Thanks to ICT, schools were able to reinforce the construction of synergistic collaboration networks with the world of businesses, expanding the training offer of Work Experience Programs and giving students the possibility to participate in immersive on-the-job experiences, particularly innovative in terms of digital components. The reflection on the new features of the academic design of Work Experience Programs, can be traced back to the research activities carried out by a group of scholars from Sapienza-University of Rome within the purview of the Research Project of National Interest Evaluating the School-Work Alternance: a longitudinal study in Italian upper secondary schools.*
Parole chiave: Work Experience Programs (PTSOs), didactic innovation, digital competencies, learning methods, content analysis as a survey