New Technology Challenges in Education for New Learning Ecosystem, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues, 

The restrictions caused by the pandemic, such as lockdowns, have generated an unquestionable impulse to make use of digital technologies in teaching and learning processes, which has led to the development of different educational methods. There are a series of didactic strategies and methodologies that have been combined with different technologies in order to take advantage of their academic potential. Thus, the emergence of new technologies (extended reality, artificial intelligence, etc.) in education favors their use in teaching–learning processes from a disruptive perspective, either through the use of unprecedented viewpoints (e.g., adaptive learning or self-regulated learning, among others) or the reformulation of known pedagogical approaches (e.g., collaborative learning or project-based learning).

In this context, it is necessary to deepen our understanding of the impact of technology use on both the student (e.g., motivation, engagement, attitudes, emotion) and the learning process (e.g., acquisition of knowledge, learning process, academic results). However, analyzing the specific impact that technologies have on learning is complex, as this depends to a large extent on how these technologies are used and for what purpose; this is also considered in combination with all the other elements that configure the learning ecosystem.

The learning ecosystem refers to the environment or the organized system in which the process of learning occurs, and considers the group of people who interact with the content, the technology, and the strategies used.

The objective of this Special Issue is to collect those works based on research, whether quantitative, qualitative or mixed, that provide evidence of the formative impact of the use of emerging pedagogies at the conceptual and attitudinal level, as well as in terms of skills, competencies, participation, motivation, attitudes, emotion, and satisfaction, etc. Reviews will also be accepted as long as they formulate theoretical or methodological proposals that contribute to new knowledge in the field of study. Specifically, the scope of this Special Issue includes the following topics:

Strategies of learning

• Adaptive learning
• Self-regulated learning
• Context-based learning
• Flipped classroom
• Learning analytics
• Personal learning environments

Technologies in Learning

• Smart classroom
• Design thinking
• Mobile learning: Extended reality
• Smart tutoring
• Gamification and serious games
• Computer-supported collaborative learning 

Dr. Lourdes Villalustre
Dr. Marisol Cueli
Guest Editors

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• learning ecosystem
• strategies of learning
• technology

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