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Special Issue on
Smart Learning Ecosystems: toward the polyphonic construction of
a new normality
to be published at the
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: December 15, 2022
• Notification to the authors: January 31, 2023
• Camera ready paper: February 20, 2023
• Publication of the special issue: first half 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.).
The paper should be written according to the IxD&A
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Smart Learning Ecosystems: toward the polyphonic construction of
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• mihai [dot] dascalu [at] upb [dot] ro
• marti [at] unisi [dot] it
• francesca [dot] pozzi [at] itd [dot] cnr [dot] it
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