Fostering Self-Regulated Learning through ICT

Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) is the process through which individuals control their own learning, from the cognitive, meta-cognitive, behavioral, emotional and motivational points of view. Through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) it is an important interdisciplinary competence which has increasingly gained attention in the past couple of decades because it leads to improved learning and it helps people to cope with the challenges of life-long-learning in the knowledge society. Fostering Self-Regulated Learning through ICT s presents the relationship between SRL and ICTs from several standpoints, addressing both theoretical and applicative issues, providing examples from a range of disciplinary fields and educational settings. This book includes 24 chapters by a total of 57 authors from 28 different institutions in 13 countries.

Giuliana Dettori has been working as researcher for the Italian National Research Council since 1978. She is currently with the Institute for Educational Technology. After an initial involvement in Applied Mathematics, her research interests have been in Educational Technology for most of her professional life. She has been working, in particular, on self-regulated learning, narrative learning and the mediating role of ICT in teaching and learning, in relation to school settings, distance education and teacher training. She is teaching in the PhD program of the University of Genoa "Languages, cultures and ICT", has authored numerous scientific papers, is carrying out editorial collaboration with many international journals and conferences and has been responsible for her institute in several international and national projects.

Donatella Persico is senior researcher at the Institute for Educational Technology of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). She has been active in the field of educational technology, theory and applications, since 1981. Her major interests include instructional design, e-learning, self-regulated learning and teacher training. She is author of educational material and scientific publications of various kinds, including books, educational software, multimedia material and research papers concerning various aspects of educational technology. She was lecturer of educational technology at the post-graduate teacher training school of the University of Genoa from 2000 to 2006. She is co-editor of the Italian Journal Tecnologie Didattiche, collaborates with international and national journals on Educational Technology and has been in charge of several national and international projects, mostly funded by the European Community. She sits on the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) WG3.8 Life Long Learning committee as well as several other professional boards at national andinternational level.