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QWERTY VOL. 8, N. 2, 2013 SPECIAL ISSUE ON “Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Learning, and ICT: How to foster sustainable development”

Modern societies are under increasing pressure for an ongoing economic crisis, which is reducing growth opportunities and available resources. Such a crisis simultaneously involves the educational institutions and the entrepreneurial contexts. To challenge this crisis, there is growing interest among scholars: – On the educational implications of social responsibility and sustainability in the schools. Thus, [...]

Knowledge Building Communities: aspetti teorici, metodologici e operativi – prorogata la deadline

Per offrire un’opportunità in più a coloro che volessero partecipare, abbiamo pensato di ESTENDERE DI 15 GIORNI LA DEADLINE per la presentazione dell’abstract. La SCADENZA dunque è posticipata al 21 NOVEMBRE. Vi ricordiamo alcune coordinate importanti per lo Special Issue, che rappresenta un progetto piuttosto innovativo per molti aspetti: 1. Precedenza ad autori giovani (dottorandi, [...]

Collaborating with Technologies on the Job and in Everyday Life|Collaborare con le tecnologie nel lavoro e nella vita quotidiana|Collaborer avec les technologies sur le tas et dans la vie quotidienne

[lang_en] In order to write this editorial I am using my laptop connected to the Internet through a wireless network. So at any moment I can consult incoming mail and interrupt my work to view the latest news on my favourite newspaper’s web site. Moreover, on my desk there is my mobile phone and not [...]

Semiotic Analysis of Computer-mediated Communication in Selected Instant Messages of Nigerian Students|Analisi semiotica della Comunicazione Mediata dal Computer in messaggi sincroni di studenti nigeriani|L’analyse sémiotique de la communication mediée par l’ordinateur dans les messages instantanés des étudiants nigérians

[lang_en] This paper examines the signification and social meaning of computer generated textual signs in online interactions of Nigerian students. Motivated by relatively scanty attention given to cross-cultural use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) systems, it argues that Nigerian student Internet consumers make use of only universal non-linguistic signs and iconic linguistic signs to construct messages [...]