QWERTY

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Qwerty is how the European keyboard is called. The word is composed by the first six letters of the top row of the keyboard. This order was introduced when typewriters began to be used with keyboards respecting the alphabetical order and, therefore, they went too fast and the keys got tangled. So the letters were mixed in order to slow down writing. Subsequently, although this problem has been completely overcome, the keyboard has always remained like this. We believe that this is a good metaphor of the interweaving of culture and technological tools.

In fact, computer-based technologies constitute cultural artifacts present with varying degrees of depth in the daily study and work activities of individuals, social groups and institutions. There are several models that guide their use and online environments that mediate interaction between people. In any case, the intertwining of culture and technological artifacts is increasingly complex and capable of determining new cognitive, psychological and social interaction models.

The journal is an organ of the CKBG Association which already boasts considerable activity in the national territory as well as a close collaboration with the research group directed by Marlene Scardamalia and Carl Bereiter (University of Toronto). QWERTY has entered class A of Italian scientific journals, which lists the top journals in disciplinary sector 11 (historical, philosophical, pedagogical and psychological sciences) for the Educational Studies area.

Qwerty was born from the awareness of the need to develop research and reflection in this sector and is addressing those who are interested in the use of these technologies in scholastic, training, social and university research contexts. It is proposed as a discussion forum about the use of technologies in educational and training contexts, considering the cultural, social, pedagogical, psychological, economic and professional aspects.

The journal is published by Progedit on a six-monthly basis and is distributed online completely free of charge.

To access the Qwerty site, click here.

 

Editor

Maria Beatrice Ligorio, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”

Co-Editors

Stefano Cacciamani, University of Valle d’Aosta

Donatella Cesareni, Sapienza University of Rome 

Valentina Grion, University of Padua

Nadia Sansone, Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome

Associate Editors

Carl Bereiter, University of Toronto

Bruno Bonu, University of Montpellier 3

Michael Cole, University of San Diego

Roger Salijo, University of Gothenburg

Marlene Scardamalia, University of Toronto

Scientific Committee

Sanne Akkerman, Utrecht University

Ottavia Albanese, University of Milan – Bicocca

Alessandro Antonietti, University of Milan – Cattolica

Montserrat Castelló Badia, University Ramon Llull, Spain

Pietro Boscolo, University of Padua

Sefa Bulut, Ibn Haldun University, Turkey

Lorenzo Cantoni, University of Lugano

Felice Carugati, University of Bologna – Alma Mater

Cristiano Castelfranchi, ISTC – CNR

Alberto Cattaneo, SFIVET, Lugano

Graziano Cecchinato, University of Padua

Carol Chan, University of Hong Kong

Cesare Cornoldi, University of Padua

Crina Damsa, University of Oslo

Frank De Jong, Tilburg University of Tilburg

Ola Erstad, University of Oslo

Paolo Ferri, University of Milan – Bicocca

Alberto Fornasari, University of Bari

Carlo Galimberti, University of Milan – Cattolica

Begona Gros, University of Barcelona

KaiHakkarainen, University of Helsinki

Vincent Hevern, Le Moyne College

Jim Hewitt, University of Toronto

Antonio Iannaccone, University of Neuchatel

Liisa Ilomaki, University of Helsinki

Sanna Jarvela, University of Oulu

Richard Joiner, University of Bath

Kristiina Kumpulainen, University of Helsinki

Minna Lakkala, University of Helsinki

Mary Lamon, University of Toronto

Lelia Lax, University of Toronto

Marcia Linn, UC Berkeley

Kristine Lund, CNRS

Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, University of Neuchatel

Donatella Persico, ITD-CNR, Genoa

Peter Renshaw, University of Queensland

Giuseppe Ritella, University of Helsinki

Vittorio Scarano, University of Salerno

Roger Schank, Socratic Art

Neil Schwartz, University of Chico

PiritaSeitamaa-Hakkarainen, University of Joensuu

Patrizia Selleri, University of Bologna

Robert-JanSimons, IVLOS, NL

Jean Underwood, University of Nottingham Trent

Jaan Valsiner, Aalborg University

Jan Van Aalst, University of Hong Kong

Rupert Wegerif, University of Exeter

Allan Hoi-kau Yuen, University of Hong Kong

Cristina Zucchermaglio, Sapienza University of Rome 

Editorial Staff

Sarah Buglass, University of Nottingham Trent

Kevin Fuchs, Prince of Songkla University (PSU)

Lorella Giannandrea, University of Macerata

Mariella Luciani, Freelance

Louis Maritaud, University of Lyon

Katherine Frances McLay, University of Queensland

Giuseppe Ritella, University of Helsinki

Hanna Järvenoja, University of Oulu

Chief Editor 

Ilaria Bortolotti, Sapienza University of Rome