Extended Education is increasingly evolving into an inclusive ecosystem in which technological innovation, professional agency, and pedagogical intentionality intersect. Drawing on current research on AI, immersive technologies, multimedia learning, and inclusive education, this issue explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and digital media can enhance accessibility, teacher professional development, and cognitive growth across diverse educational contexts. The contributions examine inclusive museum environments for people with disabilities, podcast-based teacher training, AR-supported memory development in primary education, and AI-powered programming education grounded in metacognitive reflection. Across these varied settings, common threads emerge: the foundational role of accessibility, the centrality of teacher professionalism, and the importance of fostering higher-order cognitive and metacognitive skills. Extended Education thus emerges not as mere technological expansion, but as a systemic transformation requiring sustainable integration, ethical awareness, and human-centred design.
Bruschi et al. (Sun,) studied this question.