Introduction

This volume aims at solving the implicit meaning that in the title relates the adjective critical to the term technology, supporting a reflection which could throw light also on the value of innovation in education. Describing, then, the results of a research, whose main objective was that of verifying if higher education students’ critical thinking skills can be increased, thanks to cultural insights carried out on line, we mean to value the need for educational research, which is an essential condition to develop quality in teaching and learning and in higher education teaching and learning in particular.