Volume Two - Academic Conferences

Research interests include the investigation of the effectiveness of e-learning in developing student
academic capability, especially critical reading competence.
Ahmed Salem is an Assistant Professor at the faculty of Engineering, King Abdul Aziz University at KAU. He
graduated from CMU, PA, USA and he is interested in Active Learning, E-Learning and Excellence in
engineering teaching. His contributions include a Design Helping Mechanism for Active Learning Courses
that aid in designing learning experiences.
Rowena Santiago is a tenured professor (emeritus) in Instructional Technology and founding/former director
of the Teaching Resource Center, California State University, San Bernardino. Her research activities
include learner characteristics in e-learning (US and Japan), the use of faculty learning communities for
faculty development, and the use of student response systems for active learning.
Vitor Santos is an invited Professor at Trás os Montes e Alto Douro University (UTAD), Minho University
(UM) and Lusofona University (ULHT), teaching Information Systems, Compilers, and Artificial Intelligence
courses in Computer Science and Informatics Engineering Degrees. Before that, he was the Microsoft
Portugal Academic Computer Science Program Manager for 8 years.
Marie Sams has worked in higher education and the NHS in a number of roles over the past fifteen years.
This has included areas predominantly in marketing management and project management. Her research
interests are in team creativity and peer learning.
Maggi Savin-Baden is Professor of Higher Education Research at Coventry University, UK, and is director
of the Learning Innovation Research Group. She has been researching learning for over 20 years and has
just completed her 11th book. In her spare time she runs and tries out extreme sports
Adriana Schiopoiu Burlea is Professor PhD at the University of Craiova and visiting professor at
universities in France and Poland. She is Romanian ambassador for AGRH. She has written more than 20
books and 130 articles in the field of Management. She is a member of the editorial boards of many
prestigious journals and conferences.
Fabio Serenelli is about to conclude the PhD course in "Information Communication Technology applied to
knowledge society and learning processes" at the Milano Bicocca University where he collaborates as e-
Learning Manager and Instructional Designer at the CPM (Multimedia Production Center). He adopts an
interdisciplinary approach and his research interests are related to instructional formats for multimedia
learning, infographics and User Experience Design, One to One Computing, PLE - Personal Learning
Environment.
Angela Shapiro MSc, Dip Ad Ed, TQFE has been a Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University for ten
years. She teaches across all academic schools applying an advanced academic literacies (AAL) approach.
This includes workshops across the university within the context of particular programmes, as well as
distance and blended learning support to students.
Cees Smit Sibinga is professor of International Development of Transfusion Medicine, University of
Groningen. He founded the Academic Institute for International Development of Transfusion Medicine
(IDTM), focusing on higher education in developing countries. Objective - to support leadership development.
The first post-graduate course designed and implemented is a Masters in Management of Transfusion
Medicine (MMTM).
Dina Soeiro. Besides being a trainer of college teachers on E-learning, Dina supports and studies the use of
Moodle at the College of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra where she teaches. She is
finalizing her PhD on ICT in Education at the University of Coimbra and she is a researcher at the CISUC.
Mekala Soosay is a university teaching fellow and Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) team member with
a passion for preparing and disseminating creative methods for assessment, learning and teaching. She
also trains colleagues in applying TEL for their teaching practice. She has worked on a number of JISC and
EU-funded projects, the current ones being PC3 and EuroPlot.
Sonia Sousa holds a PhD in Education from Sheffield Hallam University, UK and an honors degree in
Communication Engineering from Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal. She is currently researching the
influence of trust in online communities. R&D work includes Michigan State University's MIND Lab, USA,
Universidade Fernando Pessoa Multimedia Research Center, Portugal, as well as Cape Verde and
Mozambique.
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