The latest data on online learning in Italy

Following the transition from distance learning, many of us have come to realize the structural difficulties our country has with regards to online learning. For example, only 72.5% of the students could use a computer at home that could connect to the internet.

Especially in the last few years characterized by the spending review, even school and education have had their cuts: Italy is third from last in Europe in terms of expenditure for schools and for individual students.

What are the data seen in more detail?

Our country lags behind other European nations not only for the categories just mentioned. Preply , the platform dedicated to digital learning, has conducted and published the data of its study that went to examine the main conditions that favor digital learning. 30 countries were analyzed and the factors taken into consideration range from the state of digital infrastructures to the size of the e-learning market. The result was a ranking of those nations that globally offer the best conditions for the development of effective e-learning platforms.

“We are convinced that e-learning has great potential to improve educational opportunities globally,” said Kirill Bigai, CEO of Preply. “The Coronavirus pandemic has revealed that digital teaching opportunities are still poorly distributed. But there are decent opportunities to start investing in the digital infrastructure needed for the conversion to online learning. This is the purpose of the study: to find out to what extent students have access to those tools and digital resources that are adequate for the purpose. "

Within the final classification, Italy comes in 22nd place. The slowness of the internet at national level stands out: with 60 Mbit per second, we are well behind countries such as France, Spain, Sweden and Hungary.

But also when it comes to the average salary of online tutors, the situation could be better. In fact, a tutor earns an average of € 17 per hour compared to € 29 in countries like Denmark. It remains only a small consolation to think that in Spain only 11 euros are offered per hour.

Here you can find a complete overview of all data, methodology and sources for a more careful reading and a more detailed analysis of the results.

Position	Nation	Computer access	Broadband Internet	Tutoring – hourly wages	Score
1	Norway	94.9%	127.2 Mbit / s	€ 22.52	100.0
2	Denmark	93.1%	141.7 Mbit / s	€ 29.39	994
3	Switzerland	90.3%	155.9 Mbit / s	€ 29.13	95.4
4	Luxembourg	95.4%	114.3 Mbit / s	€ 25.00	94.4
5	Holland	97.6%	112.8 Mbit / s	€ 18.00	84.8
6	Sweden	92.8%	141.7 Mbit / s	€ 16.89	79.0
7	Austria	85.4%	56.5 Mbit / s	€ 20.00	75.8
8	New Zeland	80.0%	114.8 Mbit / s	€ 16.77	73.8
9	Finland	93.5%	91.9 Mbit / s	€ 19.00	71.0
10	Australia	82.4%	45.9 Mbit / s	€ 18.23	67.7
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22	Italy	72.5%	60.0 Mbit / s	€ 17.00	41.0

What the Preply learning platform promises is the offer of 15,000 certified tutors to teach foreign languages. Thanks to a particular algorithm, each student can find the tutor that best suits his budget, preferred hours and current knowledge of a specific language.

With over 2 million lessons facilitated since 2013, Preply still remains a valid solution for those who intend to study a foreign language online.

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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/gli-ultimi-dati-sullapprendimento-online-in-italia/ on Fri, 28 Aug 2020 08:09:33 +0000.