Detailed Program

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• 13:30 – 14:15 - Registration
• 14:15 – 14:30 - Opening
• 14:30 – 15:30 - Keynote Talk by Beata Klebanov, ETS Research Institute, US (Chair: Mirko Marras)
• 15:30 – 16:00 - Coffee Break
• 16:00 – 17:30 - Paper Session 1: AI for Creative, Personalized & Immersive Learning (Chair: Ludovico Boratto)
  • Experimenting With Generative AI in Screenwriting for Film Schools (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Better Now: Bridging Theory and Practice in Blockchain-Enabled Educational Metaverse (8 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Adaptive Mental Health Interventions: Integrating VR and Generative AI in Learning Environments (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Insights Within a Python Programming Blended Course (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Facilitating Information Extraction in Education by Translating Questions […] (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
• 19:45 – 23:00 - Social Dinner at Ristorante VitaNova

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• 09:00 – 10:00 - Keynote Talk by Giovanni Adorni, University of Genoa, Italy (Chair: Carla Limongelli)
• 10:00 – 10:30 - Doctoral Consortium Session: Pitch (Chair: Silvio Pagliara)
  • AI Chatbots in Mathematics Classrooms: Understanding Student-AI Interactions and Teacher Integration (8 minutes for the talk + 2 minutes Q&A)
  • Enhancing Digital Literacy through Retrieval-Augmented Generation (8 minutes for the talk + 2 minutes Q&A)
  • Teaching AI Literacy: How to Enable Students to Adapt to the Constant Evolution […] (8 minutes for the talk + 2 minutes Q&A)
• 10:30 – 11:00 - Coffee Break
• 11:00 – 12:30 - Paper Session 2: AI for Responsible & Trustworthy Education (Chair: Daniela Rotelli)
  • Confidential Retrieval-Augmented Generation in Educational Contexts (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • AI & Ethics Literacy in Secondary School: A Pilot Study (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Low-Resource Course Recommendation for Professional Associations (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • From Functions to Indicators: A Framework to Assess the Impact of AI on Self-Regulated Learning (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Operationalizing Calibration for Fair Educational Artificial Intelligence (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
• 12:30 – 14:00 - Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 15:30 - Paper Session 3: AI for Inclusion & Accessibility (Chair: Maria Concetta Carruba)
  • Hope, Aspirations, and the Impact of LLMs on Female Programming Learners in Afghanistan (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Inclusion as Embodiment: Towards an Integrated Paradigm Between Embodied Education […] (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • AI and Universal Design for Learning: Designing Educational, Inclusive, and Adaptive […] (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Orchestrating Artificial Intelligence as Tool, Mediator, and Environment: Towards Inclusive […] (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Virtual Pedagogical Agents in Educational VR for Neurodivergent Learners: A Literature Review (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
• 15:30 – 16:00 - Coffee Break
• 16:00 – 17:30 - Special Session Innovation Experiences in the EDVANCE project (Chair: Mirko Marras)
  • Project Introduction and Mapping of Initiatives (5 minutes)
  • Representative Experiences:
    • Needs and Expectations of University Staff on the Use of AI in Teaching (10 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
    • Design and Development of Custom GPTs: MoocLab and QuizTool (10 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
    • From Pedagogy to Technology: Designing a Moodle-Centric AI Agent for Meaningful Learning (10 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
    • AIBook and AIMook to Support AI-Mentored Learning Processes (10 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Round Table (25 minutes)

Friday, December 12, 2025

• 09:00 – 10:00 - Keynote Talk by Maria Ranieri, University of Florence, Italy (Chair: Silvio Pagliara)
• 10:00 – 10:30 - Doctoral Consortium Session: Mentoring (Chair: Silvio Pagliara)
• 10:30 – 11:00 - Coffee Break
• 11:00 – 12:15 - Paper Session 4: AI for Teaching Innovation & Development (Chair: Paola Barra)
  • Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Labs: A Controlled Study of a Teaching Experience […] (8 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Exploring the Role of Professional Development in Fostering AI Competence Among Teachers […] (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Biopedagogy, Artificial Intelligence, and Enactivism: Findings From a Mixed-Methods Study […] (8 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Enhancing Teacher Education: AI Potential in Anticipating Teacher Implicit Biases through Realistic Simulations (8 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
  • Using AI to Train Prospective Primary School Teachers to Teach AI (12 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes Q&A)
• 12:15 – 12:30 - Closing

Note: The detailed structure of the EDVANCE’s special session will be published soon.