Maria Ranieri is an Associate Professor at the Department of Education, Languages, Intercul- ture, Literature and Psychology at the University of Florence, and the Director of the Master programme “New digital competences: open education, social and mobile learning” (University of Florence).

Her recent papers have appeared in Computers & Education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, InternationalReview of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL), The Internet and Higher Education. Her current research interests gravitate around digital literacy education, social network sites in education, mobile learning, teacher professional development. On these topics she published more than a hundred papers and several chapters and books. She also coordinated national and international research programmes in the area of media and technologies for teaching and learning.