An artificial intelligence (AI) learning and computational thinking of students

I am very pleased and happy to share that the article my colleagues and I wrote, is out at the Elsevier’s Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, Volume 4, 2023. The article “Does intrinsic motivation mediate perceived artificial intelligence (AI) learning and computational thinking of students during the COVID-19 pandemic?”, has the open access version and is now available online.

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TWG on Digital Transformation in Education

This week it was my great pleasure to join an inspiring technical working group of experts and to participate and present at the 11th TWG meeting on Digital Transformation in Learning and Education organized by the ITU and UNICEF.  The presentation was on the progress that my colleagues and yours truly made in the past several months on child online protection guidelines and localization processes.

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New book: Divertimento for the four seasons

My first book of short stories has arrived! Thanks to everyone who supported me and participated in creating this book, family, and friends! The book had its premiere at the International Book Fair, on the 27th of October 2022. It was an honour and a privilege to read one of my short stories.

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Child Online Protection and IT industry role and responsibilities

First, I am happy to share that several months ago, I’ve started a new role as an expert on Child Online Protection (COP) project for the United Nations agency responsible for information and communication technologies – the ITU (International Telecommunication Union).  I am serving as a  national coordinator who works on developing …

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An interview on Digital Fatigue and here is what we can do

Earlier this month, I was invited by Ehtesham Shahid, a journalist at the Khaleej Times. He asked me about digital fatigue, and I talked about how this prolonged situation of uncertainty and our blurred boundaries online and offline influence our emotional, cognitive, and physical selves, and could reading books save us?  

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