Programme

September 28, 2026

14:00-14:30	Participant Registration
14:30-15:00	Opening ceremony (Room: Aula Magna)
15:00-16:00	Keynote Prof. Kate Borthwick (Room: Aula Magna)
16:00-16:30	Coffee break
16:30-17:30 – Parallel sessions	ST11 (Room: Aula Magna)	ST2 (Room: Aula 5)	GT1 (Room: Aula 6)	ST1 (Room: Aula 8)
17:30-18:30 – Parallel sessions	ST11 (Room: Aula Magna)	ST2 (Room: Aula 5)	GT1 (Room: Aula 6)	ST1 (Room: Aula 8)

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Parallel sessions – September 28 – 16:30 – 17:30

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Parallel sessions – September 28 – 17:30 – 18:30

ST11 (Room: Aula Magna)

ST11 – Pedagogy of Artificial Intelligence: changing leadership roles, innovation learning, community well-being Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Elisa Zane	Cultivating epistemic doubt: higher education, ai skills, and community wellbeing
Luca Lanfranchi	Can the Pedagogist Act as an Epistemic Mediator in the AI University?
Cristian Righettini	Pedagogy of Emotions in the Age of AI: Towards Transformative Higher Education Models for the Teaching Profession
Antonio Molinari	Educating citizenship in the age of artificial intelligence: distributed responsibility and the care of the human in higher education
Teresa Giovanazzi	Financial Literacy and Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Personalized Learning, Well-being and Educational Innovation

ST2 (Room: Aula 5)

ST2 – Rethink Education: The Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Alexander Mikroyannidis and John Domingue	Rethinking AI in Higher Education through Metaheutagogy: A Thematic Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges
Carole Salis, Jose Francisco Saenz Cogollo, Stefano Leone Monni, Giuliana Brunetti, Fabrizio Murgia, Paola Pinna and Laura Vargiu	From Live Encounters to Deep Inquiry: Deployment Insights from an AI-Augmented Remote Science Platform and Design Directions for Higher Education
Maria Ranieri, Gabriele Biagini and Francesca Pezzati	Studying with AI, from Shortcuts to Critical Use: A University-Wide Hackathon Fostering Critical AI Literacy in Higher Education
Rachele Passi, Agnese Telloni, Andrea Loreggia, Silvia Ceccacci, Ileana Bodini and Valerio Villa	From Computational Thinking to Critical AI and Measurement Literacy: Unplugged Activities, Goodhart’s Law, and Children’s Understanding of Proxies
Sara Vergallo, Maria Cristina Carrisi and Ottavio G. Rizzo	Before Machine Learning: Mathematical Criticalities in Early AI Literacy Education

GT1 (Room: Aula 6)

GT1 – Online pedagogy and learning methodologies Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Giorgia Bassi and Ilaria Matteucci	Cybersecurity education in schools: The experience of the Italian pilot within the SuperCyberKids project
Emmanuele Gatti, Arianna Giuliani, Ilaria Terrenghi and Serena Triacca	Exploring Generative AI Use in Teacher Education and Instructional Design
Alice Roffi, Maria Ranieri, Francesca Pezzati, Catia Battista, Gabriele Renzini and Jonida Shtylla	Mini-MOOCs for teachers’ professional development on digital education: the experience of the University of Florence
Chiara Panciroli, Anita Macauda, Salvatore Messina and Paola Rigoni	From shadow facilitator to Learning ecosystem designer: reconceptualising the teacher’s role in MOOC-Enhanced blended learning
Helga Ballardini, Ligia Tomazin Fernandes Mendonca, Daniele Agostini, Elena Benini, Silvia Perzolli, Giorgia Dossi, Maria Valeria Ceraolo, Chiara Eberle, Sara Sighel, Anna Serbati and Paola Venuti	Evaluating a University-Wide Blended Learning Project: from educational support to evidence of impact.

ST1 (Room: Aula 8)

ST1 – Active Online Assessment in Higher Education: Pedagogical Models, Digital Practices and Evidence-Based Approaches Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Valentina Isceri	AI-Mediated Formative Feedback and Metalinguistic Awareness in Higher Education: A Case Study on Complex Grammatical Structures in Arabic-Speaking Learners of Italian
Anna Dipace, Teresa Savoia and Ilaria Fiore	The ReflectUp E-Portfolio as a Self-reflective Device: Reflections of participants in the PRIN AcOnHE Project
Teresa Savoia, Raffaele Di Fuccio, Oleksandra Zagorulko and Valeria Formisano	From Needs Assessment to Adaptive Design: An AI Tool Taxonomy for Heterogeneous LSP Cohorts in Online Higher Education
Eugenia Treglia, Anna Maria Mariani and Francesco Peluso Cassese	Does Thinking with Artificial Intelligence Make Us More Creative? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Study on Comprehension, Critical Thinking, and Creative Production
Matteo Adamoli, Federica Emanuel, Marco Rondonotti and Paolo Raviolo	Formative Assessment in Higher Education: the design and experimental Implementation of the AcOnHE Framework for Online Assessment

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September 29, 2026

09:00-09:30	Participant Registration
09:30-10:30	Keynote Dr Velislava (Veli) Hillman (Room: Aula Magna)
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:00 – Parallel sessions	ST2 (Room: Aula Magna)	DC (Room: Aula 5)	ST12 (Room: Aula 6)	GT2 (Room: Aula 8)
12:00-13:15 – Parallel sessions	ST2 (Room: Aula Magna)	DC (Room: Aula 5)	ST11 (Room: Aula 6)	GT2 (Room: Aula 8)
13:00-14:30	Light lunch
14:30-16:00 – Parallel sessions	ST12 / ST5 (Room: Aula Magna)	ST7 (Room: Aula 5)	GT1 (Room: Aula 6)	ST4 / ST9 (Room: Aula 8)
16:00-16:30	Coffee break
16:30-17:30 – Parallel sessions	ST3 (Room: Aula Magna)	ST8 (Room: Aula 5)	ST6 (Room: Aula 6)	ST15 (Room: Aula 8)
17:30-18:30 – Parallel sessions	ST10 (Room: Aula Magna)	ST8 (Room: Aula 5)	ST13 (Room: Aula 6)	ST14 (Room: Aula 8)
tba	Social Dinner (Venue: to be announced)

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Parallel sessions – September 29 – 11:00 – 12:00

ST2 (Room: Aula Magna)

ST2 – Rethink Education: The Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Irene Massaro, Rita De Castris, Francesco Saverio Tortoriello and Ilaria Veronesi	Thales’ Harmony: Integrating Geometry, Music and AI
Maria Gentile and Raffaele Di Fuccio	Digital ESG Learning Transformation: AI integration and ESG principles in the educational processes of an Italian SME. A longitudinal case study with mixed methods design
Enrichetta Gentile, Alessandro Pagano, Paola Plantamura, Veronica Rossano and Sara Maria Cosima Tondo	Artificial Intelligence as a Partner in Formative Assessment for Introductory Programming
Marco Cremaschi, Riccardo Pecori, Pietro Squeri and Davide Ditolve	AccuGrade: Human-in-the-Loop Document Intelligence for Active and Auditable Assessment in Higher Education
Pietro Squeri, Riccardo Pecori, Agostino Marengo and Lerina Aversano	Habitual Generative AI Use and Academic Writing Profiles: An NLP and Machine Learning Analysis

DC (Room: Aula 5)

DC – Doctoral Consortium Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Federica Siddu	Beliefs, Confidence, and Instructional Practice in Primary Mathematics Teaching: Evidence from a Professional Development Intervention
Marco Cabras	Responsible Multi-Agent Instructional Design through Large Language Models
Emmanuele Gatti	Artificial Intelligence and Professional Agency in the Third-Sector Social-Educational Field
Francesco Facciorusso	The Critical and Strategic AI Mediator: Frameworks for Teacher Competence in the Generative-AI Era
Marika Lamacchia	Sustainable learning environments: exploring the role of technologies in developing self-regulation

ST12 (Room: Aula 6)

ST12 – AI-augmented E-learning for Mathematics Education at University Level Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Annarosa Serpe	Deconstructing AI Outputs: A Blueprint for Secondary Mathematics.
Michele Giuliano Fiorentino and Antonella Montone	From Answer Generator to Feedback Partner: Exploring Generative AI for Formative Feedback in Mathematics Teacher Education
Giovannina Albano, Anna Pierri and Agnese Ilaria Telloni	Students’ Interactions with ChatGPT in the Search for a Satisfactory Mathematical Solution
Alice Barana, Giulia Boetti, Cecilia Fissore, Marina Marchisio Conte and Fabio Roman	Generative AI and Advanced Computing Environments in Mathematical Modelling: Evidence from Scenario-Based Learning in Higher Education
Cecilia Fissore, Francesco Floris and Marina Marchisio Conte	Designing AI-Based Digital Tutors for Mathematics Learning: From Didactic Purpose to AI-Enhanced Activities

GT2 (Room: Aula 8)

GT2 – Learning technologies, data analytics and educational big data mining as well as their applications Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Susanna Piacenza, Maria Luisa Boninelli, Paola Cortiana and Leonardo Menegola	The experiential learning cycle in university education for the healthcare professions is a four-year training and research initia-tive within a course on Didactics and Experimental Pedagogy.
Agon Memeti, Artina Kamberi, Ibrahim Neziri, Kushtrim Ahmeti and Vullnet Ameti	Quality Assurance Index (QAI) for Higher Education: A Dynamic LMS-Based Composite Model Validated Through PLS-SEM
Luna Lembo, Stefania Morsanuto, Margot Zanetti and Francesco Peluso Cassese	Augmented Reality, Engagement, and Inclusive Learning in Students with Mild Visual Impairment
Olha Hulai, Vitalii Kabak, Vasylyna Shemet and Iryna Moroz	Chatbots as a Component of the Digital Learning Environment to Support STEM Education
Artem Boyarchuk, Daria Shteinbrekher and Antonio Maffei	Beyond the Improvement Curve: Uncertainty-Aware Knowledge Tracing and the Problem of the Lucky Correct Answer

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Parallel sessions – September 29 – 12:00-13:15

ST2 (Room: Aula Magna)

ST2 – Rethink Education: The Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Serena Gianfaldoni, Michele Lanzetta and Pietro Balestri	Artificial Intelligence and Online Training: Trainers’ Perceptions within a National Training Network
Lucio Negrini	Context-Aware Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Supporting Teachers in Designing Educational Robotics Activities
Patricia Khonje and Patricia Santos	A Policy-Capacity-Tool Alignment Model for Legitimate Human-AI Collaboration in Higher Education
Gaetano Anastasi and Paolo Musmarra	Socratic Artificial Intelligence as an Assessment Engine
Irene Mauro	Artificial Intelligence and Student Engagement in Online Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and Pedagogical Implications
Francesco Facciorusso, Marilena di Padova and Anna Dipace	Developing Critical and Strategic AI Competencies: A Framework for Teacher Competence in GenAI-Integrated Education

DC (Room: Aula 5)

DC – Doctoral Consortium Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Francesco Congiu	MosaicRAG: A Research Toolkit for Reliable Retrieval-Augmented Generation in Education
Bianca De Vivo	Designing teacher mediation for AI-Assisted Storytelling
Carolina Mele	Research project: Technology Enhanced Learning: the impact of digital transformation on teachers
Umberto Barbieri	State-Aware Intelligent Tutoring Systems Using Large Language Models
Lucia Miranda	Artificial Intelligence and Individualized Educational Planning: a pilot exploratory study on supporting IEP development among italian teachers
Aleksandra Majkut	EduAI: transforming inclusive education by strengthening teachers’ digital skills

ST11 (Room: Aula 6)

ST11 – Pedagogy of Artificial Intelligence: changing leadership roles, innovation learning, community well-being Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Giampaolo Sabino	Compassionate Academic Leadership in the Age of AI. Cultivating Collective Well-Being in Higher Education Through Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Serena Mazzoli	Pedagogical Professions and University Education in the Age of AI
J. Roberto Sánchez Reina and Giuseppina Debbi	Implementing Learning Architectures for Critical AI Governance: The drAIve Framework in the Classroom
Martina Bona	AI and Leadership: The Future of the Educational Community
Valentina Meneghel	GenAI, innovation or simulation? A pedagogical perspective on knowledge, consciousness, and authorial responsibility
Sara Scioli	Human horizon, artificial intelligence. Supporting educational professions to promote community well-being

GT2 (Room: Aula 8)

GT2 – Learning technologies, data analytics and educational big data mining as well as their applications Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Simona Ferrari and Federica Pelizzari	Beyond Communities of Practice: An Emerging Framework for Institutional Support Communities in Pre-Service Teacher Education
Alessandra Natalini	DigCompEdu and training future teachers: assessing digital skills through SELFIE for Teachers
Monica Di Domenico, Giovanna Amendola and Pio Alfredo Di Tore	From Technopanic to a Pedagogy of Attention: An Umbrella-Oriented Review of Digital Media, Well-Being and Learning
Martin Drlik and Janka Pecuchová	Teaching Graduate Students to Design Learning Analytics Tools in the Age of Machine Learning and Generative AI
Federica Emanuel, Marco Rondonotti, Angelo Basta, Silvia Dell’Anna and Paolo Raviolo	Chatbot-Supported Rubric Design: Perceived Usefulness, Critical Reflection, and Metacognitive Awareness
Mariangela Mirra, Imma Stizzo and Stefano Di Tore	SEE-ITACA Framework: Integrating Learning Analytics, Competency Modelling and Virtual Reality for Instructional Design

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Parallel sessions – September 29 – 14:30-16:00

ST12 + ST5 (Room: Aula Magna)

ST12 – AI-augmented E-learning for Mathematics Education at University Level ST5 – The Digital Self: Creative Practices and Non-Linear Languages for Building Socio-Emotional and Affective Skills in the Age of AI Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Maria Antonietta Lepellere	A Metacognitive and Instrumental Analysis of Agency and Educational Contract Shifts in AI-Mediated Calculus II Study
Annamaria Miranda, , Alessandro Ciasullo, Fabrizio Barpi, Gabriella Casalino, Loredana Saliceto and Davide Taibi	Collaborative AI Prompting as a Driver of Metacognitive Awareness and Epistemic Agency in Higher Education
Umberto Dello Iacono and Marco Picariello	Enhancing Mathematical Argumentation Through AI Tutoring: A Study Using ChatGPT in Upper Secondary Education
Ada Manfreda and Riccarda Boriglione	From heritage to agency: the Dynamic Community Map as an integrated physical and digital tool for situated participation and collective creativity.
Caterina De Marzo and Salvatore Colazzo	The Invented and Participatory Digital Archive as a Phygital Learning Environment: Agency, Otherness and Socio-Emotional Dimensions
Eleonora Greco and Angela Mancarella	Inhabiting experience, narrating territories: audiovisual languages in a situated research-training process
Valeria Vadalà, Arianna Ricciardi, Rosabel Roig Vila and Nadia Carlomagno	Dramaturgies of the Self: The Digital as a Mediator in the Development of Emotional Competences
Martina Casillo, Ettore Melchionna and Nadia Carlomagno	Generative AI and University Students: Perceptions between Cognitive Amplification and the Risk of Deskilling

ST7 (Room: Aula 5)

ST7 – Embodied and Adaptive Learning Environments: Serious Games, Educational Robotics and AI for Personalized Education Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Alessio Manfredini, Clara Nobile, Onofrio Gigliotta, Alessandro Ciasullo and Michela Ponticorvo	Designing Adaptive AI Support for Concept Mapping Without Cognitive Offloading: The Future Development of MapAble
Elena Dell’Aquila, Andrea Miano, Agostino Carbone, Antonella Bianca Francavilla, Angelo Rega, Gianluca Cavalaglio, Giuseppe Mazzeo, Francesco Fabbrocino, Alessandro Gennaro and Raffaele Di Fuccio	A Phygital Escape Room Experience for Risk Awareness with students in the Campi Flegrei Area Context
Elena Dell’Aquila, Davide Marocco, Raffaele Di Fuccio, Pierpaolo Limone and Umberto Barbieri	Natural Teacher Language for Conflict Style Classification with SLMs
Angelo Rega, Lucia Miranda, Carolina Mele, Chiara Scuotto, Raffaele Di Fuccio, Emanuele Marsico, Stefano Triberti and Luigi Gallo	Preliminary testing of a virtual reality escape room for shared learning
Anna Rescigno	Crossing boundaries among cultures, technologies, and geometries an avatar-based edugame for inclusive learning in primary school
Clarissa Lella, Anna Trifonova, Marc Fuertes-Alpiste, Nuria Molas-Castells, Christianna Mavrou, Paula Nadbrzeska, Valeria Formisano, Łukasz Tomczyk, Angelo Basta, Ines Villano and Raffaele Di Fuccio	Co-Designing Educational Escape Rooms with Taitale: Benefits and Recurring Challenges

GT1 (Room: Aula 6)

GT1 – Online pedagogy and learning methodologies Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Sabrina Eimler, Uwe Handmann, Nermeen Baker, Julia Maria Barenbrock, Alexandra-Michelle Drechsler, Gian Luca Dossena, Lukas Erle, Andre Helgert, Ramón-Darius Imort, David Rohrschneider, Jonas Stehr and Paul Szabo-Müller	Driving the Transformation: A Course Concept Preparing for a Sustainable Future
Marika Lamacchia, Marilena di Padova and Anna Dipace	Technology-Enhanced Interventions for Self-Regulated Learning in Secondary Education: A Scoping Review
Valeria De Padova, Gianluca Amatori and Anna Dipace	Communication and Empathy Skills Training in Pediatric Settings in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review
Marco Rondonotti, Federica Emanuel and Paolo Raviolo	Bridging Higher Education and Socio-Educational Practice: A Human-Centred AI Literacy Framework for Professional Learning
Francesco Claudio Ugolini, Domenico Morreale, Chiara Parretti, Marzia Rossi, Francesca Fallucchi and Flavia Di Donato	A participatory training-research as a Faculty Develop-ment strategy to systematize and disseminate active and interactive teaching methodologies
Lorella Giannandrea, Chiara Laici and Francesca Gratani	Reimagining ePortfolios as Personal Learning Environments for Lifelong Career Development: Insights from the DEVICES Project

ST4 + ST9 (Room: Aula 8)

ST4 – Press Start to Research! Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Gamification for Social Inclusion ST9 – Extended Reality for Higher Education: Design, Assessment and AI-Generated Immersive Learning Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Nadia Di Leo, Antonino Tarantino and Giusi Antonia Toto	The Inclusion Paradox: When AI-Driven Serious Games Risk Reinforcing Algorithmic Exclusion
Mariella Tripaldi, Camilla Brandao De Souza and Alessandro Barca	When error becomes connection. AI-Assisted Relational Analytics in gamified educational robotics for cognitive and socio-emotional inclusion
Viviana Vinci and Pierangelo Berardi	Human-in-the-Loop in Schools: A European Study on Instructional Design Within the STIAEM Project
Massimiliano Andreoletti, Andrea Tinterri, Maria Concetta Carruba, Maria Clara Dicataldo, Marika Lamacchia, Francesco Facciorusso and Anna Dipace	Teaching Artificial Intelligence through Game-Based Learning in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature
Antonio Maffei, Andrea de Giorgio, Luca Urciuoli, Pietro Lungaro and Joseph Zammit	A Portable Mixed Reality Digital Twin Toolkit for Teaching Human-Centric Assembly Systems
Mariella Farella, Marco Arrigo, Davide Taibi, Gianluca Merlo, Giovanni Fulantelli and Giuseppe Chiazzese	Augmented and Immersive Reality in Higher Education: a Transformative Approach to Digital Readiness
Andre Helgert, Gian Luca Dossena and Sabrina Eimler	Immersive Transformation: A VR-Based Environment Featuring Twin Transition

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Parallel sessions – September 29 – 16:30-17:30

ST3 (Room: Aula Magna)

ST3 – Human rights-based approach and practices for preventing and countering online hate speech: digital strategies and educational challenges in Higher Education Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Francesco Pio Dilillo, Arianna Beri and Laura Sara Agrati	Migrant Learners and Inclusive AI: An Exploratory Case Study on Italian as a Second Language (L2) in CPIAs
Lieve Gies	Countering hate speech in hybrid contexts: Evidence from university students’ experiences during COVID-19
Teresa González-Ramirez, Maria Giuseppina Bartolo, Simona Perfetti, Angela Lopez-Gracia, Rosario Ponziano	Digital Citizenship and Human Rights in the Context of Online Hate Speech: Evidence and Challenges for Higher Education
Lidia Scifo and Giovanni Fulantelli	From Inclusive Digital Readiness to Safe Digital Participation: Towards a Human Rights-Based Self-Assessment Framework for Higher Education
Stefano Pasta	From Local Cases to Sociomaterial Assemblages: A Human Rights-Based Media Literacy Approach to Countering Online Hate in an International Master’s Programme

ST8 (Room: Aula 5)

ST8 – Pedagogy and participatory technologies in the post-digital era Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Mario Giampaolo	A Socio-Material Ethnography of Blended Learning Practices in Higher Education
Pasquale Renna	Higher Education, Disability Inclusion, and Participato-ry Technologies in the Post-Digital Era: Towards an Ecosystemic Pedagogy of Human Development
Farnaz Farahi and Simin Sasani	Empowerment or replacement of collaborative learning? Artificial Intelligence, student agency, and the social construction of knowledge in Higher Education. A Systematic Literature Review
Claudia Banchetti	Technologies and learning in higher education: a socio- material study of a COIL experience

ST6 (Room: Aula 6)

ST6 – Exploring the Role of “Expressive Mediators” in Inclusive Higher Education within Digital and Hybrid Environments Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Donatella Camedda	Photovoice as an Expressive Mediator: Bridging Research and Teaching in Digitally Mediated Inclusive Higher Education
Paola Cortiana and Eleonora Zorzi	Drawing Beyond Boundaries: Expressive and Digital Mediators in a Workshop for Inclusive Teacher Education
Mattia Lamberti	Reflective supervision, communities of practice and expressive mediators in Youth work: a pedagogical proposal for the training of supervisors.
Farnaz Farahi	Visual and Espressive Mediators dor Inclusion and participation in digital Higher Education
Daniele Agostini, Elena Benini and Helga Ballardini	Collaborative Creativity in AI-Mediated Lesson Design: A Thematic Analysis

ST15 (Room: Aula 8)

ST15 – AI in Physical Exercise, Kinesiology and Sport: Innovations for Higher Education Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Nicola Trotta, Luigi Armiento, Federico Daga and Italo Sannicandro	Machine Learning-Based Identification of External Load Profiles in Professional Football Players
Giuseppe Giardullo and Agron Kasa	Ecological-Dynamics Custom GPT and Performance in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: A Randomized Controlled Study
Rosario Ceruso and Arben Kaçurri	Artificial Intelligence and Physical Activity Promotion: Effects of Personalized Digital Feedback in Sedentary Young Adults
Felice Di Domenico and Raffaele Scurati	Artificial intelligence generated vs. kinesiologist-designed exercise protocols: A pilot study on anthropometric and psychophysical adaptations in physically active adults
Manuele Taleb and Giampiero Merati	From Data to Decision-Making in Football: Perceived Effectiveness of AI-Supported Simplification for Communication Between Coaches and Match Analysts

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Parallel sessions – September 29 – 17:30-18:45

ST10 (Room: Aula Magna)

ST10 – Beyond the Recorded Lecture: Reframing Video-Based Teaching as a Distinct Pedagogical Practice Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Elisabetta Lucia De Marco, Maria Concetta Carruba, Maria Clara Di Cataldo, Marilena Di Padova, Beatrice Doria, Livia Petti, Federica Picasso and Anna Dipace	Beyond the Recorded Lecture: Reframing Video-Based Teaching as a Distinct Pedagogical Practice
Antonella Coppi	Through the Scene. Creating educational interactions in video-based teaching for distance learning in higher education An Experimental case study within the L-19 Degree Programme at IUL University, Florence (IT)
J. Roberto Sánchez Reina	Training Academic Literacy in Higher Education: Student-Generated Video Presentations as a Pedagogical Practice.
Andrea Garavaglia, Livia Petti and Martina Morreale	Teacher presence revisited: an exploratory study of video lecture perception in Italian Telematic Universities
Mariasole Guerriero, Domenico Monacis, Fiorenzo Moscatelli, Anna Dipace and Alessia Scarinci	Active Screen Time: Designing Video-Based Teaching as a Tool for Movement Promotion
Valentina Grion, Anna Dipace, Beatrice Doria, Marilena di Padova and Mariaclara Di Cataldo	Beyond Content Delivery: Reframing Asynchronous Video-Recorded Teaching through an Integrated Research Programme

ST8 (Room: Aula 5)

ST8 – Pedagogy and participatory technologies in the post-digital era Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Virginia Capriotti	Cultivating Human Worth or Optimising Employability? Meritocracy and the Datafied Governance of Italy’s ITS Academy
Michele Marangi, Farnaz Farahi, Roberta Franceschetti and Cristiano Zappa	Playing in the Post-Digital. Rethinking early childhood, intercultural perspective, embodied learning and community technologies as a challenge for higher education
Arianna Marras, Giovanni Bonaiuti and Mirian Agus	Between Resistance and Critical Integration: Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Digital Technologies
Daniela Cima	Beyond cognitive delegation: socio-material practices and participatory technologies for the promotion of agency in higher education.
Farnaz Farahi and Lisa Bugno	La partecipazione come categoria pedagogica fondamentale nella formazione mediata da IA generativa
Juan Ignacio Martí Garcia	Digital Pedagogies on Social Media: Analysis of Edu-In-fluencers’ Digital Teacher Identity, Engagement and Ped-agogical Impact on Followers

ST13 (Room: Aula 6)

ST13 – Gameful learning in higher education: experiences, methodologies and best practices Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Manuela Furlan and Alessandro Cerri	Designing Gameful Experiential Learning Environments for Transversal and Non-Technical Skills in Higher Education: A Process-Oriented Model
Piera De Gironimo, Alan Mattiassi and Martina Montenegro	Promoting Engagement and Agency through Gamefulness: Lessons from UTOPIA, an Immersive Edu-LARP Methodology for Higher Education
Angelo Mirra and Maria Cinque	Casual games e sviluppo delle soft skills nell’istruzione superiore: uno studio di caso su KeepTalking and NobodyExplodes
Arianna Goldoni and Marco Cremaschi	A Design Thinking-Based Model for Inclusive Gameful Learning and Teacher Training in Educational Game Design
Davide Di Palma, Fabiola Palmiero, Giovanna Scala and Margarita Bogdanova	Gamified Learning In Higher Education: A Mixed-Methods Experimental Study On Student Engagement, Motivation And Participation

ST14 (Room: Aula 8)

ST14 – European University Alliances, Virtual Exchange and Blended Mobility in Higher Education Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Caroline Cruaud	Virtual exchange in a European Alliance context: exploring the role of logbooks in the emergence of learner autonomy
Antonio Maffei, Andrea de Giorgio, David Romero, Sivasrinivasu Devadula and Gulmira Mukhanova	From Bilateral Pilots to a Global Classroom: Developing a COIL-Based Research Methodology Course for Engineering Students
Per Strömberg, Petra Eszter Rácz-Putzer and Erika Lázár	VE/COIL as a Rollercoaster. Good Intentions, Pitfalls and Solutions
Fabio Sorrentino	Pedagogical Engineers in European University Alliances: An Exploratory Study of an Emerging Professional Profile
Chiara Squilloni	Beyond Digital Tools: Building a Shared Ecosystem for Collaboration, Community and Digital Sovereignty in a European University Alliance
Alice Barana, Giulia Boetti, Marina Marchisio Conte, Adamaria Perrotta and Matteo Sacchet	Intercultural Competences in Mathematics COIL: an Analysis of Multicultural Effectiveness and Cultural Intelligence

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September 30, 2026

09:00-09:30	Participant Registration
09:30-10:30	Keynote Prof. Francesco Peluso Cassese (Room: Aula Magna)
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:00 – Parallel sessions	ST2 (Room: Aula Magna)	DC (Room: Aula 5)	ST13 (Room: Aula 6)	ST15 (Room: Aula 8)
12:00-13:00 – Parallel sessions	ST2 (Room: Aula Magna)	DC (Room: Aula 5)	ST6 (Room: Aula 6)	ST15 (Room: Aula 8)
13:00-13:30	Closing ceremony

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Parallel sessions – September 30 – 11:00-12:00

ST2 (Room: Aula Magna)

ST2 – Rethink Education: The Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Patricia Santos, Cansu Koyuturk, Andrea Martinenghi and Davide Taibi	A Co-Designed Learning Agreement Framework for Transparent AI Disclosure in Higher Education
Antonella Nuzzaci	Educational culture and algorithmic culture: perceptions, barriers and training needs of secondary school teachers in the face of AI
Angelo Cappello	Human guidance or artificial guidance? Generative inference underpins the process of representing educational reality.
Elisabetta Nicchia, Myrna Pario and Davide Parmigiani	Integrating Generative AI in teaching and learning in Higher Education: a framework for university teachers

DC (Room: Aula 5)

DC – Doctoral Consortium Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Alessandro Roveda	Accessibility as a professional posture: a situated analysis of the educational architecture and disciplinary structure of the EduNext Master’s Degree course in “Designing Accessible and Inclusive Living Environments”
Pietro Squeri	From Biosignals to Learning Outcomes: A Counterbalanced Machine Learning Framework for Evaluating e-Learning Effectiveness
Valeria De Padova	Medical Humanities and Artificial Intelligence: Towards an Integrated Training Model for Healthcare Education in the Digital Era
Oleksandra Zagorulko	Academic Writing Online: An E-Tivity-Based Course Design Integrating Process and Product Approaches

ST13 (Room: Aula 6)

ST13 – Gameful learning in higher education: experiences, methodologies and best practices Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Cristiano Zappa	“Learning through play” Using Digital Technologies: A Study involving Preschool Teachers and Five-Year-Olds
Emiliano Pino, Lorenzo Natali, Renzo Repetti and Mattia Scarsi-Drago	“Constructing” History Together: Constructionist Gaming as a Public History Practice in Higher Education
Marika Mascitti, Salvatore Messina and Alessandro Soriani	Reading Between the Levels: Videogame Literacy as a Critical Digital Competence for Professional Learners
Delio De Martino, Bianca De Vivo, Valeria De Padova, Andrea Tinterri and Anna Dipace	Beyond points, badges and leaderboards: narrativizing the digital gamification.
Isabella Giacchi and Marika Mascitti	Observing Collaboration during a Serious Game session: A Multi-Method Assessment Framework Using SYMLOG and Self-Report Measures

ST15 (Room: Aula 8)

ST15 – AI in Physical Exercise, Kinesiology and Sport: Innovations for Higher Education Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Giuseppe Giardullo and Gaetano Altavilla	Artificial Intelligence and Sport Sciences: Pedagogical Implications of Digital Learning
Manuele Taleb, Domenico Scognamiglio and Pompilio Cusano	Decision Support in Football Match Analysis: A Systematic Review of Artificial Intelligence Applications
Giuseppe Di Lascio and Elton Spahiu	ChatGPT as a Support Tool for Neuromuscular Data Interpretation in Sport Science Education: A PRISMA-Based Scoping Review
Giuseppe Penna, Francesca Martusciello and Gaetano Altavilla	Artificial Intelligence and Boxing: Use of AI as Support for Match Preparation
Luca Molinaro, Duško J. Bjelica and Gaetano Raiola	AI Driven Visual Feedback in Kinesiology Education A Preliminary Study on CNN Based 3D Spine Topography for Palpation Skills

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Parallel sessions – September 30 – 12:00-13:00

ST2 (Room: Aula Magna)

ST2 – Rethink Education: The Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Pasquale Ardimento, Mario Luca Bernardi, Marta Cimitile and Melanie Scalera	Beyond Answers: Lessons from UML Miner for Educational AI
Michele Marangi and Matteo Adamoli	The Role of Personal Knowledge and Institutional Context in the Development of AI Literacy. The TEACH-AI Research Contextualises International Frameworks
Andrea Nelson Mauro, Giovanni Fulantelli and Davide Taibi	Use of Generative AI in Italian Higher Education Data Journalism and Data Visualization Projects: A Multi-Institutional Comparative Study
Pietro Ducange and Michela Fazzolari	Large Language Models as Teaching Copilots: A Teacher-in-the-Loop Experience in AI and Database Education

DC (Room: Aula 5)

DC – Doctoral Consortium Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Alfonso Filippone	From Virtual English Learning to AI-Enhanced CLIL Science Education: A Mixed-Methods Protocol for Pre-Service Primary Teacher Education
Giorgio Giuliano	Listening Through the Body: A Fully Digital Experimental Pilot on Body-Focused Attention and the Receptive Musical Listening State
Walaa Wahba and Dr.Asma Sbaih	A Hybrid AI Framework for Educational Skill Extraction and Semantic Curriculum Alignment from Arabic Educational Videos
Denisse Griselda Hidalgo Panecasio	THE TRANSCOMPLEXITY OF APPLICATIONS IN NEW AI TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TRAINING OF OLDER UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

ST6 (Room: Aula 6)

ST6 – Exploring the Role of “Expressive Mediators” in Inclusive Higher Education within Digital and Hybrid Environments Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Leonardo Menegola, Francesca Berti and Paola Cortiana	Beyond Platform Pedagogy. Expressive Mediators and the Relational Dimension of Inclusive Higher Education
Leonardo Menegola, Antonio Balestra and Daniela Maggi	Designing the irreducible: expressive mediation for inclusive hybrid higher education
Lorena Rocca	The Synthetic Tide: Music, Generative AI, and Embod-ied Inclusion in Ocean Literacy Education
Silvio Marcello Pagliara, Ilaria Tatulli, Daniele Bullegas, Gianmarco Bonavolonta, Antioco Luigi Zurru and Antonello Mura	Teaching with Changing Languages: Educational and Assistive Technologies as Expressive Mediators in Inclusive Primary Teacher Education
Silvio Marcello Pagliara, Mariella Pia, Katerina Mavrou, Branislav Gerazov, Francesco Zanfardingo, Antonio Spera, Ilaria Tatulli, Gianmarco Bonavolonta, May Agius, Eleni Theodorou, Danche Todorovska, Anna Rybińska, Nefi Charalambous-Darden, Kasia Łuszczak and Antonello Mura	The VoiceKids Knowledge Hub as an Inclusive Expressive Mediator: Co-Creation, AAC-Supported Storytelling, and Teacher Education in Digital and Hybrid Contexts

ST15 (Room: Aula 8)

ST15 – AI in Physical Exercise, Kinesiology and Sport: Innovations for Higher Education Chair:

Authors	Paper title
Gaetano Raiola, Nuno Pimenta, Antonio Tessitore and Giuseppe di Lascio	Teacher-Guided vs AI-Guided Active Breaks: The Perceptions of Secondary School Students
Sara Aliberti and Raffaele Scurati	The use of AI for match analysis for training and educational purposes
Pompilio Cusano and Luca Cavaggioni	AI-Supported Functional Assessment for Personalized Exercise Prescription in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Francesca D’Elia and Susana Franco	AI Supported Metacognitive Reflection in Physical Education Teacher Training: A Quasi Experimental Advancement of an Integrated Self-Assessment Model
Francesca D’Elia and Vera Simões	AI Supported Design and Critical Analysis of Physical Activities in Primary Teacher Education: A Quasi Experimental Study on Professional Competence Development

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