TIDE research lies at the intersection of human-centered computing (including human-computer interaction), network and computer applications, and learning sciences. In particular, it is framed in the area of Learning Technologies, an intrinsically interdisciplinary field* comprising research topics that concern from learning systems to social technologies, standards and interoperability, and devices for learning.

TIDE research topics include:

Technological underpinning

• Interactive systems
• Authoring tools
• Mobile, wearable and pervasive technologies
• Sensors, roomware, ambient displays and ubiquitous devices
• Visualization techniques for learning
• Learning analytics
• Personalization and adaptation
• Adapted learning flow and monitoring process
• Serious games
• Social computing and social media
• Network infrastructures and architectures for TEL
• Interoperability, eLearning specifications and standards

Pedagogical underpinning

• Learning design and design approaches
• Technology-enhanced orchestration of learning
• Communities of practice / communities of educators
• Computer-supported collaborative learning
• Blended / hybrid learning
• Game-based learning
• Active teaching and learning methods
• Assessment
• Educational neuroscience
• Learner affect and engagement
• Evaluation methods for TEL

Learning communities and contexts

• Schools and universities of the future
• Workplace learning
• Lifelong learning
• Formal, non-formal and informal learning
• Ubiquitous learning
• Seamless learning
• Engineering education

Open Learning Arrangements

• Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
• Open educational resources (OER)
• Teacher Networks
• Bring your own Device (BYOD)

* see for example the ACM Taxonomy for Learning Technologies http://www.computer.org/web/tlt/taxonomy; list of G. Scholar “top publications” within Engineering & Computer Science > Educational Technology; associations like the European Association of Technology-Enhanced Learning