Biography
Lorenzo Cantoni graduated in Philosophy and holds a PhD in Education and Linguistics. He is full professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano, Switzerland), Faculty of Communication Sciences, where he is director of the Institute for Communication Technologies. Lorenzo Cantoni is scientific director of the laboratories webatelier.net, NewMinE Lab: New Media in Education Lab, and eLab: eLearning Lab.
His research interests are where communication, education and new media overlap, ranging from computer mediated communication to usability, from eLearning to eTourism and digital Fashion, from ICT4D to eGovernment.
He is chair-holder of the UNESCO chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Site; and President of IFITT - International Federation for IT in Travel and Tourism.
L. Cantoni has been Dean of the Faculty in the academic years 2010-2014.
Twitter: @lorenzocantoni
His research interests are where communication, education and new media overlap, ranging from computermediated communication to usability, from eLearning to eTourism, from ICT4D to eGovernment.
Competence Areas:
- Educational Technology
- eGovernment
- eLearning
- eReligion
- eTourism
- Hospitality (tourism)
- ICT for Developing Countries (ICT4D)
- ICT for Tourism Industry
- Information and Communication Technology and Mobility
- MOOC Massive Open Online Course
- New Media
- Social Media
- Travel Agent Training
