Los autores de este texto son profesores e investigadores en psicología de diversas universidades colombianas que tienen una amplia trayectoria en estudios sobre motivación y educación en diferentes niveles educativos. En un intento deliberado por promover la relevancia de la obra, en los diferentes capítulos los autores incluyen una reflexión sobre la importancia de la motivación para la práctica educativa; estas reflexiones involucran a los diferentes miembros de las comunidades educativas, estudiantes, profesores, y padres de familia, invitándolos a pensar qué pueden hacer, desde las interacciones educativas concretas, para promover escenarios educativos que promuevan aprendizajes con sentido.

Se ofrece esta segunda edición del libro cuya finalidad es presentar a los estudiantes una versión breve pero exhaustiva de los hallazgos que, a lo largo de las últimas cinco décadas, se han descubierto sobre el complejo proceso del aprendizaje. La capacidad de aprender no es únicamente humana, sin embargo esta publicación se centrará únicamente en el aprendizaje humano.

This book presents high-quality, peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference in Information Technology & Education (ICITED 2021), to be held at the ESPM – Higher School of Advertising and Marketing, Sao Paulo, Brazil, between the 15th and the 17th of July 2021. The book covers a specific field of knowledge. This intends to cover not only two fields of knowledge – Education and Technology – but also the interaction among them and the impact/result in the job market and organizations. It covers the research and pedagogic component of Education and Information Technologies but also the connection with society, addressing the three pillars of higher education. The book addresses impact of pandemic on education and use of technology in education. Finally, it also encourages companies to present their professional cases which is discussed. These can constitute real examples of how companies are overcoming their challenges with the uncertainty of the market.

This three-volume set CCIS 1755-1757 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Applied Technologies, ICAT 2022, held in Quito, Ecuador, in November 2022. The 112 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 415 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: human computing and information science, IT financial and business management.