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*DEADLINE EXTENSION -> January 23, 2023 (new hard deadline)*
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Special Issue on
*Smart Learning Ecosystems: toward the polyphonic construction of a new
normality*
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/*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/
(ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998)
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*Guest Editors:*
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/• Mihai Dascalu, University Politehnica of Bucharest
• Patrizia Marti, University of Siena, Italy
• Francesca Pozzi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy/
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*Important dates:*
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• Deadline: *January 23, 2023 (extended)*
• Notification to the authors: February 28, 2023
• Camera ready paper: March 15, 2023
• Publication of the special issue: end of March 2023
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*Overview*
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The guest editors are proud to invite and welcome contributions from
researchers and practitioners from all over the world involved in the
development of Smart Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education, as engines
of social innovation and territorial development. At the core, the
adjective “smart” comprises terms like intelligent, purpose oriented,
supportive, artful, clever and the like. Thus, smart does not
necessarily include the usage of technology (neither does it exclude
technology!).
After the shock of the pandemic, learning ecosystems – and in particular
schools, universities, and territorial learning communities – all over
the world – are facing a new phase characterized by the search for and
the experimentation of ways to their “new normality“. In such a context,
collaboration is emerging as an approach and an attitude of considerable
relevance that stays also at the basis of the polyphonic construction of
the future of learning ecosystems. Alongside collaboration, on the
technological side, it continues to rise the relevance of intelligent
systems, generically collected under the label of Artificial
Intelligence (AI); concurrently, on the pedagogical side, competences
have become the goal of future education, also in the attempt to close
the skill gap, which represents one of the greatest dangers for the
transition towards smarter productive systems and societies. Competences
and AI, by the way, are also topics that intersect and influence each
other and rise questions of ethical nature.
So, what should we expect for future learning ecosystems? How “smart
learning ecosystems” are changing? How such changes may be related to
the achievement of “a better learning for a better world” as a
contribution to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)? How will they contribute to the reduction of
inequalities and, at the same time, to the empowering of each individual
according to his expectations and talents?
This special issue, which is supported by the Association for Smart
Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development (ASLERD), welcomes papers
that report on work aimed to contribute to the discussion about these
issues.
Submission of substantially extended version of the papers presented at
SLERD 2022, are welcome.
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*Topics of Interest*
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Topics of interests can be grouped under three big themes: places for
smart education, people in place centered design for smart education,
supportive learning technologies and tools for smart education. All of
which, can also include studies that nurtures a post-pandemic view and
strategy for a better learning world.
*Places for smart education*
future of institutional learning
interplay between formal and informal learning
new educational models and settings
continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, process in
learning
role of and case studies of games and gamification in smart education
dual education and other alternate scheme approaches
monitoring and benchmarking of smartness (individual, institution, city,
region)
*People in place centered design for smart education*
general frameworks and methodological advancement
competence based learning, evaluation and certification
design, data and other relevant literacies
literacies, skill and competences of future citizens
communities and co-design in smart learning ecosystems
sharing & participatory practices
open access to any resource and disparity
cultural influences
*Supportive technologies and tools for smart education*
intelligent tutoring systems and interfaces
semantic web technologies and applications
text/opinion mining and sentiment analysis
AI for smart learning ecosystems: critical aspects and opportunities
real/virtual communities and social network analysis
interoperability and application of open/smart data and services
safety & security in education
IoT, ubiquitous and wearable technologies
adaptability to educational contexts and citizens
role of VR in education
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information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.).
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/Smart Learning Ecosystems: toward the polyphonic construction of a new
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• marti [at] unisi [dot] it
• francesca [dot] pozzi [at] itd [dot] cnr [dot] it
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* Forthcoming issues:*
http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102
• N.56
'Hybrid Games and Interaction Design'
Guest editors: Nelson Zagalo, Micael Sousa, Ana Patrícia Oliveira, Fotis
Liarokapis
• N.57
'Competence based education: from school to responsible citizenship,
wellbeing and democracy.'
Guest editors: Stefania Bocconi, Stefano Cacciamani, Romina Cachia,
Arianna Sala, Nadia Sansone
• N.58
'Age Against the Machine: A Call for Designing Ethical AI for and with
Children'
Guest editors: Sumita Sharma, Eva Durall Gazulla, Marianne Kinnula,
Nitin Sawhney
• N.59
'AI for Humans and Humans for AI: Towards Cultures of Participation in
the Digital Age'
Guest editors: Renate Andersen, Vita Santa Barletta, anders Mørch,
Alesandro Pagano
'Design Education for Hybrid Environments: Pedagogies, frameworks, and
tools for crafting next-generation physical-digital spaces'
Guest editors: Daniel Rosenberg Munoz, Dina El Zanfaly, Peter Scupelli,
Daragh Byrne
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