Distance-Learning Master’s Degrees at Turin University (UNIST)

Marketing and T.V. on the Web – Sole 24Ore – 18th September 2006
The development of new media such as television and Internet radio, as well as T.V. and film script-writing, can introduce new spaces for professional growth. This degree forms professionals able to create, write, film and edit products for diverse content-providers: television, new media and advertising. [...] Other courses include script-writing, which today holds a central role in the elaboration of television programmes.

Distance-Learning Degrees in Sardinia.

Il Giornale dell’Architettura – June 2006
Sardinia has recently inaugurated Sofia, its first distance-learning university. An acronym for On-Line Formation, Teaching and Learning System, the Sofia project involves Cagliari and Sassari Universities and is supported by Tiscali, the SIS Consortium and the companies Tecnofor, Giunti Multimedia and UNIST, specialized in e-learning material and videos. [...]

On-Line Master’s

Millionaire – July/August 2006
Turin University and UNIST produced two online distance-learning Master’s degrees in “Multimedia Production” and “Writing for Television and New Media”. This would include nine months of lectures and a three-month internship (virtual or in person) [...], and a number of prestigious academics that would be difficult to assemble in a conventional classroom. The Master’s degree offers an all-encompassing multimedia product (theoretic formation and practical experience on technical aspects). [...]

Sardinia’s Online University

Corriere delle Comunicazioni– June 2006
Sardinia’s online university is born. The SOFIA project (Online Formation, Teaching and Learning System) will provide, in the 2006-2007 academic year, the first three online BSc in Architecture, Communication Science, and Science of Administration. [...] The creation of the University stems from a competition won by the Unitel Consortium, constituted by the Universities of Cagliari and Sassari. The latter associated with the telecommunication company Tiscali, the Sis Consortium and the companies Tecnofor, Giunti Interactive Labs and Unist, which specialize in the production of eLearning material and videoproduction.

Turin University’s Online Master’s Degrees.

Prima Comunicazione – March 2006
Since 2001, Unist [...] already produces projects [...]for the European Council, Milan’s Poytechnic University, Italian Posts, and other businesses: the accessibility standards are those of the European directives (W3c), and the final result amounts to 60 formative credits. In Turin, a multimedia didactic Campus was created. It is organized as a virtual campus, in which the student can follow lectures, delve further into the content, work together with fellow students and clarify any doubts with the tutor. Books and other material are sent directly to his/her home. To begin, all that is needed is a computer equipped with a basic, 640 Kb high-speed Internet connection.

Created for SMBs. Tomorrow’s Already Existing Formation Programme.

L’Impresa – August 2008
Unist, the leading centre for the production of multimedia distance-learning courses, has organized a user-friendly digital platform. Its many functions include self-assessment tests, case simulations and educative videogames and it encourages interaction through discussion groups and a direct contact with the tutor. A manager can choose online courses adapted to his/her interests, that s/he can follow where and when s/he wants – even on a business trip, in a car or at the airport. “We have a catalogue of 300 courses and some of the most renowned academics in the world”, underlines Marcello Rinaldi, head of Unist. “This generates a quest for excellence and overturns the demand – offer question.” Unist has created a virtual campus which is a meeting point for students, lecturers and tutors, involved in the articulation of the community and in monitoring the learning process.

“Just-In-Time” Formation

L’Impresa – August 2008-12-17
[...] Today, so-called blended formation allows businesses and users to choose, according to their needs and time-schedule, programmes that are intense or diluted, on-site or at a distance, individual or collective. All this thanks to technologies that comprise traditional lessons, innovative outdoor formulas, interactive courses on the Web, videoconferences and virtual meetings. “Mixing verbal stimulations (the lecturer who speaks), with graphics, animations, films and, why not, cartoons, allows to maintain a high level of attention and an elevated rate of assimilation of the transmitted concepts”, explains Marcello Rinaldi, head of Unist. Multimedia, which interweaves writing, moving images and narration creates an increased implication of the public and gives the lecturer more means to express him/herself [...]”.