Vers une théorie de l'écologie onlife (TEO) : Lexique, cadre conceptuel et critère génératif pour l’enseignement supérieur à l'ère postnumérique

Auteurs-es

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.7346/-fei-XXIV-02-26_02

Mots-clés :

Présence générative, Postnumérique, Onlife, Community of Inquiry, Distance transactionnelle, Enseignement supérieur

Résumé

À l’ère postnumérique, la technologie ne constitue plus un canal séparé de l’expérience ; elle forme la trame ordinaire de la vie quotidienne ainsi que de l’éducation et de la formation. Dans ces conditions, le vocabulaire employé par la réglementation et par une partie de la littérature — notamment « à distance », « télématique » et « synchrone/asynchrone » — demeure modelé sur les technologies transmissives du XXe siècle et continue d’orienter l’accréditation, la conception pédagogique et l’évaluation. Fondé sur une revue narrative structurée orientée vers la construction théorique, cet article propose la Théorie de l’écologie onlife (TEO), une théorie de moyenne portée qui décline la présence en trois modalités : somatico-contextuelle (PSC), réémergée/augmentée (PRA) et algorithmico-synthétique (PAS). Ces modalités s’inscrivent dans une architecture écosystémique qui culmine dans la présence générative, entendue comme la production consciente et documentable de preuves d’apprentissage. Le cadre est comparé systématiquement à la Community of Inquiry, y compris ses extensions récentes, et à la Transactional Distance Theory ; pour chaque construit, l’élément différenciateur et une prédiction divergente observable sont précisés. Trois phénomènes critiques endogènes à l’écosystème onlife sont également esquissés qualitativement : saturation sémiotique, distance dissociée et paresse métacognitive. L’article se conclut par des considérations éthiques sur le suivi de la présence et par des implications de politique publique, formulées de manière conditionnelle, pour le vocabulaire réglementaire et l’accréditation de l’enseignement supérieur. La formalisation du modèle et la validation des instruments d’observation sont renvoyées à un article complémentaire dédié.

Références

Alshammari, S. H., & Alrehaili, T. A. (2025). The effect of teaching, social, and cognitive presence on student engagement in online courses: A structural equation modelling approach. Acta Psychologica, 258, Article 105183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105183

Anderson, T., Rourke, L., Garrison, D. R., & Archer, W. (2001). Assessing teaching presence in a computer conferencing context. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 5(2), 1–17.

Baethge, C., Goldbeck-Wood, S., & Mertens, S. (2019). SANRA—A scale for the quality assessment of narrative review articles. Research Integrity and Peer Review, 4(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-019-0064-8

Bailenson, J. N. (2021). Nonverbal overload: A theoretical argument for the causes of Zoom fatigue. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 2(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000030

Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. W. H. Freeman.

Biesta, G. (2010). Good education in an age of measurement: Ethics, politics, democracy. Paradigm Publishers.

Bourdieu, P. (1991). Language and symbolic power (J. B. Thompson, Ed.; G. Raymond & M. Adamson, Trans.). Polity Press.

Carroll, N., Lang, M., & Connolly, C. (2025). An extended community of inquiry framework supporting students in online and digital education. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 62(2), 369–385. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2024.2326658

Carvalho, L., & Lamb, J. (2024). Postdigital resonance. Postdigital Science and Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-024-00516-x

Cleveland-Innes, M., & Campbell, P. (2012). Emotional presence, learning, and the online learning environment. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 13(4), 269–292. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v13i4.1234

Damasio, A. (2022). Sentire e conoscere: Storia delle menti coscienti (Isabella C. Blum trans.). Adelphi. (Original work published 2021)

DM MUR 773/2024. (2024). Linee generali di indirizzo della programmazione delle università 2024/2026 e indicatori per la valutazione periodica dei risultati. Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, Serie Generale, 177. https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2024/07/30/24A03870/sg

DM MUR 1835/2024. (2024). Linee generali di indirizzo relative all’offerta formativa a distanza. Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, Serie Generale, 30. https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2025/02/06/25A00712/sg

Dunmoye, I. D., Martin, J. P., Brown, J. S., Lu, L. Z., Hunsu, N., & May, D. (2025). Examining the mediating role of learning presence in the predictive relationships between social and teaching presences and cognitive presence in collaborative virtual reality learning environments. Computers & Education: X Reality, 6, Article 100101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cexr.2025.100101

Eco, U. (1975). Trattato di semiotica generale. Bompiani.

Fan, Y., Tang, L., Le, H., Shen, K., Tan, S., Zhao, Y., Shen, S., Li, X., & Gašević, D. (2025). Beware of metacognitive laziness: Effects of generative artificial intelligence on learning motivation, processes, and performance. British Journal of Educational Technology, 56(2), 489–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13544

Fauville, G., Luo, M., Queiroz, A. C. M., Bailenson, J. N., & Hancock, J. (2021). Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue Scale. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 4, Article 100119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2021.100119

Floridi, L. (Ed.). (2015). The onlife manifesto: Being human in a hyperconnected era. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04093-6

Foucault, M. (2004). L’ordine del discorso (A. Fontana, M. Bertani, & V. Zini trans.). Einaudi. (Original work published 1971)

Fuchs, C. (2014). Social media: A critical introduction. SAGE.

Garrison, D. R. (2007). Online community of inquiry review: Social, cognitive, and teaching presence issues. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 11(1), 61–72.

Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., & Archer, W. (2000). Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2–3), 87–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1096-7516(00)00016-6

Gutman, J., Gordon, I., & Vilchinsky, N. (2022). Is social presence indeed present in remote social interactions? A call for incorporating physiological measures of synchrony when assessing the social nature of interpersonal interactions via videoconferencing platforms. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 822535. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.822535

Han, B.-C. (2015). Nello sciame: Visioni del digitale (F. Buongiorno, Trans.). Nottetempo. (Original work published 2013)

Jandrić, P., Knox, J., Besley, T., Ryberg, T., Suoranta, J., & Hayes, S. (2018). Postdigital science and education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50(10), 893–899. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2018.1454000

Johnson, D. W., & Johnson, R. T. (2009). An educational psychology success story: Social interdependence theory and cooperative learning. Educational Researcher, 38(5), 365–379. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X09339057

Jopling, M. (2026). Understanding postdigital education: Humans, technologies and schools. Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035361519

Knox, J. (2019). What does the ‘postdigital’ mean for education? Three critical perspectives on the digital, with implications for educational research and practice. Postdigital Science and Education, 1(2), 357–370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-019-00045-y

Kuhn, T. S. (2009). La struttura delle rivoluzioni scientifiche (A. Carugo trans.). Einaudi. (Original work published 1962)

Li, B., & Zhang, H. (2026). The role of nonverbal communication cues in reducing videoconference fatigue: A comparison of 2D and virtual reality videoconference platforms. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 20(2), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.5817/cp2026-2-5

Lo Presti, V., & Dentale, M. (2025). La valutazione d’impatto sociale della didattica digitale dopo il Covid-19: Una prospettiva di ricerca multi-obiettivo e multi-stakeholders. FrancoAngeli.

Melchiori, F. M., & Melchiori, R. (n.d.-a). Per una Teoria dell’Ecologia Onlife: Modello di misurazione e protocolli operativi [Manuscript in preparation].

Melchiori, F. M., & Melchiori, R. (n.d.-b). [Rapporto di ricerca interno non pubblicato sulla pervasività della tecnologia digitale nella formazione formale di terzo livello e sulla Teoria dell’Impatto Presenziale (TIP)]. Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano.

Merton, R. K. (2000). Teoria e struttura sociale (C. Marletti & A. Oppo trans.). Il Mulino. (Original work published 1949/1968)

Miao, F., & Holmes, W. (2023). Guidance for generative AI in education and research. UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000386693

Moore, M. G. (1973). Toward a theory of independent learning and teaching. The Journal of Higher Education, 44(9), 661–679. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.1973.11776906

Moore, M. G. (1993). Theory of transactional distance. In D. Keegan (Ed.), Theoretical principles of distance education (pp. 22–38). Routledge.

Nowak, K. L., & Biocca, F. (2003). The effect of the agency and anthropomorphism on users’ sense of telepresence, copresence, and social presence in virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 12(5), 481–494. https://doi.org/10.1162/105474603322761289

OECD. (2026). OECD digital education outlook 2026: Exploring effective uses of generative AI in education. https://doi.org/10.1787/062a7394-en

Palumbo, R. V., Marraccini, M. E., Weyandt, L. L., Wilder-Smith, O., McGee, H. A., Liu, S., & Goodwin, M. S. (2017). Interpersonal autonomic physiology: A systematic review of the literature. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 21(2), 99–141. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868316628405

Pawson, R., & Tilley, N. (1997). Realistic evaluation. SAGE.

Pierson, P. (2000). Increasing returns, path dependence, and the study of politics. American Political Science Review, 94(2), 251–267. https://doi.org/10.2307/2586011

Reeves, B., & Nass, C. (1996). The media equation: How people treat computers, television, and new media like real people and places. Cambridge University Press.

Reg UE 2016/679. (2016). Regolamento del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio del 27 aprile 2016 relativo alla protezione delle persone fisiche con riguardo al trattamento dei dati personali e alla libera circolazione di tali dati, e che abroga la direttiva 95/46/CE (regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati). Gazzetta ufficiale dell’Unione europea, L 119, 1–88. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj/ita

Reg UE 2024/1689. (2024). Regolamento del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio del 13 giugno 2024 che stabilisce regole armonizzate sull’intelligenza artificiale e modifica i regolamenti (CE) n. 300/2008, (UE) n. 167/2013, (UE) n. 168/2013, (UE) 2018/858, (UE) 2018/1139 e (UE) 2019/2144 e le direttive 2014/90/UE, (UE) 2016/797 e (UE) 2020/1828 (regolamento sull’intelligenza artificiale). Gazzetta ufficiale dell’Unione europea, L 2024/1689, 1–144. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/ita

Russo, T. C., & Campbell, S. W. (2004). Perceptions of mediated presence in an asynchronous online course: Interplay of communication behaviors and medium. Distance Education, 25(2), 215–232. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158791042000262139

Scolari, C. A. (2004). Hacer clic: Hacia una sociosemiótica de las interacciones digitales. Gedisa.

Selwyn, N. (2014). Distrusting educational technology: Critical questions for changing times. Routledge.

Shea, P., & Bidjerano, T. (2010). Learning presence: Towards a theory of self-efficacy, self-regulation, and the development of a communities of inquiry in online and blended learning environments. Computers & Education, 55(4), 1721–1731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2010.07.017

Short, J., Williams, E., & Christie, B. (1976). The social psychology of telecommunications. Wiley.

Turkle, S. (2011). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Basic Books.

Turkle, S. (2015). Reclaiming conversation: The power of talk in a digital age. Penguin Press.

UNESCO. (2022). Recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000381137

Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by design (2nd ed.). ASCD.

A wide abstract composition in warm cream, coral, crimson, amber, and deep aubergine tones depicts an interconnected ecology of organic, archival, and computational forms. At the centre, an intense golden-white glow radiates through concentric circles, fine vertical lines, and clusters of small dots, suggesting the emergence and documentation of knowledge.  Three translucent, overlapping currents curve around this luminous core. Their layered vellum-like surfaces evoke pages or archival materials without forming a literal book. Organic contour lines, delicate botanical traces, and flowing textures merge with geometric grids, circular diagrams, and networks of connected nodes. These elements are distributed throughout the composition rather than separated into distinct natural and technological regions.  The left side is lighter and more tactile, with cream paper textures and faint plant-like forms. The lower and right areas deepen into coral, crimson, plum, and aubergine, crossed by undulating lines and intricate constellations of data-like points. A restrained band of muted blue-grey appears toward the upper right, adding a cool evening counterpoint.  The image conveys an integrated post-digital ecosystem in which embodied experience, augmented mediation, and algorithmic structures converge around a generative centre. There is no text and no human figure.

Publié-e

2026-07-20

Comment citer

Melchiori, F. M., & Melchiori, R. (2026). Vers une théorie de l’écologie onlife (TEO) : Lexique, cadre conceptuel et critère génératif pour l’enseignement supérieur à l’ère postnumérique. Formazione & Insegnamento, 24(2), 9–22. https://doi.org/10.7346/-fei-XXIV-02-26_02

Articles les plus lus du,de la,des même-s auteur-e-s

1 2 3 > >>