The guest editors of this special issue of JRTE introduce the theme of cognition and learning in the age of digital technologies and social networking in the preface. The issue features the extended versions of selected papers from the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2009) that took place in Rome, Italy, November 20–22, 2009. Each paper represents a unique aspect of learning that highlights the interactions between human systems and technology with the potential to influence the ways an educational system could be improved and perhaps reformed.

Kinshuk, Ifenthaler, D., Spector, J. M., Sampson, D., & Isaias, P. (2010). Cognition and learning in the age of digital technologies and social networking. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 43(2), 101–102.