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Francesco Facciorusso is a PhD student in Teaching and Learning Sciences at the University of Macerata. He holds a Master’s in Modern Literature (University of Milan) and two specializations in support teaching (University of Foggia). Former university tutor at Pegaso Telematic University, his research focuses on inclusive education, educational technologies, and teacher training. He co-authored Technology-enhanced Team-Based Learning (Dipace et al., 2024).
/ PhD Student /
Marilena di Padova, primary school teacher, secondary school teacher for humanistic-literary disciplines, specialized in student support activities and teacher of Italian as a second language (L2). She’s a PhD student in Learning Sciences and Digital Technologies at the University of Foggia. Her main research interest regards technology-enhanced learning to implement effective teaching with active methodologies, Medical Humanities, AI, educational research and inclusion.
/ Full Professor /
Anna Dipace is a Full Professor of Experimental Pedagogy and Dean at Pegaso Telematic University, where she directs the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Her research focuses on educational technologies, learning assessment, and digital environments. She has led data analysis and teacher development projects and is active in SIPED and SIRD. She is vice-president of SIREM and serves on editorial boards of leading scientific journals.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-073X
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Maria Clara Dicataldo is a third-year PhD student in Education Sciences at the University of Foggia. Her research investigates pedagogical approaches in Business Education to reduce the skill gap between higher education and the labor market. She focuses on top global Business Schools, analyzing teaching methods, educational technologies, and faculty development initiatives, assessing their impact on student learning and employability.
/ Researcher /
Delio De Martino has a PhD in Teoria del linguaggio e scienza dei segni (University of Bari) and in Lenguas y literaturas (Universitat de València) and is a researcher in Didactics and Special Pedagogy (PAED-02-A) at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Education and Sport of the Pegaso Telematic University. He published the monograph Storia dell’e-learning in Italia (Progedit, Bari, 2022). He is a journalist-publicist since 2006 and the editor-in-chief of the journal Incroci (Bari, Adda).
/ Researcher /
Elisabetta Lucia De Marco is a Fixed-term Researcher (RTT) in Experimental Pedagogy (PAED-02/B), member of CETAL and the Review Group of the degree program in Humanities, Humanistic Knowledge and Education. Scientific director of several educational master’s programs and teacher trainer. Expert in digital teaching methodologies, co-founder of Espéro SRL. She teaches Design and Evaluation in degree programs L-19, L-10, and Digital Humanities (LM-14).
/ Associate Professor /
Gennaro Giuseppe Curcio is Professor of Moral Philosophy at Pegaso Telematic University and Secretary General of the Jacques Maritain International Institute in Rome. He edits the “Persona” series for Il Mulino, publishing Beauty and Responsibility and Ethics of Dialogue. He also curates the “Dialogo e Verità” series for Rubbettino, authoring The Face of Love and Friendship. For Aracne, he wrote Love as Passion, Love as Benevolence, on Aquinas and Dante.
/ Researcher /
Valentina Paola Cesarano is a Researcher in Special Education and Pedagogy, with a PhD in “Mind, Gender and Language” (University of Naples Federico II) and “Sociology of Education” (Paris, Nanterre). She is a member of INSHEA and C.E.T.A.L. Her research focuses on employability and social/school inclusion of people with disabilities, teacher training, innovative and transformative university teaching, AI for inclusive life projects, and educational prevention of addiction.
/ phD student /
Alba Caiazzo is a PhD student in Digital Humanities at Pegaso University, Italy. Her PhD thesis explores the use of virtual reality and commercial video games to foster teamwork skills for young adults with intellectual disabilities.
/ Associate Professor /
Vincenzo Bonazza, associate professor of Experimental Pedagogy, teaches Docimology at the Faculty of Human, Educational and Sport Sciences at Pegaso Digital University. The main directions in which his scholarly efforts have developed are assessment, instructional design and distance learning. His publications include: Assessment and Schools. Ideology, Common Sense and Research Culture (Rome, 2019), SIRD Prize “Luigi Calonghi 2019,” translated into English for Harmattan (Paris, 2022) and the three volumes signed with Benedetto Vertecchi, Docimology. An Introduction (2020); Rethinking Schooling. Assessing for Long Times (Rome, 2022); Who Teaches, Who Learns. Profiles Toward Tomorrow (Rome, 2024).