OPEN CELEBRATORY PANEL
• “Ten years of ASLERD: supporting the development of smart learning ecosystems and smart societies while looking to the future”.
June 12th – h: 14:00 – 16:00 CET
(open conference room)
Marking the tenth anniversary of ASLERD, this panel offers a moment of reflection and projection—retracing key milestones in the evolution of Smart Learning Ecosystems (SLEs) and engaging with future challenges and opportunities. Using the Timisoara-Troyes Declaration as a lens — developed in collaboration with other signatory associations — the discussion will revisit some of the foundational pillars that continue to shape the vision for SLEs.
Topics will include the development of a participatory evaluation culture and relatede analytics as a basis for SLEs accountability and shared educational social responsibility; the transition from “learning by knowing and doing” to a “learning by being” paradigma, inspired by design thinking; and the creation of inclusive, phygital learning spaces. In particular, the panel will highlight the importance of using technology — especially AI-based applications — with awareness and responsibility, ensuring access as a right rather than a cause of new digital divides.
The conversation will also spotlight initiatives such as the Student Design Contest, which exemplify how to support the development of future generations in concrete ways.
Bringing together key contributors from recent SLEs history, this panel will invite both speakers and attendees to collaboratively reflect on what lies ahead—offering insights and inspiration for designing, developing, and sustaining the next generation of smart learning ecosystems, well beyond 2030.
Panelists
Mihai Dascalu – ASLERD & University Politehnica of Bucharest
Raffaele Di Fuccio – Pegaso University
Blaženka Divjak – SoLAR & University of Zagreb
Carlo Giovannella – ASLERD & University of Roma Tor Vergata
Seiji Isotani – AIED & University of Sao Paulo
Patrizia Marti – ASLERD & University of SIENA
Antonio Teixeira – Universidade Aberta
Chair: Gabriella Dodero (ASLERD)
OPEN DEBATE
• “Educational Technology: past, present and future trajectories”
June 13th – h: 11:30 – 13:30 CET
(open conference room)
Educational Technology is defined by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology as “the ethical study and application of theory, research, and practices to advance knowledge, improve learning and performance, and empower learners through strategic design, management, implementation, and evaluation of learning experiences and environments using appropriate processes and resources.” [1]
It is in the context of this very broad field of study, aimed to define and develop theoretical models, methods and technological systems to solve problems in the field of human learning both in purposive and spontaneous contexts, that researchers have focused their attention on various aspects and addressed different learning contexts to explore the potential and pitfalls of different technologies in their relationship with learning processes.
As our society is changing and technologies are so rapidly evolving, there is a need to reflect on past, present and future trajectories, to understand where we are now and which directions we think this research field needs to take in the next years. To this end, a panel of international experts will bring their own perspectives and share their positions, with the ultimate goal to provide a multifaceted vision on how we expect the Educational Technology research field to develop.
Panelists
Yannis Dimitriadis – Professor of Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain.
Allison Littlejohn – Professor of Learning Technology at University College London and Director of University College London’s Knowledge Lab, London, UK
Carlo Perrotta – Associate Professor of Digital Education at the Faculty of Education, Melbourne University, Australia
Francesca Pozzi – Director of the Institute for Educational Technology of the National Research Council, Italy
Chair: Donatella Persico (CNR – ITD)