Inaugural Editorial for Technology, Knowledge and Learning (original) (raw)

Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2014

Abstract

ABSTRACT This issue marks an exciting and challenging point as I begin my term as editor-in-chief of Technology, Knowledge and Learning. The new scope of the journal emphasizes the increased interest on context-aware adaptive and personalized digital learning environments. Rapid technological developments have led to new research challenges focusing on digital learning, game-based learning and gamification, automated assessment, as well as learning analytics (Spector 2012). These emerging systems aim to provide learning experiences delivered via personalized environments as well as mobile devices and are tailored to the educational needs, the personal characteristics, and the particular circumstances of the individual learner or a (massive) group of interconnected learners (Hannafin 1992; Spector et al. 2010; Huang et al. 2013). Such diverse learning experiences in real-world and virtual situations generate big data that provide rich potential for in-depth intelligent analyses and adaptive feed ...

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