Rethinking Education in the Digital Age

Dear Colleagues,

The global pandemic has disrupted virtually every aspect of our lives, including education, healthcare, business, and social interaction. The implementation of social distancing has led to a necessary increase in technology-mediated interactions and we are now seeing how school closures and emergency remote learning have impacted students’ learning and mental wellness. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds have been particularly affected, as the crisis continues to expose the inequities and challenges in educational systems worldwide (OECD, 2020). Digital technologies will continue to evolve rapidly during the pandemic and beyond, in ways that affect teaching and learning. This Special Issue will begin to address how education in a globally connected, digital age will look over the next decade.

This Special Issue aims to provide opportunities for debate and reflection on a wide range of issues pertaining to technology-enhanced teaching and learning in a variety of settings. We welcome papers related to new educational tools and environments, promising practices and case studies on innovative technology-based teaching and learning strategies, as well as theoretical work addressing current and future trends in education that might promote conversations about the pedagogical potential of new digital technologies. Topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Technology-enhanced learning;
• Humanizing online learning;
• Smart classrooms;
• Innovative virtual learning environments;
• Adaptive learning;
• Personalized e-learning;
• Mobile learning;
• Learning networks;
• Digital privacy and security in education;
• New digital tools for learning;
• Emerging technologies in education for sustainable development;
• Synchronous and asynchronous learning;
• Digital tools for development of global competencies;
• Virtual and augmented learning environments;
• Articial intelligence in education;
• Digital tools to assess learning;
• Flipped classrooms;
• Game- and simulation-based learning;
• The impact of COVID-19 on education;
• Virtual labs and virtual classrooms.

Dr. Janette Hughes
Dr. Laura Morrison
Dr. Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen
Guest Editors

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• eLearning
• online learning
• digital technologies
• online learning
• hyflex
• artificial intelligence
• immersive VR
• flipped classrooms
• game-based learning
• virtual labs