Donatella Persico
National Research Council of Italy - Institute for Educational Technology senior reseracher
Genova
Dr. Donatella Persico is senior researcher at CNR-ITD. She has been active in the field of educational technology since 1981. Her major research interests include learning design, e-learning, self-regulated learning, teacher training and game-based learning. She has been involved in several teacher training programmes as a lecturer in educational technology. 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 is editor of the Italian Journal of Educational Technology (formerly TD Tecnologie Didattiche), one of the most highly ranked Italian journals in this area, sits on the editorial or scientific board of international and national journals and conferences on Educational Technology and has a long standing experience in the management of national and international projects. She also sits on several editorial and professional boards and belongs to the “Collegio di dottorato” (PhD board) of the doctoral programme in Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the Ca’ Foscari university of Venice.