Matthew Montebello

Matthew Montebello is a full professor at the Department of Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of ICT, University of Malta. He heads the Agent Technology Research Group at departmental level, as well as coordinates a number of Interest Groups within the same faculty. Before joining the University in 1999 with a PhD in Computer Science he was already heavily involved in Education in secondary schools after graduating in 1990 at the University of Malta B.Ed.(Hons) degree. Having obtained an extensive teaching experience and having been involved with the introduction of computer labs through the Ministry of Education, he proceeded to follow the Computer Science domain when he pursued his post-graduate studies obtaining a Masters and a Doctorate at the Cardiff University in Wales in 1996 and 1998 respectively. Furthermore in 2009 and 2016 he also completed an M.A. and an Ed.D. (Higher Education) specialising in the application of artificial intelligence to e-learning. In 2017 he published a Springer monograph entitled 'AI-injected e-Learning' and was offered a visiting academic status at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign where he collaborated with the Computer Science department and College of Education on numerous projects and research initiatives. In May 2018 he was appointed Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and published his second Springer monograph entitled 'Ambient Intelligent Classrooms'. In 2019 he was re-appointed head of department and edited an IGI-Global handbook of research on Digital Learning while also in the process of authoring his third Springer monograph on Digital Learners.

Publications

Promoting Next-Generation Learning Environments Through CGScholar
Promoting Next-Generation Learning Environments Through CGScholar
Matthew Montebello. © 2023. 351 pages.
Virtual learning environments are crucial portals for students to take full advantage of the educational process, especially as we have seen a rise in the use of such...
Creating a Different Kind of Learning Management System: The CGScholar Experiment
Creating a Different Kind of Learning Management System: The CGScholar Experiment
Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis. © 2023. 18 pages.
It is in the nature of pedagogy as a social activity to bring the outside world in, and not just some aspects of the outside world but every conceivable aspect—atoms, poems...
A Smart Learning Environment for a Blended Experience
A Smart Learning Environment for a Blended Experience
Matthew Montebello. © 2023. 19 pages.
Online learning witnessed a shift in the attention of educators and e-learning specialists from transfer of knowledge-to-knowledge building and management, seeking to enhance...
CGScholar: Promoting Reflexive Pedagogy in a Web-Based Writing and Learning Ecosystem
CGScholar: Promoting Reflexive Pedagogy in a Web-Based Writing and Learning Ecosystem
Sonia Kline. © 2023. 24 pages.
Technology is pedagogically neutral—it may change everything, or it may change nothing–it is the pedagogy that makes the difference. The challenge then for new technologies is to...
Foreword
Foreword
Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis. © 2022. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Intercultural Communication and Ubiquitous Learning in Multimodal English Language Education.
Digital Pedagogies and the Transformation of Language Education
Digital Pedagogies and the Transformation of Language Education
Matthew Montebello. © 2021. 343 pages.
Education has undergone numerous radical changes as the digital era has transformed the way we as humans communicate, inform ourselves, purchase goods, and perform other mundane...
VLE Meets VW
VLE Meets VW
Matthew Montebello, Vanessa Camilleri. © 2021. 18 pages.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) within a learning environment has been shown to enhance the learning environment, improve its effectiveness, and enrich the entire...
Handbook of Research on Digital Learning
Handbook of Research on Digital Learning
Matthew Montebello. © 2020. 394 pages.
Education has gone through numerous radical changes as the digital era has transformed the way we as humans communicate, inform ourselves, purchase goods, and perform other...
I Am the Institution: A Personal Learning Environment
I Am the Institution: A Personal Learning Environment
Matthew Montebello. © 2020. 11 pages.
The way adults pursue their education through life is changing as the technology around us relentlessly continues to enhance our quality of life and further enhances every aspect...
Virtual Reality (VR) Applications in Learning: “Living Autism”
Virtual Reality (VR) Applications in Learning: “Living Autism”
Vanessa Camilleri, Foaad Haddod, Matthew Montebello, Joseph C. Camilleri, Alexiei Dingli, Vince Briffa. © 2019. 28 pages.
This chapter illustrates the use of VR applications in professional development and introduces an application used to assist teachers, learning support assistants (LSAs), and...
Empowering Citizens Through Virtual and Alternate Reality
Empowering Citizens Through Virtual and Alternate Reality
Vanessa Camilleri, Alexiei Dingli, Matthew Montebello. © 2018. 13 pages.
2016 is the year when virtual and augmented reality takes a boost. We've already seen various Virtual reality (VR) headsets being released and Microsoft new Hololens is...
Empowering Citizens Through Virtual and Alternate Reality
Empowering Citizens Through Virtual and Alternate Reality
Vanessa Camilleri, Alexiei Dingli, Matthew Montebello. © 2017. 16 pages.
2016 is the year when virtual and augmented reality takes a boost. We've already seen various Virtual reality (VR) headsets being released and Microsoft new Hololens is...
Classroom Technology Acceptance for Teachers in 3D: A Case Study in PreVieW
Classroom Technology Acceptance for Teachers in 3D: A Case Study in PreVieW
Vanessa Camilleri, Sarah de Freitas, Ian Dunwell, Matthew Montebello. © 2017. 20 pages.
The acceptance and adoption of technology in the classroom has been identified as a major challenge that many teacher education programs are striving to overcome. This article...
MOOCs: Exploiting Networks for the Education of the Masses or Just a Trend?
MOOCs: Exploiting Networks for the Education of the Masses or Just a Trend?
Vanessa Camilleri, Leonard Busuttil, Matthew Montebello. © 2014. 19 pages.
MOOCs have become a new trend in education, taking the world by storm in 2012. Is this just a fad or is it because of their nature in opening education to the masses? In this...