Advances in E-learning-Experiences and Methodologies

About the Contributors
part: “An Interactive Self-Assessment Tool Application” and “Continuous Assessment of Teaching and
Learning Process.” They have also many publications about formative assessment.
Célio Gonçalo Marques holds a 5-year degree in Computer Science and Management from Management
School of Santarém (Portugal), a masters’ degree in Multimedia Educational Communication
from Open University (Portugal), a post-graduation course in E-Learning Techniques and Contexts
from Coimbra University (Portugal) and is presently taking a PhD in Education, specialty of Educational
Technology at University of Minho (Portugal). He has been involved in projects related with
education-oriented computing including the Portuguese Program “Internet at School” and worked as a
computer consultant for several enterprises. Presently he is an assistant professor in the Department of
Information and Communication Technologies at the Management School of the Polytechnic Institute
of Tomar. He has authored various publications with emphasis to the book “Os Hipermédia no Ensino
Superior” (“Hypermedia in Higher Education”). His research has been oriented towards the design,
development, and evaluation of interactive learning environments, the application of cognitive flexibility
theory, and e-learning.
Carlos Muñoz Martín was born in Salamanca (Spain). D. Carlos Muñoz Martín studied Computer
Science at the University of Salamanca (Spain) an is an expert in e-commerce at the University of
Salamanca. From June to September of 2005, he worked for M2C developing a traceability program for
agrarian products. In 2005, D. Carlos Muñoz joined the I+D+i team of Clay Formación Internacional
and began work on proyects related with e-learning, e-learning platforms and Web development.
João Noivo holds a 5-year degree in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering from the
University of Aveiro, Portugal, a specialization in Industrial Engineering from LNETI, Portugal and a
masters’ degree in Operations Research and Statistics from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He was
an assistant professor in Industrial Electronics Department of University of Minho. In this department,
he participated in management activities and organized its informatics area. He was also responsible
of department that implemented the e-learning in University of Minho. He frequented post-graduate
courses in e-learning and public administration and his current research interests are e-learning and
organizational architecture.
Alvaro Ortigosa is associate professor of Computer Science at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
and member of the research group GHIA. He received his BA degree in Computer Science from the
Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, his MS in Computer Science
from the Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and his PhD in Computer Science
from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Dr. Ortigosa has worked in software engineering support
environments, software reuse and, more recently, in adaptive systems, collaborative systems, user
modelling, mobile environments, and authoring and evaluation of adaptive systems.
Abelardo Pardo is an associate professor of Telematic Engineering at theCarlos III University of
Madrid. He received his PhD in Computer Science from theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder. His
research interests are in the area of computer supported learning. He is the principal investigator of
the mosaicLearning2 project on e-learning platforms, tutoring systems, user modeling, and adaptive
hypermedia.