Donatella PersicoDonatella Persico is senior researcher at the Institute for Educational Technology of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). She has been active in the field of educational technology, theory and applications, since 1981. Her major interests inlude instructional design, e-learning, self-regulated learning and teacher training. 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 was lecturer of educational technology at the post-graduate teacher training school of the University of Genoa from 2000 to 2006. She is co-editor of the Italian Journal Tecnologie Didattiche, collaborates with international and national journals on Educational Technology and has been in charge of several national and international projects, mostly funded by the European Community. She sits on the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) WG3.8 Life Long Learning committee as well as several other professional boards at national and international level. Read More Read Less