The newly established international research program “Positive Learning in the Age of Information” (PLATO) led by Prof. Dr. Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia at the JGU Mainz was launched with an international conference which took place at the Helmholtz Institute in Mainz from 28th - 30th of June. During the PLATO conference, current research was presented and discussed from a variety of areas including computer science, communications, linguistics, mathematics, neurosciences, education, philosophy, psychology as well as other fields related to the phenomenon of negative learning in the digital age. The program included several keynotes by excellent international and national researchers such as Prof. Luciano Floridi from the Oxford Internet Institute. For more information, see the conference homepage and this video in the SWR Mediathek.
In context of the newly established PLATO research program this special issue is being published:
Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Wittum, G. & Dengel, A. (Eds.) (in press): Positive Learning in the Age of Information (PLATO) - A blessing or a curse? Wiesbaden: Springer.