Alessandra Anichini

Alessandra Anichini serves as a Senior Researcher at Italy's National Institute for Documentation, Innovation and Educational Research (INDIRE), where she specializes in digital textuality and its educational applications. Her work centers on the historical evolution of textbooks and the transformative impact of digital innovation on educational materials and pedagogical practices.

Her research employs a distinctive historical methodology, comparing traditional textual forms with emerging digital paradigms to address fundamental questions about digital writing and reading. Key investigations include the skills required for new textual forms, the evolution from storytelling to social writing, and the governance of digital publishing spaces. This comparative approach reveals how longstanding educational traditions inform contemporary digital innovation in school contexts.

Anichini's publications from 2013-2015 consistently bridge theoretical inquiry with practical implementation, covering digital textbook evolution, pedagogical frameworks for digital literacy instruction, and historical analyses of educational materials. Her work demonstrates how antiquarian schoolbook collections inform modern digital content design while providing actionable guidelines for educators.

Her project portfolio includes foundational work on the IBM/University of Florence grant (1994) developing multimedia literary resources, coordination of digital educational content for the PON 'SOS Studenti' initiative, and current leadership in the 'Avanguardie Educative' project. These endeavors collectively examine the relationship between book production and new textuality, with particular focus on practical implementation strategies for digital learning environments.