Concepts and methods for exploring the future of learning with digital technologies.KALEIDOSCOPE, CORDIS Network of Excellence

Very little of the transformation that has accompanied digital technologies is reflected in the practice of learning and teaching, or in the quality of research. Kaleidoscope’s central aim is to fill these gaps in research by: -Integrating existing European initiatives to develop a rich, culturally-diverse and coherent theoretical and practical research foundation for research and innovation, -Develop new tools and methodologies that operationalise an interdisciplinary approach to research on learning with digital technologies at a European-wide level Kaleidoscope integrates existing research to develop new concepts and methodologies from a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective that includes: -Foundations in the cognitive and learning sciences, including a sociocultural pespective, to strengthen the development of educational technologies, -Conceptual and methodological bridges between educational, social and cognitive sciences, and emerging technologies.