MARIA RANIERI
PhD in “Telematics and Information Society”, she is a researcher at the Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione e dei Processi culturali e formativi of the Università degli Studi di Firenze. Since 2001 she has been involved in the research activities of the "Educational Technology Laboratory" (http://www.lte.unifi.it) of the Università degli Studi di Firenze and in the post graduate Masters Programme in “Designing and Managing Online Education”. Her main research areas include theory and methodology relating to media and technology in education, as well as work around teachers’ practices and students' learning. On these topics she published several papers and books, among which: E-learning: modelli e strategie didattiche, Erickson, Trento, 2005; E-tutor: identità e competenze, Erickson, Trento, 2005 (with M. Rotta); Formazione e cyberspazio. Divari e opportunità nel mondo della rete, ETS, Pisa, 2006; Fondamenti di didattica. Teoria e prassi dei dispositivi formativi, Carocci, 2007 (with G. Bonaiuti and A. Calvani); La competenza digitale nella scuola. Modelli per valutarla e svilupparla, Erickson, Trento, 2010 (with A. Calvani and A. Fini); Media Education in Action. A Research Study in Six European Countries, FUP, Firenze, 2010 (with A. Parola).
With regards to m-learning, she has coordinated (with G. Bonaiuti) the European Project “ENSEMBLE”, whose aim was to explore the pedagogical potential of m-learning to promote social inclusion of immigrant citizens in Italy and France (see: Ensemble. Mobile Learning to Promote Social Integration, http://www.scribd.com/doc/41268962/Ensemble-Mobile-learning-to-promote-social-integration). She is member of the panel of reviewers of the “British Journal of Educational Technology” and of the “Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society”, the official review of the Italian e-Learning Society. Maria is currently a partner in the EU-funded (Grundtvig) My Mobile project.

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS
2006 Doctor of Philosophy degree in “Telematics”, Electronics and Telecommunicatios Department, University of Florence, Florence.
2001 Postgraduate Certificate in “Online Communication and Learning Methods”, Faculty of Education, University of Florence, Florence.
2000 Postgraduate Certificate in “Media Education”, Faculty of Education, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan.
1998 Postgraduate Certificate in “Philosophical trends in XXth Century, Department of Philosophy, University of Florence, Florence.
1996 Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Florence.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2007 up to present Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at the Department of Department of Education Sciences and Cultural and Training Processes, University of Florence.

2002-2006 Post-doc at the Department of Department of Education Sciences and Cultural and Training Processes, University of Florence, within the programme: “E-learning and disciplines: designing and managing learning objects in the field of philosophical studies”.

PARTICIPATION IN FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Scientific referent for the European Project “My Mobile – Education on the Move”, Grundtvig 2010-2012.
-Scientific referent for the European Project “Evidence Informed Policy and Practice in Education in Europe”, coordinated by the EPPI-Center (March 2010- March 2011), within the Call for Proposal EAC/26/2009 “Evidence based-policy and practice: call for proposal to develop networks of Knowledge brokerage initiatives”.
- Participation in the European Project ENSEMBLE, Transversal Programme LLPKA3, 2008-2010, promoted by the Department of Department of Education Sciences and Cultural and Training Processes, University of Florence, and led by prof. Antonio Calvani. The project aims at designing and testing a mobile learning system to promote social inclusion. In this framework, she is a member of the research team with the task of developing guidelines about instructional principles for mobile learning.
- Participation in the OnAir. European Media Education Project, Lifelong Learning Program, 2008-2010, promoted among others by the Italian Association in Media Education (MED). The project aims at designing and testing practices in media education with the direct involvement of teachers and practitioners. In this framework, she is a member of the research team with the task of developing guidelines about designing and testing educational units on media literacy.
- Scientific Coordinator of the Project AMELIS (2008-2010), funded by the Department of the Innovation and Technologies. The projects aims at designing, developing and testing educational multimedia contents for learning languages, to be used with the multimedia interactive whiteboard.
- Participation in the National Project funded by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) (PNR 2001-2003 - FIRB art.8 - D.M. 199 Ric. 8th March2001): “Science and Technology in the Knowledge Society” – “New dynamics of learning and emerging economic and social from globalization, multiethnic societies and digital economy, and study of the impact on the educational systems” (2003-2006), led by Prof. Paolo Orefice.
- Participation in the ex 60% Project Research (2005): “Adolescents and new technologies in the era of globalization: educational contexts and learning proposal”, led by Prof. Carmen Betti, Department of Education Sciences and Cultural and Training Processes, University of Florence.
- Participation in the PRIN project (MIUR , DM n.582/2006, 24th March 2006): “Internet and school: accessibility issues, equity policies and information management”, led by Prof. A. Calvani, Department of Education Sciences and Cultural and Training Processes, University of Florence.
- Participation in the International Project: Multimedia Training and Academic cooperation for Development (Florence - Capo Verde, 2001-2003), funded by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) and Tuscany Region.
VISITING FELLOWSHIP
2009 Visiting Professor at the Department of Education of the Zhejiang University in Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province, P. R. China), within the project “The Chinese Way to Media Literacy”, promoted by the Italian Association in Media Education and the Zhejiang University Seeco Educational Centre.
2008 Visiting Fellow at the EPPI-Center, Institute of Education (London), in the program “Research Synthesis for Policy and Practice” within the Erasmus Programme - Teaching staff mobility, TS.
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
M. Ranieri (2009), Applicazioni didattiche del cellulare tra formale e informale, Winter School the Italian Association in Media Education, Orvieto, 5th -8th December 2009.
M. Ranieri et al. (2009), Mobile learning per l'integrazione di gruppi a rischio di marginalizzazione, Congresso SIe-L, 16th-18th September, 2009, Fisciano, Salerno.
M. Ranieri (2008), Scuola e nuove tecnologie, Cultura e professionalità educative nella società complessa, Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione, 15th-17th May 2008, Florence.
M. Ranieri (2007), Learning online and trans-national virtual communities, Convegno “Child inclusion”, Istituto degli Innocenti, 3th-5th May 2007, Florence.
M. Ranieri (2006), Promuovere e favorire la collaborazione in rete, Conference “Progettare e-learning. Processi, Materiali, connettività, interoperabilità e strategie”, University of Macerata, 8th June 2006, Macerata; in Internet: http://celfi.unimc.it/el2006.
M. Ranieri (2006), Strategie, criteri e tecniche di progettazione di e-learning, Confernece “L’e-learning tra ricerca e buone pratiche: posizioni a confronto”, BAICR Sistema Cultura, 24th May 2006, Roma; in Internet: http://www.baicr.it.
M. Ranieri (2005), “Osservare e comprendere gruppi di apprendimento on line: metodi ed indicatori per un approccio qualitativo integrato”, 2° SIe-L Conference: “E-learning: persone, sistemi, organizzazioni”, 9th-11th November 2005, Florence.
M. Ranieri (2005), “Apprendere e collaborare in rete: nuove sfide per l’educazione”, Conference “Information Communication Technologies – Apprendere nella società della comunicazione e dell’informazione: il ruolo della scuola”, 12th May 2005, Acireale (CT).
M. Ranieri (2005), “Multimedialità e Internet a supporto del Lifelong Language Learning”, CEFTrain for Languages Conference (L2), University of Florence, 7th May 2005.
M. Ranieri (2004), “Formare comunità di apprendimento collaborativo: un nuovo paradigma per l’educazione del XXI secolo?”, Seminar “Antropologia della formazione tra promozione della persona e adeguamento ai contesti” organized by OPPI, Lucca, 21st July 2004.
M. Ranieri (2004), Presentazione del Portale di Educazione interculturale (INDIRE), National Conference “Se la scuola incontra il mondo”, promoted by the Municipality of Florence in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the ISMU, Florence, 25th-27th February 2004.
M. Ranieri, A. Calvani (2003), “Virtual University Nuovi Scenari”, Poster presented at the Second National Workshop within the FIRB Project “New Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Networks into the Italian socio-economical system”, Naple, 20th – 22th October 2003.
M. Ranieri, A. Calvani (2003), “E-learning. Reflection on Methodologies” , Conference “E³ - European Education and E-Government Conference”, promoted by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), Roma, 24th-26th September 2003.
M. Ranieri (with M. C. Pettenati, A. Calvani, and D. Giuli) (2003), “Modelli di sviluppo per un’accademia digitale”, Conference Didamatica 2003, Genoa, 28th Febraury 2003.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
Ranieri, M. (with Calvani A. & Fini, A.), Assessing Students’ Digital Competence in Schools, AACE - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009, Vancouver, 26th-30th October, 2009.
Ranieri, M. (with Fini A.). Web 2.0 Communities for Lifelong Learning. A Case Analysis, AACE - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009, Vancouver, 26th-30th October, 2009.
M. Ranieri, G. Bonaiuti, Electronic and Social Inclusion through Mobile Learning. The challenges of the ENSEMBLE project, EuroMeduc, “Congrès européen de l'éducation aux médias”, Bellaria Igea Marina, 21st- 24th October 2009.
M. Ranieri et al., Mobile learning e inclusione sociale. Il caso ENSEMBLE, TICE MEDITERRANEE 2009 “Ubiquitous Learning”, 28th-29th May, 2009, Milan, Italy.
M. Ranieri (with A. Calvani & A. Fini), La competenza digitale nella scuola. Modelli teorici e strumenti di valutazione, XVI Congreso INFAD “Psicologia y Sociedad en el siglo XXI. Competencias Relacionales”, Turin, 27th-30th April, 2009.
M. Ranieri, Digital competence. A conceptual framework for assessin digital skills in secondary education, International Conference on Youth Learning and The Media, Zhejiang University Seeco Educational Research Centre, Hangzhou, P.R.of China, 27th-28th March 2008.
M. Ranieri (with R. Maffei & L. Cavari), L’ autre face du changement. Constants et strucutures dans la collaboration en ligne, TICE MEDITERRANEE 2006 “L’humain dans la formation à distance: les enjeux de l’évaluation”, 31st May- 2nd June, 2007, Marseille, France ; in Internet: http://ticemed07.univ-cezanne.fr/.
M. Ranieri (with M. C. Pettenati) (2006), Informal learning theories and tools to support knowledge management in distributed CoPs, Paper presented at TEL-CoPs'06: 1st International Workshop on Building Technology Enhanced Learning solutions for Communities of Practice held in conjunction with the 1st European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Crete, Greece, October 2, 2006; in Internet: http://palette.cti.gr/workshops/WS9-schedule-final.pdf.
M.Ranieri (2006), Observing and monitoring collaborative groups to enhance collaboration, TICE MEDITERRANEE 2006 “L’humain dans la formation à distance: les enjeux de l’évaluation”, 26th-27th May, 2006, Genoa, Italy ; in Internet: http://www.farum.unige.it/tice.
M. Ranieri (2004), Networked collaborative learning: building and managing a virtual educational community, Paper accepted at The 6th International Conference on Technical Informatics, Session: Education and Learning, 27th-28th May 2004, Timisoara, Romania; in Internet: http://conti.ac.upt.ro/2004/conti2004/.
OTHER RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
- Since 2001 she has been involved in the research projects and training activities promoted by the Educational Technology Laboratory of the University of Florence (http://www.scform.unifi.it/lte). In particular, since 2003 to 2008 she has been lecturer in the post-graduate Masters Programme “Designing and Managing Online Education. e-Learning Management and Knowledge society” at the University of Florence (Course Leader: Antonio Calvani, Full Professor in Educational Technology at the University of Florence) and in the post-graduate Masters Programme “E-Learning Technologies and Methods” at the University of Florence (Course Leader: Antonio Calvani, Full Professor in Educational Technology at the University of Florence).
- Member of SIRD, The Italian Society of Educational Research.
- Member of SIe-L, The Italian Society of e-Learning.
- Member of scientific committee of the Italian Association in Media Education (MED) and local representative of the association in Tuscany.
- Member of the editorial board of the newsletter “Form@re” , published by Erickson; in Internet: http://www.formare.erickson.it
- Member of the editorial board of the review Media Education. Studi, ricerche, buone pratiche, published by Erickson.
- Member of the scientific committee of the PhD Programme in “Quality of educational and training processes”, Department of Department of Education Sciences and Cultural and Training Processes, University of Florence.
- Member of the panel of reviewers of the British Journal of Educational Technology.
RECENT LECTURING ACTIVITIES
A. A. 2010-11 Lecturer in the following courses: Instructional Technology (5 CFU), E-learning (5 CFU), Methods in Educational Communication (5 CFU), Faculty of Education, University of Florence.
A. A. 2009-10 Lecturer in the following courses: Instructional Technology (5 CFU), E-learning (5 CFU), Methods in Educational Communication (5 CFU), Research Methods in Adult Education (5 CFU), Faculty of Education, University of Florence.
A. A. 2008-09 Lecturer in the following courses: Instructional Technology (5 CFU), E-learning (5 CFU), Methods in Educational Communication (5 CFU), Research Methods in Adult Education (5 CFU), Faculty of Education, University of Florence.
A. A. 2007-08 Lecturer in the following courses: Instructional Technology (5 CFU), E-learning (5 CFU), Methods in Educational Communication (5 CFU), Faculty of Education, University of Florence.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCES
2001-2007 E-learning Designer and Manager, ex- INDIRE (National Institute for the Documentation and Innovation of Educational Research, now called ANSAS: http://www.indire.it), Florence, Italy. In particular, she was responsible of two projects: SOS Students, an online learning environment for Senior Secondary Schools’ students and EdaSerali, an online learning environment for adult students (see online: http://puntoedu.indire.it/corsi/content/index.php?action=studenti).
PUBLICATIONS
Books
A. Parola, M.Ranieri (2010), Media Education in Action. A Research Study in Six European Countries, Firenze University Press, Firenze.
A. Calvani, A. Fini, M. Ranieri (2010), La Competenza Digitale nella scuola. Modelli e strumenti per valutarla e svilupparla, Erickson, Trento.
G. Bonaiuti, A. Calvani, M. Ranieri (2007), Fondamenti di didattica, Roma, Carocci.
M. Ranieri (2006), Formazione e cyberspazio. Divari e opportunità nel mondo della rete, ETS, Pisa.
M. Ranieri (2005), E-learning: modelli e strategie didattiche, Trento, Erickson.
M. Ranieri, M. Rotta (2005), E-tutor: identità e competenze, Trento, Erickson.
Papers (last five years)
Y. Li, M. Ranieri (2010), Are ‘digital natives’ really digitally competent? A Study on Chinese Teenagers, British Journal of Educational Technology, 41, 6, pp. 1029-1042.
Ranieri M., La scuola digitale tra retorica e realtà, in B. Bruschi, Iannaccone A., Quaglia R. (a cura di), Crescere digitali, Aracne, Roma, 2010, pp. 45-66.
M. Ranieri (2010), Adulti e bambini nella rete, in G. Bandini (a cura di), NOI-LORO. Storia e attualità della relazione educativa fra adulti e bambini, Firenze, Florence University Press, pp. 169-195.
M. Ranieri (2010), Reti di scuole, scuole in rete. Un’opportunità per la scuola del XXI secolo, in R. Biagioli e T. Zappaterra (a cura di), La scuola primaria. Soggetti, contesti, metodologie e didattiche, Pisa, ETS, pp. 279-295.
Calvani, A., Ranieri, M. & Fini, A. (2009). Assessing Students’ Digital Competence in Schools. In T. Bastiaens et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (pp. 852-859). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Fini, A. & Ranieri, M. (2009). Web 2.0 Communities for Lifelong Learning. A Case Analysis. In T. Bastiaens et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (pp. 1240-1247). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
M. Ranieri, G. Bonaiuti, A. Fini, P. Ravotto (2009), Mobile learning per l'integrazione di gruppi a rischio di marginalizzazione, Journal of e-learning and Knowledge management,Je-LKS, 5, 2, pp. 91-101.
M. Ranieri, G. Bonaiuti, A. Fini, P. Ravotto (2009), Mobile learning for the integration of groups that risk being marginalized, Journal of e-learning and Knowledge management,Je-LKS, 5, 2, pp. 75-85.
M. Ranieri, G. Bonaiuti, P. Ravotto, A. Fini, A. Calvani (2009), Mobile learning e inclusione sociale. Il caso ENSEMBLE, Atti del Convegno TICEMED 2009, Guerrini e Associati, Milano.
A. Calvani, A. Fini, M. Molino, M. Ranieri (2010), Visualizing and Monitoring effective interactions in online collaborative groups, British Journal of Educational Technology, 41, 2, pp. 213-226, (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00911).
A. Calvani, A. Fini, M. Ranieri, La competenza digitale nella scuola. Modelli teorici e strumenti di valutazione, International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology, INFAD, XXI, 1, 4, 2009, pp. 299-308.
Calvani A., Cartelli A., Fini A., Ranieri M. (2008), Modelli e strumenti per la valutazione della competenza digitale nella scuola, Journal of e-learning and Knowledge management,Je-LKS 3, 2008, 119-128.
M. Ranieri (2008), Tecnologie e Digital Divide: quali prospettive?, in Delogu C. (a cura di), Tecnologia per il web learning: realtà e scenari, Roma, Guerini, vol. 2, cap. 5, pp. 25.
Ranieri M. (2007), Evidence based education: un dibattito in corso, Je-LKS, v. 3, n. 3., pp. 147-152.
M. Ranieri (2007), L’e-tutor nella formazione in rete, in Delfino M., Manca S., Persico D. (a cura di), Proposte metodologiche per l’apprendimento online, Roma, Guerini, vol. 3, cap. 2.5, pp. 21.
M. Ranieri (2006), Quali prospettive per una educazione “metacognitiva”? in A. Mariani, D. Sarsini (a cura di), Sulla Metacognizione. Itinerari formativi nella scuola, CLUEB, Bologna, pp. 79- 97.
M. Ranieri (2006), Formazione aperta, a distanza, in rete: opportunità e necessità per gli adulti in formazione, in Annali dell’Istruzione, 1-2/

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