Project owner: Isabella Rega
Project staff: Francesca Fanni, Stefano Tardini
Period: November 2008 to October 2011
Funding agency: SER
MELISSA (Measuring E-Learning Impact in primary Schools in South African disadvantaged areas) joint research project will study the impact of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) training on primary school teachers in the Western Cape province. The study focuses on their perception of [...]

Project owner: Isabella Rega
Project staff: Lorenzo Cantoni
Period: September 2004 to June 2006
Partners: Novacaritas and Centro de Estudio e Assesoria Pedagogica
In the context of the educational policy of the Brazilian governemnt, the Centro de Estudio e Assesoria Pedagogica (CEAP) develops curricula for primary school teachers needing a higher education certificate. NewMinE Lab will develop two online [...]

Isabella Rega holds a master in Communication Sciences and completed an executive master in Intercultural Communication from the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI).
She is currently a researcher and Ph.D. candidate with a thesis on the role of tele-centers in socio-economic development. Within the NewMinE Lab at the USI, Isabella is currently involved as project manager [...]

Project owner: Luca Botturi
Project staff: -
Period: October 2007 … and still in progress
Funding agency: Private funding and internal funding
Website: http://www.seriousplay.com/ (this is the official LSP web site)
The LEGO Serious Play methodology is a structured approach to consultancy and project planning the uses LEGO bricks.
This project, in collaboration with Trivioquadrivio (the Italian LEGO SP representative, based [...]

Project owner: Isabella Rega
Project staff: Silvia De Ascaniis, Chrysi Rapanta, Emanuele Rapetti, Stefano Tardini
Period: Summer 2008
Funding agency: Associazione di Terra Santa - ATS
Website: http://www.pontiperlapace.it
An educational project promoting twinnings between schools in order to enable Italian students and students of the Holy Land to meet and become friends.
Elab is in charge of developing and maintaining the [...]

Project owner: Isabella Rega
Project staff: Francesca Fanni, Stefano Tardini
Period: October 2005 to March 2009
Funding agency: SDC + SNF
Website: http://www.betk12.net/
BET K-12 (Brazilian elearning Teacher training in k-12) is a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation under the Joint Research Partnership Program. The project partners are the [...]

Project owner: Chiara Bramani
Project staff: Luca Mazzola
Period: School year 2008/2009
Funding agency: Lugano School District
Primary School & ICT is a project involving the schools of the Istituto scolastico comunale of Lugano. In the year 2007-2008 15 teachers have been involved in the project. Supported by NewMinElab, 3 projects have been developed:

blog for the communication between students [...]

Francesca got her degree in Science of the Communication and holds a Master in Communication and Education at the University of Lugano in 2007.
Born in Magenta (Italy) in 1982, she has been living in Lugano since 2001. She is working at the NewMinE Lab as proposal writer and as research collaborator.
She is enrolled in a [...]

Born in 1979, Chiara Bramani got her degree in Science of the Communication in 2003 with the specialization in business and institutional communication at the Università della Svizzera italiana of Lugano, Switzerland.
In the field of educational technology she worked at the Politecnico di Milano for 5 years,  engaged in the organization and management of different [...]

Lorenzo Cantoni graduated in Philosophy and holds a PhD in Education and Linguistics.
He is professor at the University of Lugano (Switzerland), Faculty of Communication Sciences, where he is also deputy-director of the Institute of Public Communication and Education. He’s vice-Dean of the Faculty.
Lorenzo Cantoni is director of the laboratories webatelier.net: production and promotion over the [...]