The Personalization Path Officially Begins in Vaasa!
The Personalization Path Officially Begins in Vaasa! Last month, the CNR team met ten students from the new UVAASA cohort to initiate the project’s baseline assessment phase as outlined in our core framework. Biometric Monitoring & Stress Response Evaluation To...
Teachers’ adoption drivers and design implications for an Intelligent Tutoring System
C. Tosto1, A. Augello2, G. Città1, M. Gentile1, and S. Perna1 1 Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Palermo, 90146 Italy. 2 Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking, National Research Council, Palermo, 90146 Italy. Students in the same...
State-Aware Digital Twins: A Conservative-Adaptation Framework for Neuro-Adaptive XR Learning
Mohamed Amir Omezzine and Pigni Federico (Grenoble Ecole de Management, France); Lucia Billeci (National Research Council of Italy, Italy) Abstract Artificial intelligence, immersive XR/VR environments, and wearable sensing technologies are increasingly converging in education. However, most adaptive learning systems still...
🚀 From AI-Augmented Teaching to Immersive Learning: A Week of Innovation with DIGI-ME!
Last week, the DIGI-ME project brought together knowledge sharing, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality through two initiatives at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Pavia. 📅 October 7 | Exploring AI-Augmented Teaching Prof. Michele Oppioli delivered...
Are future business leaders learning to think with AI, or to surrender to it?
Cognitive Surrender and Strategic Orthodoxy: Reimagining Leadership Formation for the Age of Algorithmic Agency Rumy Narayan and Sniazhana Diduc – School of Management, University of Vaasa, Finland – Presented at ICIR 2026. Why it matters Business schools still teach strategy...
AI Tools and Wearable Devices for Personalized Education: the DIGI-ME Approach
Vittorio Meini, Giorgia Procissi, Francesco Sansone, Gianluca Diodato, Lorenzo Bachi, Raffaele Conte, and Lucia Billeci. The two main objectives of this work are, on the one hand to assess 12 university student’s stress through wearable devices, and, on the other...
Mapping Future Digital and Managerial Competencies: Aligning Emerging Technologies and HEI Curricula
Maria Chiara Demartini, Daniela Quintanilla Segovia, Eugenia Parodi, Elisa Maccagni and Dmitrii Gribovskii (University of Pavia, Italy); Sniazhana Diduc, Rumy Narayan, Adam Smale and Claire Stead (University of Vaasa, Finland); Federico Pigni (Grenoble Ecole de Management, France) – Presented at ICIR...
Can virtual reality help future managers build their digital skills?
Digital Competency Development in Higher Education: A Comparative Assessment of Traditional and Immersive Learning Environments Maria Chiara Demartini, Michele Oppioli and Benedetta Pipino – University of Pavia, Italy, Department of Economics and Management – Presented at ICIR 2026. Why it...
Which digital skills do future business managers really need?
Identifying Targeted Digital Skills for Business Students: Methodology and the First Iteration of a Targeted Skills Framework Sniazhana Diduc, Rumy Narayan, Adam Smale, Claire Stead – University of Vaasa, Finland; Daniela Quintanilla Segovia and Maria Chiara Demartini – University of...
🎓✨ MIBE WELCOME DAY! 🌍
A new academic journey begins with new connections, exciting opportunities, and endless possibilities! 💙 📍 Room I – San Felice, University of Pavia The MIBE Welcome Day brought together students from all three MIBE programs for a special occasion dedicated...
