ICS Conference 2025
The Second Edition of the ICS exchange conference foresees six special tracks that cover different topics of the overlapping between inclusion, communication and social engagement.
Day 01 / June 05, 2025
Foggia, Department of Humanities
Via Arpi 176, Room 1 / Room 4 / Room 5
Via Arpi, 176
Registration of participants
- Prof. Lorenzo Lo Muzio, Rector of the University of Foggia
- Dott. Maria Aida Episcopo, Mayor of Foggia
- Dott. Simona Mendolicchio, Councillor for Welfare of Foggia
- Prof. Barbara De Serio, Director of the Department of Humanities of the University of Foggia
- Prof. Giusi Antonia Toto, Full Professor of Teaching and Special Pedagogy at the University of Foggia
- Prof. Giorgio Mori, Teaching Delegate of the University of Foggia
- Prof. Luigi Traetta, Associate Professor of Teaching and Special Pedagogy at the University of Foggia
- Dott. Franco Brunetti, President of the Manfredonia Naval League
Chaired by: tba
ITALIAN SESSION

Prof. Pierpaolo Limone, Rector of the Pegaso University
Chaired by: tba

Prof. Massimiliano Naldini, INDIRE Technical Collaborator
Chaired by: tba
Room 5 | Via Arpi, 176
- Education and Psychology Session
Chairs: Guendalina Peconio and Salvatore Iuso - Inclusion Session
Chairs: Luigi Traetta and Giusi Antonia Toto
Chairs: Guendalina Peconio and Salvatore Iuso
- Giusi Antonia Toto, Guendalina Peconio and Alessandro De Santis, Relationship between IQ and Emotion Recognition Ability: A Correlational Investigation
- Nadia Carlomagno, Arianna Ricciardi and Valeria Vadalà, Embodied Education: Embodied Presence and Emotional Awareness in Teacher Training
- Charlotte Kohlloffel, AI tools for inclusive writing instruction: Considerations and cautions
- Gemmalyn Calvo, Home Involvement in Enhancing Early Elementary Reading Skills: A Focus on Fluency, Comprehension, and Vocabulary
- Guendalina Peconio, Lucia Melchiorre and Luca Picciuto, Outdoor Education in Inner Areas: an action-research project for teaching innovation
- Domenico Gabriele Nuzzolese, The Digital Divide in Education: A critical analysis from a constitutional perspective
- Valentina Berardinetti, Seeing, exploring, learning: visual and experiential approaches in museum education
- Nidhi Oswal, The impact of educator perceptions and academic advisor role in the achievement of learning outcomes for students of determination in higher education - A case study
- Maria Carmina Sgambato, Oriana Milanese and Ariana Mrejeru, Paving the Way to Success: School Climate and Students’ Aspirations
- Guendalina Peconio, School Dropout and INVALSI results: a mapping of the Inner Areas of Apulia
Chairs: Luigi Traetta and Giusi Antonia Toto
- Redouane El Yousfi, Digital Inclusion in Education: Bridging Gaps for Equitable Learning
- Marco di Furia, Martina Rossi, Anna Teresa Musicco and Giusi Antonia Toto, Game-Based Strategies for Special Pedagogy in Primary School: A Systematic Review
- Martina Rossi, Shaping inclusive education through Virtual Reality: opportunities and challenges
- Luca Ballestra Caffaratti, Alessandro Monchietto and Alessandro Zanzo, Artificial Intelligence in Education: exploring inclusive use with teachers and educators
- Dalila Maria Ciciriello and Maria Erica Lacerenza, Empowerment, Autonomy, and Inclusion: Educational and Psychoeducational Pathways for People with Autism with Support from VVAs
- Lucia Melchiorre and Giusi Antonia Toto, Inclusion, education and independent living: perspectives on After Us and the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Veronica Punzo and Daniela Rotelli, Empowering AI Literacy: Mapping Teacher Needs for AI Integration in Special Education
- Marina Buzzi, Barbara Leporini, Angelica Lo Duca, Veronica Punzo and Daniela Rotelli, Inclusive Data Literacy for BVI Students
- Winiswa Mavutha, The Utilization of Augmented Reality in the Curriculum Development for Students with Dyscalculia ad Dyslexia in Applied Science Education
- Rita Carmela Fabiola Imperatrice, Roberta Baldini and Giusi Antonia Toto, Virtual reality and empathy: experiencing intercultural immersion

Prof. Daniel Mara, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu
Day 02 / June 06, 2025
Manfredonia, Palazzo dei Celestini
Corso Manfredi 22
Free transfer from Foggia bus station (on request).
Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Foggia
- Dott. Domenico La Marca, Mayor of Manfredonia
- Dott. Cecilia Simone, Deputy Mayor of Manfredonia
- Dott. Anna Ciuffreda, Director of the city library “Palazzo dei Celestini”
- Dott. Franco Brunetti, President of the Manfredonia Naval League

Prof. Roxana Morduchowicz, UNESCO Consultant

Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo, Filmmaker
Learning and Technologies Session
Chaired by: Antonio Marzano- Communication and Social Engagement Session
Chaired by: Paolo Barabanti and Marco Cipolloni
Chaired by: Antonio Marzano
- Domenico Lorusso, Teaching literature in the digital age: the role of BookTok and emotions in increasing reading
- Irene Massaro, Francesco Saverio Tortoriello and Ilaria Veronesi, Artificial Intelligence in mathematics education to improve critical thinking and problem-solving
- Rita De Castris, Francesco Saverio Tortoriello and Ilaria Veronesi, Exploring the integration of Mathematics and Music within the STEAM Framework: Insights from the Medieval Quadrivium
- Serena Greco and Giuseppina Rita Jose Mangione, Empowering Educational Leadership: School Principals' Engagement in the 'Classi in Rete' Project
- Nicla Palladino, Fabio Pasticci and Ilaria Veronesi, Virtual Napier Bones: Technological Semiotic Mediators
- Gianfranco Rubino, Teaching Ecoliteracy with AI: the Role of Teachers in a New EcoAI Framework
- Dario Lombardi, Enhancing Teaching Practices: Integrating Serious Games and ChatGPT in Teacher Training
- Antonino Tarantino, Francesco Antonio Santangelo and Giusi Antonia Toto, Serious Games, COTS Games, and Gamification: Transforming Learning Through Play
- Rita Carmela Fabiola Imperatrice, Alice Rizzi, Andreana Lavanga and Giusi Antonia Toto, Empowering inclusion and gender equality: the role of digital technologies in comprehensive sexuality education
- Vincenzo Nunzio Scalcione, Predictive models and learning assessment in school contexts: an experimental approach to linguistic competencies in Primary School
Chaired by: Paolo Barabanti and Marco Cipolloni
Discussants: Andrea Colamedici and Maura Gancitano
- Viviana Vitari, Overlapping hybrid approaches in collaborative workplaces
- Ksenia Ilyina and Elvira Sabirova, What should be a website for psychological and pedagogical support for parents and children?
- Nadia Di Leo and Michele Ciletti, Graph by graph, bird by bird: Gamified literary data visualizations for Digital Humanities pedagogy
- J. Roberto Sánchez Reina and E. Fernanda González Lara, Navigating the infodemic: What can we learn from the COVID-19 crisis?
- J. Roberto Sánchez Reina, Beyond Passive Audiences: Children’s Agency in Media Literacy Research
- Antonino Tarantino, Alessandro De Santis, Gabriele Mucelli and Giusi Toto, Podcasting and digital literacy didactic methods: a school-based intervention for media literacy improvement
- Francesco Pio Savino, Lucia Melchiorre, Domenico Lorusso and Francesca Cangelli, Architectural Barriers and Accessibility: A systematic review
- Bhavya Rattan, Decoding Digital Ecology through Social Media Initiatives: A Study of Nayana Premnath’s Instagram
- Omar El Otmani, The Role of AI-Driven Digital Communication in Enhancing Social Engagement in Education
- Giuseppina Debbi, Generative AI as a Cognitive Extension for Journalists: Navigating Innovation, Integrity, and News Literacies
- Elisabeth Ermuliana Kembaren, A bibliometric review of the literature on political communication in Indonesia

Prof. Isabella Rega, Professor of Digital Media for Social Change at Bournemouth University
Day 03 / June 07, 2025
Manfredonia, Palazzo dei Celestini
Corso Manfredi 22
Social and cultural activity in Manfredonia
Free transfer to Foggia bus station (on request).
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