Digital Technology for Better Adaptation to Learners: The Learner at the Heart of Digital Learning
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This issue highlights the challenges related to digital accessibility and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in education. It stresses the need to adapt training to diverse learner profiles, whether in initial, continuing, or organizational contexts. Emphasis is placed on innovative and flexible pedagogical approaches that integrate digital tools to foster engagement, motivation, and perseverance. Implementing inclusive practices requires new professional skills for educational and institutional staff, raising questions about well-being at work and governance. This thematic issue brings together ten research articles, five practitioner contributions, and one critical debate. The research covers diverse contexts—schools, universities, educational organizations, national and international approaches—exploring varied methodologies and analyzing tensions between learner inclusion and staff support. Practitioner articles offer experiential perspectives from the field, showcasing strategies, sometimes improvised, to foster inclusion. Finally, the debate section examines blind spots in EDI and accessibility research, inviting us to go beyond assumptions. Overall, this issue offers a multidisciplinary framework for reflecting on 21st-century educational challenges.
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