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Education Sciences , 2021

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Papers by Giusi Toto

Frontiers in Nutrition

BackgroundSerious game intervention has emerged over the years as a popular strategy for solving ... more BackgroundSerious game intervention has emerged over the years as a popular strategy for solving the problem of unhealthy eating behavior. This has prompted several scholars to explore its significant impact on eating behaviors, identifying its positive effect on nutritional knowledge and eating behaviors. However, since this research field is yet nascent, an update in knowledge is required to further inform the real-world practice as an alternative intervention for instating healthy eating behavior. Therefore, this current research utilized a systematic review method to reveal the latest state of this concept of a serious game and eating behavior, to identify the position of the literature and shed light on under-researched and emerging areas by recommending future investigations.MethodTo achieve the object of this research, four electronic databases- Science Direct, Web of Science (WoS), APA PsyclNFO, and Emerald- were searched using predefined keywords (search string) relating to...

Frontiers in Psychiatry

BackgroundThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2019 and the Russian-Ukrainian war ... more BackgroundThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2019 and the Russian-Ukrainian war in February 2022 created restrictions and uncertainties that affected the general population’s mental health. One of the affected groups was students. This systematic review summarizes the current literature on the prevalence, outcomes, and interventions for stress and anxiety among university, college, graduate, or postsecondary populations.MethodsA systematic literature search was performed on PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsychInfo, and ProQuest, following PRISMA guidelines. Specific inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, and screening was performed to identify the definitive studies.ResultsThe prevalence of anxiety was relatively high, ranging from 88.9 to 13.63%, and the prevalence of stress ranged from 56 to 28.14%. The predictors of stress and anxiety included young age, gender being female, STEM course, loneliness, low academic level in...

Psychology, Learning, Technology

Due to COVID-19, higher education institutions all over the world transitioned to online learning... more Due to COVID-19, higher education institutions all over the world transitioned to online learning. The sudden and forced transition to this new learning methodology pushed the Universities to rapidly adequate to the needs, upgrading their digital platforms to comply with the new requirements. In the same way, teachers had to adapt their teaching to fit the new medium’s potentials and limitations. The final receivers of this striking change, the students, had to adequate to the novelty approach, though this process has not been painless. Several difficulties, challenges and opportunities arose in this transition process for students, and the full digital class delivery also stressed them emotively. This study explores University of Foggia students’ perceptions of the emergency online learning. The factors analyzed involved their perception about the University implementation of the online class delivery, their consideration about the future of online learning and their emotional impa...

Frontiers in Psychology

IntroductionSpecial needs teachers deliver crucial care to their students by showing a particular... more IntroductionSpecial needs teachers deliver crucial care to their students by showing a particular attitude toward them. However, they usually face stressful situations that negatively impact their capacity to support their students, often reporting higher levels of burnout compared to teachers from mainstream education. Self-compassion has been seen to function as a protective factor against teacher stress, enhancing their resilience and coping abilities.MethodsThe current study aimed to evaluate the factorial structure, reliability, and validity of the Self-compassion Scale (SCS) in a sample of Italian special needs teachers (R1). In addition, it was investigated whether the satisfactory internal reliability of the SCS is confirmed (R2). Finally, the validity of the SCS criterion was assessed, assuming that each of its subscales would be related to anxiety, measured with GAD-7, and with resilience, measured with the BRS (R3). A sample of 629 teachers was enrolled in this study and ...

Communications in computer and information science, 2022

Quantitative research methods have undergone an online evolution both in content, in the data col... more Quantitative research methods have undergone an online evolution both in content, in the data collected, but also in methodology and tools. The article is a scoping review that aims to trace the emerging issues in the field of research methodology. The online research has embraced the most disparate fields of research, in this review we have chosen to circumscribe to three main themes: education, psychological factors in elearning and working from home. Specifically, the emergence of an important amount of data such as big data and learning analytics made it necessary to review the purposes, methods of analyzing and reading emerging data in research contexts. The emerging themes during the pandemic related to education, psychological factors in elearning and working from home have had a research intervention due to social isolation and the need for such application models in the context of the pandemic.

Communications in computer and information science, 2022

Communications in computer and information science, 2022

Frontiers in Psychology

BackgroundThe use of smartphones and other technologies has been increasing in digitods aged 14–1... more BackgroundThe use of smartphones and other technologies has been increasing in digitods aged 14–18 years old. To further explain this relationship and explore the gap in research, this paper will appraise the available evidence regarding the relationship digital technology use and psychological/emotional outcomes and report on the strength of the associations observed between these variables.MethodologyTo select relevant studies, five separate computerized searches of online and electronic databases were performed. These included PubMed (MEDLINE, National Library of Medicine), ScienceDirect, Cochrane, Scopus, and Web of Science to attain literature from January 2017 to April 2022. The author independently reviewed studies for eligibility as per the inclusion/exclusion criteria and extracted the data according to a priori defined criteria. Risk of bias was assessed using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for healthcare studies and Cochrane Risk Of Bias In Non-rand...

Frontiers in Psychology

Physical, socio-economic, cultural and mental challenges faced by students have been associated w... more Physical, socio-economic, cultural and mental challenges faced by students have been associated with adverse impacts on school wellbeing, resulting in increased school dropout and deviant behaviour. This systematic review has analysed the present knowledge on factors associated with school dropouts to identify psychological interventions for promoting school wellbeing. A systematic search was done of the ScienceDirect, APA PsycINFO, Emerald and Google Scholar electronic databases. A hand-search was also done of the reference list of the included studies. The initial search resulted in 448 studies, and the search of the references list of the considered studies resulted in 28 more articles. The application of the eligibility criteria resulted in the inclusion of 38 studies in the review. The study established several factors associated with school dropouts and social deviance, such as school climate, school structure, and those defining social interaction among students. Mental and e...

Frontiers in Psychology

The literature suggests that the moral sense is based on innate abilities. In fact, it has been s... more The literature suggests that the moral sense is based on innate abilities. In fact, it has been shown that children show the capacity for moral discernment, emotions and prosocial motivations from an early age. However, the moral sense is a complex construct of an evolutionary and social nature that evolves under the influence of interpersonal relationships. The emergence and development of moral sense is a challenge that has prompted many research studies with the aim of achieving a clear comprehension of moral development. However, success has been scarce, and studies relevant to this subject are limited. Thus, a systematic review of studies relevant to this topic was conducted to clearly establish how moral sense emerges and develops. An Ovid search was conducted to retrieve relevant items for this systematic review. The databases that were electronically visited are Cross-reference, Google Scholar and PubMed. Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria were imposed on the retrieved ...

3rd Symposium on Psychology-Based Technologies, PSYCHOBIT 2021, 2021

Strengthened by Lambert, Atchley and Holler's international models of the construction of dig... more Strengthened by Lambert, Atchley and Holler's international models of the construction of digital narratives, this article focuses attention on the contemporary evolution of the storytelling methodology in a digital key. The innovative teaching methodologies (for example IBL, PBL, etc.) have been experiencing digital evolution and experimentation, especially during the covid-19 pandemic in which schools have engaged in periods of distance-teaching. The use of stories on social media is now a very widespread communication practice among internet users. This narrative methodology is used in educational practice in various sectors of training not only to electrify disciplinary content but also to encourage emotional sharing and participation in the educational process. The purpose of the article is the design of an educational intervention aimed at teachers in the initial stages of a training path that aims to develop digital skills and a group atmosphere that will accompany the us...

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022

Distress and mental health issues among college students is an emerging topic of study. The aim o... more Distress and mental health issues among college students is an emerging topic of study. The aim of this research work is to illustrate academic and social risk factors and how they prove to be predictors of anxiety and depressive disorders. The methodology used is a cumulative literature review structured over 10 systematic phases, and is replicable. Showing considerable potential for cumulative research, the relevance of this study reflects the concern of the academic community and international governments. The articles selected range from categorization of disorders in relation to mental health, to reporting the condition of rhinestones and difficulties of students in university contexts. In conclusion, the research focusses upon predisposing, concurrent or protective factors relating to the mental health of university students, so that institutions can act on concrete dynamics or propose targeted research on this topic.

Elementa. Intersections between Philosophy, Epistemology and Empirical Perspectives, 2022

The current of cyberfeminism has been active for 30 years now, also referred to as the “third wav... more The current of cyberfeminism has been active for 30 years now, also referred to as the “third wave” of feminism. Despite being an ambiguous and multifaceted movement involving multiple instances, cyberfeminism is represented in the imagination by women with strong knowledge of media and digital technologies. The purpose of this article is to analyze the socially and culturally constructed value that the media assume in this movement. The very concept of identity is undergoing a phenomenon of control whereby it is redefined by “control grids” (D. Haraway) that prevent free access to participation in life on the web. The utopian theories of feminists actually alternate with fundamental gender analyses within cyberspace that determine the amount of access to resources. The last phase of this phenomenon is instead characterized by the intent to break down gender inequalities through a series of digital products that produce changes in common perceptions: online magazines, YouTube channe...

FrancoAngeli, 2019

Media e tecnologie per la didattica Collana diretta da Pier Cesare Rivoltella, Pier Giuseppe Ross... more Media e tecnologie per la didattica Collana diretta da Pier Cesare Rivoltella, Pier Giuseppe Rossi La collana si rivolge a quanti, operando nei settori dell'educazione e della formazione, sono interessati a una riflessione profonda sulla relazione tra conoscenza, azione e tecnologie. Queste modificano la concezione del mondo e gli artefatti tecnologici si collocano in modo "ambiguo" tra la persona e l'ambiente; in alcuni casi sono esterne alla persona, in altri sono quasi parte della persona, come a formare un corpo esteso. La didattica e le tecnologie sono legate a doppio filo. Le tecnologie dell'educazione non sono un settore specialistico, ma un filo rosso che attraversa la didattica stessa. E questo da differenti prospettive. Le tecnologie e i media modificano modalità operative e culturali della società; influiscono sulle concettualizzazioni e sugli stili di studio e di conoscenza di studenti e adulti. I processi di mediazione nella didattica prendono forma grazie agli artefatti tecnologici che a un tempo strutturano e sono strutturati dai processi didattici. Le nuove tecnologie modificano e rivoluzionano la relazione tra formale informale. Partendo da tali presupposti la collana intende indagare vari versanti. Il primo è quello del legame tra media, linguaggi, conoscenza e didattica. La ricerca dovrà esplorare, con un approccio sia teorico, sia sperimentale, come la presenza dei media intervenga sulle strutture del pensiero e come le pratiche didattiche interagiscano con i dispositivi sottesi, analizzando il legame con la professionalità docente, da un lato, e con nuove modalità di apprendimento dall'altro. Il secondo versante è relativo al ruolo degli artefatti tecnologici nella mediazione didattica. Analizzerà l'impatto delle Tecnologie dell'Educazione nella progettazione, nell'insegnamento, nella documentazione e nella pratiche organizzative della scuola. Lo spettro è molto ampio e non limitato alle nuove tecnologie; ampio spazio avranno, comunque, l'e-learning, il digitale in classe, il web 2.0, l'IA. Il terzo versante intende indagare l'ambito tradizionalmente indicato con il termine Media Education. Esso riguarda l'integrazione dei media nel curricolo nella duplice dimensione dell'analisi critica e della produzione creativa e si allarga a comprendere i temi della cittadinanza digitale, dell'etica dei media, del consumo responsabile, nonché la declinazione del rapporto tra i media e il processo educativo/formativo nell'extra-scuola, nella prevenzione, nel lavoro sociale, nelle organizzazioni. Per l'esplorazione dei tre versanti si darà voce non solo ad autori italiani, ma saranno anche proposti al pubblico italiano alcune significative produzioni della pubblicistica internazionale. Inoltre la collana sarà attenta ai territori di confine tra differenti discipline. Non solo, quindi, la pedagogia e la didattica, ma anche il mondo delle neuroscienze, delle scienze cognitive e dell'ingegneria dell'informazione.

The paper presents MERGO an EU-funded project that delivers a MOOC in enology and wine tasting co... more The paper presents MERGO an EU-funded project that delivers a MOOC in enology and wine tasting combined with a laboratorial olfactory experience based on Tangible User Interfaces (TUI) paradigms. The focus of the article is on the description of the MERGO TUI prototype that allows the user to improve and train their olfactory knowledge, as procedural learning system. The users interact with a common olfactory learning kit enhanced with RFID technology and recognized by an active RFID antenna. In this way, the software propones exercises, hints and feedbacks for enhancing the olfactory competences connected to the lesson provided in the MOOC on enology, viticulture and wine testing.

Journal of e-learning and knowledge society, 2018

Among the effects of neoliberalism, the diffusion of technologies, in negative the advance of ind... more Among the effects of neoliberalism, the diffusion of technologies, in negative the advance of individualism on the sense of community, is to be pointed out. Learning and cognition processes are influenced by the environmental experience, as technology has created a new environmental space to experience among digital natives. On the other hand, nowadays, technological addiction is an educational problem not to be underestimated given its pervasiveness and diffusion among teenagers. The purpose of this article is to examine some positive and negative effects of technology on teenagers’ life styles. From a methodological perspective, it will be provided a systematic review of the existing literature on both technological addictions, by examining negative effects on adolescents’ mental health, and on educational strategies aimed at promoting positive effects through the analysis of the relationships between technology and learning processes. By comparing empirical studies and internatio...

Education Sciences, 2021

In the relationship between teachers and distance learning in the context of COIVD-19, a series o... more In the relationship between teachers and distance learning in the context of COIVD-19, a series of unprecedented dynamics have emerged relating to a process of open-air experimentation that is going on in the world of school. The main constructs investigated in this paper concern the professional perceptions of teachers in terms of their skills and resistances towards digital technologies. To investigate this topic, a questionnaire on distance learning was administered to a sample of 658 teachers. From a methodological point of view, factor and reliability analyses and correlation and regression analyses were conducted. From the analysis of the results, it emerged that the questionnaire measures the resistance of teachers to distance learning and focuses on three main dimensions (two positive and one negative) that link teachers’ perceptions to the resistance to distance learning. In conclusion, the theme of the acceptance of technologies in the practice of teachers is still a subje...

Education Sciences , 2021

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Frontiers in Nutrition

BackgroundSerious game intervention has emerged over the years as a popular strategy for solving ... more BackgroundSerious game intervention has emerged over the years as a popular strategy for solving the problem of unhealthy eating behavior. This has prompted several scholars to explore its significant impact on eating behaviors, identifying its positive effect on nutritional knowledge and eating behaviors. However, since this research field is yet nascent, an update in knowledge is required to further inform the real-world practice as an alternative intervention for instating healthy eating behavior. Therefore, this current research utilized a systematic review method to reveal the latest state of this concept of a serious game and eating behavior, to identify the position of the literature and shed light on under-researched and emerging areas by recommending future investigations.MethodTo achieve the object of this research, four electronic databases- Science Direct, Web of Science (WoS), APA PsyclNFO, and Emerald- were searched using predefined keywords (search string) relating to...

Frontiers in Psychiatry

BackgroundThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2019 and the Russian-Ukrainian war ... more BackgroundThe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2019 and the Russian-Ukrainian war in February 2022 created restrictions and uncertainties that affected the general population’s mental health. One of the affected groups was students. This systematic review summarizes the current literature on the prevalence, outcomes, and interventions for stress and anxiety among university, college, graduate, or postsecondary populations.MethodsA systematic literature search was performed on PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsychInfo, and ProQuest, following PRISMA guidelines. Specific inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, and screening was performed to identify the definitive studies.ResultsThe prevalence of anxiety was relatively high, ranging from 88.9 to 13.63%, and the prevalence of stress ranged from 56 to 28.14%. The predictors of stress and anxiety included young age, gender being female, STEM course, loneliness, low academic level in...

Psychology, Learning, Technology

Due to COVID-19, higher education institutions all over the world transitioned to online learning... more Due to COVID-19, higher education institutions all over the world transitioned to online learning. The sudden and forced transition to this new learning methodology pushed the Universities to rapidly adequate to the needs, upgrading their digital platforms to comply with the new requirements. In the same way, teachers had to adapt their teaching to fit the new medium’s potentials and limitations. The final receivers of this striking change, the students, had to adequate to the novelty approach, though this process has not been painless. Several difficulties, challenges and opportunities arose in this transition process for students, and the full digital class delivery also stressed them emotively. This study explores University of Foggia students’ perceptions of the emergency online learning. The factors analyzed involved their perception about the University implementation of the online class delivery, their consideration about the future of online learning and their emotional impa...

Frontiers in Psychology

IntroductionSpecial needs teachers deliver crucial care to their students by showing a particular... more IntroductionSpecial needs teachers deliver crucial care to their students by showing a particular attitude toward them. However, they usually face stressful situations that negatively impact their capacity to support their students, often reporting higher levels of burnout compared to teachers from mainstream education. Self-compassion has been seen to function as a protective factor against teacher stress, enhancing their resilience and coping abilities.MethodsThe current study aimed to evaluate the factorial structure, reliability, and validity of the Self-compassion Scale (SCS) in a sample of Italian special needs teachers (R1). In addition, it was investigated whether the satisfactory internal reliability of the SCS is confirmed (R2). Finally, the validity of the SCS criterion was assessed, assuming that each of its subscales would be related to anxiety, measured with GAD-7, and with resilience, measured with the BRS (R3). A sample of 629 teachers was enrolled in this study and ...

Communications in computer and information science, 2022

Quantitative research methods have undergone an online evolution both in content, in the data col... more Quantitative research methods have undergone an online evolution both in content, in the data collected, but also in methodology and tools. The article is a scoping review that aims to trace the emerging issues in the field of research methodology. The online research has embraced the most disparate fields of research, in this review we have chosen to circumscribe to three main themes: education, psychological factors in elearning and working from home. Specifically, the emergence of an important amount of data such as big data and learning analytics made it necessary to review the purposes, methods of analyzing and reading emerging data in research contexts. The emerging themes during the pandemic related to education, psychological factors in elearning and working from home have had a research intervention due to social isolation and the need for such application models in the context of the pandemic.

Communications in computer and information science, 2022

Communications in computer and information science, 2022

Frontiers in Psychology

BackgroundThe use of smartphones and other technologies has been increasing in digitods aged 14–1... more BackgroundThe use of smartphones and other technologies has been increasing in digitods aged 14–18 years old. To further explain this relationship and explore the gap in research, this paper will appraise the available evidence regarding the relationship digital technology use and psychological/emotional outcomes and report on the strength of the associations observed between these variables.MethodologyTo select relevant studies, five separate computerized searches of online and electronic databases were performed. These included PubMed (MEDLINE, National Library of Medicine), ScienceDirect, Cochrane, Scopus, and Web of Science to attain literature from January 2017 to April 2022. The author independently reviewed studies for eligibility as per the inclusion/exclusion criteria and extracted the data according to a priori defined criteria. Risk of bias was assessed using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for healthcare studies and Cochrane Risk Of Bias In Non-rand...

Frontiers in Psychology

Physical, socio-economic, cultural and mental challenges faced by students have been associated w... more Physical, socio-economic, cultural and mental challenges faced by students have been associated with adverse impacts on school wellbeing, resulting in increased school dropout and deviant behaviour. This systematic review has analysed the present knowledge on factors associated with school dropouts to identify psychological interventions for promoting school wellbeing. A systematic search was done of the ScienceDirect, APA PsycINFO, Emerald and Google Scholar electronic databases. A hand-search was also done of the reference list of the included studies. The initial search resulted in 448 studies, and the search of the references list of the considered studies resulted in 28 more articles. The application of the eligibility criteria resulted in the inclusion of 38 studies in the review. The study established several factors associated with school dropouts and social deviance, such as school climate, school structure, and those defining social interaction among students. Mental and e...

Frontiers in Psychology

The literature suggests that the moral sense is based on innate abilities. In fact, it has been s... more The literature suggests that the moral sense is based on innate abilities. In fact, it has been shown that children show the capacity for moral discernment, emotions and prosocial motivations from an early age. However, the moral sense is a complex construct of an evolutionary and social nature that evolves under the influence of interpersonal relationships. The emergence and development of moral sense is a challenge that has prompted many research studies with the aim of achieving a clear comprehension of moral development. However, success has been scarce, and studies relevant to this subject are limited. Thus, a systematic review of studies relevant to this topic was conducted to clearly establish how moral sense emerges and develops. An Ovid search was conducted to retrieve relevant items for this systematic review. The databases that were electronically visited are Cross-reference, Google Scholar and PubMed. Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria were imposed on the retrieved ...

3rd Symposium on Psychology-Based Technologies, PSYCHOBIT 2021, 2021

Strengthened by Lambert, Atchley and Holler's international models of the construction of dig... more Strengthened by Lambert, Atchley and Holler's international models of the construction of digital narratives, this article focuses attention on the contemporary evolution of the storytelling methodology in a digital key. The innovative teaching methodologies (for example IBL, PBL, etc.) have been experiencing digital evolution and experimentation, especially during the covid-19 pandemic in which schools have engaged in periods of distance-teaching. The use of stories on social media is now a very widespread communication practice among internet users. This narrative methodology is used in educational practice in various sectors of training not only to electrify disciplinary content but also to encourage emotional sharing and participation in the educational process. The purpose of the article is the design of an educational intervention aimed at teachers in the initial stages of a training path that aims to develop digital skills and a group atmosphere that will accompany the us...

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022

Distress and mental health issues among college students is an emerging topic of study. The aim o... more Distress and mental health issues among college students is an emerging topic of study. The aim of this research work is to illustrate academic and social risk factors and how they prove to be predictors of anxiety and depressive disorders. The methodology used is a cumulative literature review structured over 10 systematic phases, and is replicable. Showing considerable potential for cumulative research, the relevance of this study reflects the concern of the academic community and international governments. The articles selected range from categorization of disorders in relation to mental health, to reporting the condition of rhinestones and difficulties of students in university contexts. In conclusion, the research focusses upon predisposing, concurrent or protective factors relating to the mental health of university students, so that institutions can act on concrete dynamics or propose targeted research on this topic.

Elementa. Intersections between Philosophy, Epistemology and Empirical Perspectives, 2022

The current of cyberfeminism has been active for 30 years now, also referred to as the “third wav... more The current of cyberfeminism has been active for 30 years now, also referred to as the “third wave” of feminism. Despite being an ambiguous and multifaceted movement involving multiple instances, cyberfeminism is represented in the imagination by women with strong knowledge of media and digital technologies. The purpose of this article is to analyze the socially and culturally constructed value that the media assume in this movement. The very concept of identity is undergoing a phenomenon of control whereby it is redefined by “control grids” (D. Haraway) that prevent free access to participation in life on the web. The utopian theories of feminists actually alternate with fundamental gender analyses within cyberspace that determine the amount of access to resources. The last phase of this phenomenon is instead characterized by the intent to break down gender inequalities through a series of digital products that produce changes in common perceptions: online magazines, YouTube channe...

FrancoAngeli, 2019

Media e tecnologie per la didattica Collana diretta da Pier Cesare Rivoltella, Pier Giuseppe Ross... more Media e tecnologie per la didattica Collana diretta da Pier Cesare Rivoltella, Pier Giuseppe Rossi La collana si rivolge a quanti, operando nei settori dell'educazione e della formazione, sono interessati a una riflessione profonda sulla relazione tra conoscenza, azione e tecnologie. Queste modificano la concezione del mondo e gli artefatti tecnologici si collocano in modo "ambiguo" tra la persona e l'ambiente; in alcuni casi sono esterne alla persona, in altri sono quasi parte della persona, come a formare un corpo esteso. La didattica e le tecnologie sono legate a doppio filo. Le tecnologie dell'educazione non sono un settore specialistico, ma un filo rosso che attraversa la didattica stessa. E questo da differenti prospettive. Le tecnologie e i media modificano modalità operative e culturali della società; influiscono sulle concettualizzazioni e sugli stili di studio e di conoscenza di studenti e adulti. I processi di mediazione nella didattica prendono forma grazie agli artefatti tecnologici che a un tempo strutturano e sono strutturati dai processi didattici. Le nuove tecnologie modificano e rivoluzionano la relazione tra formale informale. Partendo da tali presupposti la collana intende indagare vari versanti. Il primo è quello del legame tra media, linguaggi, conoscenza e didattica. La ricerca dovrà esplorare, con un approccio sia teorico, sia sperimentale, come la presenza dei media intervenga sulle strutture del pensiero e come le pratiche didattiche interagiscano con i dispositivi sottesi, analizzando il legame con la professionalità docente, da un lato, e con nuove modalità di apprendimento dall'altro. Il secondo versante è relativo al ruolo degli artefatti tecnologici nella mediazione didattica. Analizzerà l'impatto delle Tecnologie dell'Educazione nella progettazione, nell'insegnamento, nella documentazione e nella pratiche organizzative della scuola. Lo spettro è molto ampio e non limitato alle nuove tecnologie; ampio spazio avranno, comunque, l'e-learning, il digitale in classe, il web 2.0, l'IA. Il terzo versante intende indagare l'ambito tradizionalmente indicato con il termine Media Education. Esso riguarda l'integrazione dei media nel curricolo nella duplice dimensione dell'analisi critica e della produzione creativa e si allarga a comprendere i temi della cittadinanza digitale, dell'etica dei media, del consumo responsabile, nonché la declinazione del rapporto tra i media e il processo educativo/formativo nell'extra-scuola, nella prevenzione, nel lavoro sociale, nelle organizzazioni. Per l'esplorazione dei tre versanti si darà voce non solo ad autori italiani, ma saranno anche proposti al pubblico italiano alcune significative produzioni della pubblicistica internazionale. Inoltre la collana sarà attenta ai territori di confine tra differenti discipline. Non solo, quindi, la pedagogia e la didattica, ma anche il mondo delle neuroscienze, delle scienze cognitive e dell'ingegneria dell'informazione.

The paper presents MERGO an EU-funded project that delivers a MOOC in enology and wine tasting co... more The paper presents MERGO an EU-funded project that delivers a MOOC in enology and wine tasting combined with a laboratorial olfactory experience based on Tangible User Interfaces (TUI) paradigms. The focus of the article is on the description of the MERGO TUI prototype that allows the user to improve and train their olfactory knowledge, as procedural learning system. The users interact with a common olfactory learning kit enhanced with RFID technology and recognized by an active RFID antenna. In this way, the software propones exercises, hints and feedbacks for enhancing the olfactory competences connected to the lesson provided in the MOOC on enology, viticulture and wine testing.

Journal of e-learning and knowledge society, 2018

Among the effects of neoliberalism, the diffusion of technologies, in negative the advance of ind... more Among the effects of neoliberalism, the diffusion of technologies, in negative the advance of individualism on the sense of community, is to be pointed out. Learning and cognition processes are influenced by the environmental experience, as technology has created a new environmental space to experience among digital natives. On the other hand, nowadays, technological addiction is an educational problem not to be underestimated given its pervasiveness and diffusion among teenagers. The purpose of this article is to examine some positive and negative effects of technology on teenagers’ life styles. From a methodological perspective, it will be provided a systematic review of the existing literature on both technological addictions, by examining negative effects on adolescents’ mental health, and on educational strategies aimed at promoting positive effects through the analysis of the relationships between technology and learning processes. By comparing empirical studies and internatio...

Education Sciences, 2021

In the relationship between teachers and distance learning in the context of COIVD-19, a series o... more In the relationship between teachers and distance learning in the context of COIVD-19, a series of unprecedented dynamics have emerged relating to a process of open-air experimentation that is going on in the world of school. The main constructs investigated in this paper concern the professional perceptions of teachers in terms of their skills and resistances towards digital technologies. To investigate this topic, a questionnaire on distance learning was administered to a sample of 658 teachers. From a methodological point of view, factor and reliability analyses and correlation and regression analyses were conducted. From the analysis of the results, it emerged that the questionnaire measures the resistance of teachers to distance learning and focuses on three main dimensions (two positive and one negative) that link teachers’ perceptions to the resistance to distance learning. In conclusion, the theme of the acceptance of technologies in the practice of teachers is still a subje...

Among the digital objects that support online learning, the diffusion of Massive open online cour... more Among the digital objects that support online learning, the diffusion of Massive open online courses (MOOC) has taken up more and more space. The ongoing debate has focused on the integration of MOOCs with traditional teaching due to their flexibility of content and participation. This article sets out the characteristics and essential elements in the didactic design of a MOOC. The MERGO (Erasmus +) project will use a validated pedagogical framework aimed at developing innovative tools. The aim of the project is to associate online learning with experiential learning in the acquisition of sensory skills. The theoretical paradigm of reference on which the MOOC is structured is linked to ICT, specifically the use of tangible user interfaces (TUI) and the gamification approach, which integrates theories on distance learning and new frontiers of MOOCs and short master. The purpose of this work is to expose the planning and design process of a MOOC oriented towards research and teaching,...