Luca Botturi

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Luca Botturi

Department of Education and Learning / University of Teacher Education

  • Professore ordinario in Media in educazione, Laboratorio media e MINT, Ricerca e prestazioni

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Department of Education and Learning / University of Teacher Education
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CH-6600 Locarno

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Luca Botturi was born in 1977 in Milano, Italy, and moved to Switzerland in 1996, pursuing his studies in Communication Sciences at the University of Lugano. Luca also lived for a year in Vienna, and had research periods in Canada, Spain and the US. Since 2010 he has been working at SUPSI.
Luca holds a Master in Communication Sciences and Technologies at the University of Lugano, and a PhD from the sane institution with a dissertation on instructional design and digital technologies.
Luca was active as researcher in Switzerland (University of Lugano, 2000-2009), Canada (University of British Columbia, 2003), the US (State University New York, 2008) and Spain (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2005). Luca participated in several national and European research projects and coordinated the Rethinking Education in the Knowledge Society doctoral school. Luca is also active as trainer and expert in international cooperation with the non profit enterprise seed, and has worked in Italy, Ecuador, Mexico, Ghana, Croatia and Macedonia.
Luca has always been working at the crossroads of digital technologies and education. He has worked on instructional design, distance learning and on the use of games and of narrative in education, with a specific focus on digital storytelling. Lately, Luca is research digital and media literacy. He is a member of the Centre for Development and Cooperation SUPSI.
Best paper award at EDMEDIA 2004 (paper on eLearning usability)
TechTrends International Award 2012 (paper on Storytelling for development)

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