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<br>Special Issue on
<br>*Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19*
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<br>/*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/
<br>(ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998)
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<br>*Important dates:*
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<br>• Deadline: *September 27*, 2020
<br>• Notification to the authors:  November 10, 2020
<br>• Camera ready paper: November 20, 2020
<br>• Publication of the special issue: end of November, 2020
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<br>*Overview*
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<br>The shock caused by the pandemic on learning processes all around the 
<br>world has no equal in the history of education. During previous 
<br>pandemics the application of the social distancing has already led to 
<br>the closure of schools but it was not possible to even imagine the 
<br>continuation of teaching activities as it is happening in the present 
<br>days, albeit within a virtual dimension.
<br>On average, in less than two weeks after the lock down all the actors of 
<br>the educational processes - students, teachers and families - have been 
<br>forced to use technologies that many of them would have never considered 
<br>before as relevant for learning. In a short time, educational 
<br>technologies that have always struggled to establish themselves as a 
<br>significant support to the learning processes have become the standard. 
<br>A so abrupt transition from physical to virtual has contributed to 
<br>amplify the regret for the many opportunities lost in the past by 
<br>several national and supranational educational systems in supporting and 
<br>coordinating the development of technologies that could have generated a 
<br>significant impact on the learning ecosystems. At the same time it has 
<br>emerged the critical state of the tertiary education that has not been 
<br>able to renew in depth pedagogical and didactic approaches to educate 
<br>present and future teachers to significantly integrate technologies into 
<br>traditional educational processes. Nonetheless, thanks to the many 
<br>environments derived from the domain of the collaborative work, to the 
<br>vast plethora of apps considered in the past as niche products, to the 
<br>good will of many teachers, to a constant learning by doing (that in 
<br>many cases has become a continuous field experimentation) schools and 
<br>universities are accompanying their students towards the end of the 
<br>school/academic year.
<br>This special issue aims at gathering the most significant studies and 
<br>experiences that have been carried on during the pandemic period to make 
<br>sure that at least a part of such body of knowledge  will not be 
<br>completely lost. We need them, and we need to reflect on them, hoping 
<br>that they could guide us in the development of a new way of thinking 
<br>about learning ecosystems and, more in general, about educational processes.
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<br>*Topics of Interest*
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<br>The indicative list of topics of interest for this special issue devoted 
<br>to 'Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19' includes, 
<br>but is not limited to:
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<br>• Research and case studies on organizational aspects
<br>• Research and case studies on didactic aspects
<br>• Research and case studies on monitoring and evaluation aspects and 
<br>strategies
<br>• Research and case studies on the unconventional use of conventional 
<br>technologies, or on the use of unconventional technologies to support 
<br>educational processes
<br>• Research and case studies on the functional rethinking of physical or 
<br>phygital places for learning
<br>• Research and case studies on the transformation of learning ecosystems 
<br>and of the perceptions' of the main actors of the learning processes.
<br>• Future visions
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<br>/*Submission guidelines and procedure*/
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<br>All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original 
<br>and may not be under review by another publication.
<br>The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format.
<br>All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers.
<br>Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors' 
<br>information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.).
<br>The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines
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<br>Link to the paper submission page:
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<br>(Please upload all submissions using the Submission page. 
<br>When submitting the paper, please, choose the section:
<br>"SI: Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19")
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<br>More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics
<br>of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal
<br>where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors,
<br>publication ethics and malpractice are published.
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<br>For scientific advice and queries, please contact the IxD&A scientific 
<br>editor marking the subject as:
<br>/Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19/
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<br>• carlo [dot] giovannella [at] uniroma2 [dot] it
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<br>* Forthcoming issues:*
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<br>• Autumn 2020
<br>focus section on
<br>'Augmenting Space: The role of immersive technologies in future cities'
<br>Guest editors: Callum Parker, Soojeong Yoo, Waldemar Jenek, Youngho Lee
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<br>• Winter 2020
<br>'Tools, Pedagogical and Ludic Strategies, Co-Design supporting Smart 
<br>Learning Ecosystems and Smart Education'
<br>Guest editors: Oscar Mealha, Traian Rebedea, Matthias Rehm
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<br>• Springer 2021
<br>'Collaborative multimedia applications in technology'
<br>Guest editors: César A. Collazos, Sandra Cano, Freddy Paz, Habib Fardoun
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