A digital learning environment www.coloredellastoria.unifg.it: didactic methodologies, interactions and guidelines for the participatory design of digital tool

Association for Teacher Education in Europe

University of Genoa

Department of Education Italian Society for Research on Education and Media

March 7 - 9, 2013

Genoa (Italy)

Information and Registration: www.ateegenoa2013.sdf.unige.it

Keynote Speakers:

MARY KALANTZIS

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA) JAMES PAUL GEE

Arizona State University (USA)

VITOR REIA-BAPTISTA Universidade do Algarve (Portugal)

Ubiquitous Learning. Changes and Challenges for Educational Environments Video Games, Digital Learning and New Literacies

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