ITD Istituto per le tecnologie Didattiche - CNR

In Focus

First International Symposium on Innovation and Sustainability in Education

InSuEdu 2012 - 1st International Symposium on Innovation and Sustainability in Education - Thessaloniki 1/10/2012

XII IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - ICALT 2012

XII IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2012) Rome, 4-7/7/2012

Call For Chapters

Call For Chapters for the book "New Pedagogical Approaches in Game Enhanced Learning: Curriculum Integration"

STELLAR NTEL theme team report

A report on "Neuroscience and Technology Enhanced Learning" has been published

Share.TEC project concluded

Visit the portal and learn more about the final results

A Metaphor for Social Networks

Idea competition

Neuroscience and TEL

Interview with Dr Paul Howard-Jones, the leader of the STELLAR Theme Team NTEL (Neuroscience and TEL)

The Institute for Educational Technology 

The Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche (ITD) is one of the research institutes of the Italian National Research Council. The institute is devoted to the study of educational innovation brought about through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The research undertaken focuses on:

• the integration of ICT in various educational settings (school, university, business);
• issues related to different disciplines and themes (humanities, sciences, environmental education, etc.)
• learning issues of particular social significance (disability, learning difficulties, social disadvantage, intercultural issues, etc.)
• the study of technological innovation as a learning resource.

The main areas of reference for the Institute's research work are the cognitive sciences, computer science and the pedagogy of the various disciplines.