RED-INK: Educating through technology

RED-INK: Educating through technology   The RED-INK (Rethinking EDucation IN the Knowledge society) doctoral school is committed to unravelling issues related to the introduction, management and impact of educational and eLearning technologies in a Knowledge Society. Funded by ProDoc, a programme of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), RED-INK brings together three research centres from three Swiss universities, including the New Media in Education Laboratory (NewMinE Lab) of the Faculty of Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana, USI, which acts as leading house. Download the entire project (in English).

La scuola dottorale RED-INK (Rethinking EDucation IN the Knowledge society) si prefigge di comprendere le problematiche legate all’introduzione, alla gestione e all’impatto delle tecnologie formative e dell’eLearning nel contesto della società della conoscenza. Finanziata dal programma ProDoc del Fondo nazionale svizzero per la ricerca scientifica (FNS), RED-INK riunisce tre centri di ricerca di tre università svizzere, tra cui il New Media in Education Laboratory (NewMinE Lab) della Facoltà di scienze della comunicazione dell’USI di Lugano (Leading-house). Scarica la scheda completa del progetto (in italiano).

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