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PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS


Susan Zvacek
SMZTeaching.com
United States


Brief Bio
Susan Zvacek is Associate Provost for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Denver, where she oversees the Office of Teaching and Learning. She has worked in higher education as a faculty member, dissertation advisor, and administrator. Her publications are in the areas of distance education, instructional design, and faculty development and she is co-author of a distance education textbook (Teaching and Learning at a Distance, currently in its fifth edition) and Blackboard for Dummies. She was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in the Czech Republic and has also worked with the University of Porto (Portugal) to integrate higher order thinking skills into online and f2f engineering education. ... More >>


James Uhomoibhi
Ulster University
United Kingdom


Brief Bio
James Uhomoibhi, a native born of Nigeria is an academic of strong international standing in Physics, Computing and Engineering. He has a first degree in Physics from Nigeria, a BPhil degree from Italy and moved to the UK where he completed his MSc in Optoelectronics and Optical Information Processing and a PhD in Laser Physics. Following his initial appointment as lecturer in Queen’s University Belfast he completed a PGCHET in Higher Education. Today he is at University of Ulster where he was Faculty e-learning coordinator (2004-2015) and now lectures in Engineering whilst researching in computer science and education. He is a visiting Professor of Physics, Computer Science and IT in two Nigerian Universities. He is also a visiting Professor of Science, Technology and Environmental Studies at the Open University in Tanzania. James is a Chartered Physicist and a member of the Institute of Physics; He is a Chartered IT Professional and a Fellow of BCS and also a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. James Uhomoibhi is the African Laser Centre Representative in Europe and has served as Head of SEFI Task Force on European Cooperation with Africa. SEFI is the European Society for Engineering Education. He also sits on the Board of the International Network for Engineering Education and Research (iNEER). He is a member of Council of SEFI and of the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. James Uhomoibhi is a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee (DIC) and the International of the Institute of Physics (IoP). He is the founder and current Chair of the BCS e-Learning Specialist Group. In 2011 James Uhomoibhi was appointed a LEADS Scholar by the Nigerian National Universities Commission (NUC), charged with the responsibility of linking experts and academics in the Diaspora to the country. He is a recipient several academic and community awards including amongst others, the iNEER Global Achievement Award in Engineering Education (2011), Belfast Ambassadors Award (2012), BCS Long Service Award and the Distinguished Service Award of the Powerlist All Ireland African Leadership Excellence Award Programme, which he received in 2012. James Uhomoibhi very recently received the Sentinus Ambassador of the Year 2016 Award for outstanding works and contributions to STEM Education and Research Development and Implementation in Northern Ireland, UK. ... More >>


Gennaro Costagliola
of Informatica, Università di Salerno
Italy


Brief Bio
Gennaro Costagliola is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Salerno, Italy. His past experiences include the direction of the e-learning services for the CRUI Campus One project and the direction of the Computer Science Studies at the University of Salerno. He has participated to several national funded projects and carried out scientific activities in many Program Committees of international Workshops and Symposia. He is currently a member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Visual Languages and Computation (Elsevier). He is the Director of the Web Technologies and e-Learning Lab. His research interests include the theory, implementation, and applications of visual languages, human-computer interaction, data management, web engineering and e-learning as documented in more than 170 published papers. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery since 1992 and IEEE Computer Society since 1991. He is currently a member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the University of Salerno for the Quality Assurance. During his career he has taught and/or supported courses at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Maryland Tri-service Education Center and University of Salerno - Department of Computer Science. Since 1998 he uses web tools to support his teaching both in web enhanced and blended learning modalities. ... More >>



PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Mehdi Adda, Mathematics, Computer science and engineering, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada
Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Telematic Engineering, Universdad Carlos III, Spain
Peter Albion, Teacher Education and Early Childhood, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Nelma Albuquerque, Concepts and Insights, Brazil
Efthimios Alepis, Department Of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Greece
George Anastassakis, Department of Preschool Education Sciences and Educational Design, University of the Aegean, Greece
Galia Angelova, Linguistic Modelling Department, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sanchez, School of Computer Science and Statistics, , Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Juan Ignacio Asensio, University of Valladolid, Spain
Anders Avdic, School of Technology and Business Studies, Dalarna University, Sweden
Breno T. Azevedo, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense, Brazil
Adriano Baratè, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Jorge Barbosa, PIPCA, UNISINOS, Brazil
Antonio R. Bartolomé Pina, Didàctica i Organització Educativa, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Clemens Bechter, TBS, Thailand
Patricia A. Behar, Education School, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Lilia C. Belcadhi, Higher Institute of Computer Sciences and Telecommunications, PRINCE Research Group, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Kay Berkling, Cooperative State University Baden Württemberg, Karlsruhe, Germany
Marlies Bitter-Rijpkema, Welten Institute, Research Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology , Open University, Netherlands
Lars Bollen, Department of Instructional Technology, Universiteit Twente, Netherlands
Andreas  Bollin, Informatics-Didactics, Klagenfurt University, Austria
Elmar-Laurent Borgmann, Languages /International Affairs, Hochschule Koblenz, University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Ivana Bosnic, University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia
Federico Botella, Center of Operations Research, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain
Ghizlane El Boussaidi, Software and IT Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada
Patrice Bouvier, Research, Development & Innovation, LDLC VR Studio, France
Dumitru Burdescu, Software Engineering, University of Craiova, Romania
Santi Caballé, Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunication, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Pasquina Campanella, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Chris Campbell, Griffith University, Australia
Alberto Cardoso, Dep. of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Thibault Carron, Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University, France
Manuel Castro Gil, National University for Distance Education, Spain
Isabel Chagas, Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Chia-Hu Chang, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE), National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Amitava Chatterjee, Electrical Engg. Deptt, Jadavpur University, India
Jo Coldwell-Neilson, School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia
Marc Conrad, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Patrick J. Coppock, Communication and Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Fernando A. Costa, Instituto de Educação , Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Caroline M. Crawford, School of Education, University of Houston-Clear Lake, United States
John P. Cuthell, Virtual Learning, United Kingdom
Thanasis Daradoumis, Informatics, University of the Aegean / Open University of Catalonia, Greece
Sergiu Dascalu, Computer Science And Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, United States
Claudia Deco, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Stavros N. Demetriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Giuliana Dettori, Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche (ITD-CNR), Italy
Tania Di Mascio, DISIM, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Gabriel Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia -UNED-, Spain
Darina Dicheva, Computer Science, Winston-salem State University, United States
Yannis Dimitriadis, Group of Intelligent and Cooperative Systems (GSIC), School of Telecommunications Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain
Danail Dochev, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 2, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Toby Dragon, Computer Science, Ithaca College, United States
Amalia Duch, Computer Science (CS), UPC- Politechnical University of Catalonia, Spain
Ishbel Duncan, Computer Science, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
Martin Ebner, Social Learning / Computer and Information Services, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
Joseph Ekstrom, Information Technology, Brigham Young University, United States
Larbi Esmahi, School of Computing & Information Systems, Athabasca University, Canada
Ramon Fabregat Gesa, Institut d'Informática i Aplicacions, Universitat de Girona, Spain
Si Fan, School of Education, University of Tasmania, Australia
Waleed Farag, Computer Science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States
Richard E. Ferdig, Research Center for Educational Technology, Kent State University, United States
Davide Fossati, Computer Science, Emory University, United States
Rita Francese, Matematica e Informatica, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
Vittorio Fuccella, Dipartimento Di Informatica, Università Di Salerno, Italy
Judith Gal-Ezer, Mathematics and Computer Science, The Open University of Israel, Israel
Mikuláš Gangur, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Economics, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Francisco García Peñalvo, Computer Science, Salamanca University, Spain
Sébastien George, Computer Science department-IUT Laval/LIUM, Le Mans University, France
Biswadip Ghosh, Computer Information Systems, Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States
David Gibson, Teaching and Learning, Curtin University, Australia
Henrique Gil, Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Blandine Ginon, Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Birmingham, France
Mercè Gisbert, Education, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Anabela Gomes, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (Coimbra Polytechnic - ISEC), Portugal
Maria João Gomes, Departamento de Estudos Curriculares e Tecnologia Educativa, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Cristina A. Gomes, School of Education, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
Nuno P. Gonçalves, DSI, Superior School of Technology, Polithecnical Institute of Setúbal, Portugal
Ana González Marcos, Universidad de La Rioja c/ San José de Calasanz 31, Universidad de la Rioja, Spain
Anandha Gopalan, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Angela Guercio, Computer Science, Kent State University, United States
Christian Guetl, IICM, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Nathalie Guin, Computer science, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, France
David Guralnick, Kaleidoscope Learning, United States
Leontios Hadjileontiadis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ibrahim A. Hameed, Larsgårdsvegen 2, 6009 Ålesund, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ålesund, Norway
Yasunari Harada, Institute for Digital Enhancement of Cognitive Development, Waseda University, Japan
Roger Hartley, Education, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
George Hloupis, Electronic Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece
Kin-Chuen Hui, Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
M. C. J. C. S. Reis, Engineering (IEETA), Department of Engineering, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Marc Jansen, Computer Science Institute, University of Applied Sciences Ruhr West, Germany
Stéphanie Jean-Daubias, computer science, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LIRIS, France
Jelena Jovanovic, Software Engineering, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Michail Kalogiannakis, Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly, Greece
Achilles Kameas, School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Atis Kapenieks, Distance Education Study Centre, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Charalampos Karagiannidis, Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly, Greece
Ilias Karasavvidis, Preschool Education, University of Thessaly, Greece
Göran Karlsson, Mechanics, KTH Stockholm, Sweden
Jalal Kawash, Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada
Samer Khasawneh, Computer Science, Walsh University, United States
Maria Kordaki, Department of Cultural Technology and Communications, University of the Aegean, Greece, University of the Aegean, Greece
Miroslav Kulich, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Jean-Marc Labat, Lip6 and LUTES, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Timo Lainema, Centre for Collaborative Research, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland
Elicia Lanham, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Australia
Teresa Larkin, Physics, American University, United States
Rynson Lau, Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
José P. Leal, Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal
Celina Leão, Department of Production and Systems, University of Minho, Portugal
Dominique Leclet, Laboratoire MIS (Modélisation, Information & Systèmes), UPJV, France
Newton Lee, Newton Lee Laboratories LLC and Institute for Education Research and Scholarships, United States
Marie Lefevre, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Veronica Liesaputra, Computing, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Cheng-Min Lin, Department of Digital Living Innovation, Nan Kai University of Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China
Yu-Tzu Lin, Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Andreas Lingnau, Department of Computer Science, German University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Martin Llamas-Nistal, Telematics Engineering Department, University of Vigo, Spain
Luca Andrea Ludovico, Computer Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Heide Lukosch, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Krystina S. Madej, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Tech, United States
Massimo Marchiori, University of Padua, Italy
Ivana Marenzi, L3S Research Center, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Kai P. Mark, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
José C. Marques, Civil Engineering, FEUP, Portugal
Lindsay Marshall, School of Computing, School of Computing, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Alke Martens, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Universität of Rostock, Germany
Bruce Maxim, Computer and Information Science, University of Michigan-Dearborn, United States
Robert Meolic, Faculty of EE&CS, University of Maribor, Slovenia
José Carlos M. Metrôlho, UTC de Informática, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Michihiko Minoh, RIKEN, Japan
Riichiro Mizoguchi, Research Center for Service Science, School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Gyöngyvér Molnár, Institute of Education, University of Szeged, Hungary
António Moreira, Education and Psychology, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Antao Moura, Systems and Computing Department, Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil
Muhanna Muhanna, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
Jogesh K. Muppala, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Hiroyuki Nagataki, Media Communication Center, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan
Ryohei Nakatsu, Design School, Kyoto University, Japan
Minoru Nakayama, Information and Communications Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Sotiris D. Nikolopoulos, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of the Peloponnese, Greece
Ebba Ossiannilsson, The Swedish Association for Distance Education (SADE), Sweden
Thomas Ottmann, Computer Science,, Germany
George Palaigeorgiou, Department of Primary Education, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
José Palma, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Portugal
Manuel Palomo Duarte, Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
Viktoria Pammer, Independent Researcher, Austria
Kyparisia Papanikolaou, Dpt. of Education, School of Educational and Technological Education (ASPETE), Greece
Iraklis Paraskakis, Infromation and Knowledge Management Research Cluster, South East European Research Centre, Greece
Emanuel Peres, Engineering, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro/Inesc-Tec, Portugal
Donatella Persico, Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche (ITD), CNR - Italian National Research Council, Italy
Niels Pinkwart, Humboldt University, Germany
Elvira Popescu, Computers and Information Technology Department, University of Craiova, Romania
Petra Poulová, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Khalid Rabayah, Arab American University, Palestine (State of)
Eliseo Reategui, Computers in Education, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Petrea Redmond, Education, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Martin Reisslein, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Eng., Arizona State University, United States
Manuela Repetto, Independent Researcher, Italy
Fernando R. Ribeiro, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Alessia Rosa, INDIRE, Italy
Razvan Rughinis, Computer Science, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Rebecca Rutherfoord, Information Technology, Kennesaw State University, United States
Libuse Samkova, Department of Mathematics, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Demetrios Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece
Ian Sanders, School of Computing, University of South Africa, South Africa
Eileen Scanlon, IET,, United Kingdom
Georg J. Schneider, Computer Science, Trier University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Ulrik Schroeder, Computer Science, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Edgar Seemann, Furtwangen University, Germany
María L. Sein-Echaluce, Applied Mathematics, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Abhishek Shukla, R.D.Engineering College Technical Campus 9th KM Mile Stone NH-58 Delhi-Meerut Road Duhai, R. D. Engineering College, India
Pei Hwa Siew, Department of Multimedia Design and Animation, Faculty of Creative Industries, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Juarez Bento da Silva, Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Ole Smørdal, EngageLab, University of Oslo, Norway
Zacharoula Smyrnaiou, Department of Pedagogy - Educational Technology Lab, University of Athens, Greece
Filomena Soares, Industrial electronics Dept., Algoritmi Research Centre, UM, Portugal
Michael Sonntag, Institute for Networks and Security, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
J. Michael Spector, Learning Technologies, University of North Texas, United States
Karl Steffens, Institute of Didactics and Educational Research, University of Cologne, Germany
Craig Stewart, Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, Indiana University, United States
Masanori Sugimoto, Hokkaido University, Japan
Wayne Summers, Columbus State University, United States
Katsuaki Suzuki, Graduate School of Instructional Systems, Kumamoto University, Japan
Ekaterina Talalakina, Independent Researcher, Russian Federation
Bénédicte Talon, LISIC, ULCO, Université Lille Nord de France, France
Brendan Tangney, Centre for Research in IT in Education, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland
Marco Temperini, Computer, control and management engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Uwe Terton, Faculty of Business, Law and Arts, Southern Cross University, Australia
Neena Thota, College of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Stephan Trahasch, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Germany
Stefan Trausan-Matu, Computer Science Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Andreas Veglis, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ioanna Vekiri, Independent Researcher, Greece
Harald Vranken, Faculty of Management, Technology & Science, Open Universiteit, Netherlands
Charalambos Vrasidas, Independent Researcher, Cyprus
Pieter de Vries, Systems Engineering - Learning Organizations and Technology, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Alf I. Wang, Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Edgar Weippl, University of Vienna, SBA Research, Austria
Martin Wessner, Media, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
David Whittinghill, Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University, United States
Leandro K. Wives, Instituto de Informática, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Jie C. Yang, Graduate Institute of Network Learning Technology, National Central University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Katarina Zakova, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Diego Zapata-Rivera, Research MS 16R, Educational Testing Service, United States
Iveta Zolotova, Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Inteligence, Technical University in Kosice, Faculty of Electrotechnics and Informatics, Slovak Republic
Amal Zouaq, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Canada
Javier García Zubía, Universidad de Deusto, Spain

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