordpress/it/2006/diciannove-collegi-per-due-fiumi-l%E2%80%99e-learning-all%E2%80%99universita-di-pavia/
Caldirola E. (2005) Alma Mater! Toga e Matricola a confronto, in “La magia della scrittura. Scrivere per farsi leggere: neurolinguistica e stile efficace”, a cura di Alessandro Lucchini, Milano, Sperling & Kupfer.
Caldirola E. (2004)  Intranet . Teoria e Pratica (Contributi), a cura di Alessandro Lucchini, Milano, Apogeo.
Caldirola E. (2003) World Wide Church e studi internazionali: gli storici, la Chiesa, la rete, in “Stato, Chiesa e relazioni internazionali”, a cura di Marco Mugnaini, Milano, Angeli 2003, p. 346-373
Baldry A., Caldirola E., Grunther P. (2003) Knowing and learning about what to expect: the role of multimodal concordancing in explorations of film texts in foreign language short courses in “I Centri Linguistici: approcci, progetti e strumenti per l’apprendimento e la valutazione” a cura di C. Taylor, C. Taylor Torsello e M. Gotti, pp.547-563, Università degli Studi di Trieste
Caldirola E. (2000) Facts and figures in the Italian political world: towards a conception of the relational database as a multifunctional teaching and learning resource, in “Multimodality and Multimediality in the distance learning age” a cura di Anthony Baldry, Palladino, Campobasso.
Caldirola E. (1996) Le ragioni e gli strumenti di una ricerca in "Ragazzi d'Europa: Identità, condizione giovanile e disagio verso lo straniero", AA.VV, pp. 9-21, Pavia, Pi-Me Editrice
Caldirola E. (1994) La matrice dati e il questionario, in "Lingue straniere e Università" a cura di G. Bernini e M. Pavesi, pp.33-39, Milano, Franco Angeli.

LA SOTTOSCRITTA, A CONOSCENZA DI QUANTO PRESCRITTO DALL’ART. 76 DEL D.P.R. 28 DICEMBRE 2000 N. 445, SULLA RESPONSABILITÀ PENALE CUI PUÒ ANDARE INCONTRO IN CASO DI FALSITÀ IN ATTI E DI DICHIARAZIONI MENDACI, NONCHÉ DI QUANTO PRESCRITTO DALL’ART. 75 DEL D.P.R. 28 DICEMBRE 2000 N. 445, SULLA DECADENZA DAI BENEFICI EVENTUALMENTE CONSEGUENTI AL PROVVEDIMENTO EMANATO SULLA BASE DI DICHIARAZIONI NON VERITIERE, AI SENSI E PER GLI EFFETTI DEL CITATO D.P.R. N. 445/2000 E SOTTO LA PROPRIA PERSONALE RESPONSABILITÀ DICHIARA CHE TUTTE LE INFORMAZIONI CONTENUTE NEL PROPRIO CURRICULUM VITAE SONO VERITIERE