International Impact
Speaking Engagements
Como a Inteligência Artificial Generativa Pode (ou Não) Transformar a Educação? [How Generative Artificial Intelligence Can (or Cannot) Transform Education?]
Invited Speaker (onsite) [in Portuguese]
Portuguese Catholic University, Campus Camões, Braga
Braga, Portugal 🇵🇹
June 7, 2024
Open Lecture/Talk at the Portuguese Catholic University.
How to decide among videoconferencing systems to support experiential e-learning
Invited Panelist (Virtual)
Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia
Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
August 25, 2021
Evaluating videoconferencing systems for the quality of the educational experience.
It is the worst—and the best—of times!
Invited Panelist (Virtual)
Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia
Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
October 20, 2020
Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia.
How to Lead Centres for Teaching and Learning to Keep Higher Education Moving Forward: Changes and New Opportunities
Invited Panelist (Virtual)
Université Laval, Faculté des Sciences de L’éducation
Québec, Canada 🇨🇦
October 2, 2020
Other invited panelists and session facilitator.
Online Teaching & Project-Based Learning: Towards an Emerging Online Pedagogy
Invited Speaker (Virtual) [in Portuguese]
Portucalense University’s Department of Science & Technology
Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹
July 10, 2020
Attendees to the virtual session.
Inovações na Educação de Pós-graduação no Contexto das Tecnologias de Aprendizagem [Innovations in Graduate Education in the Learning Technologies Context]
Invited Speaker (onsite) [in Portuguese]
Rio de Janeiro State University
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷
October 28, 2019
Research group on Cyberculture from the Rio de Janeiro State University.
Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação stricto sensu na Modalidade On-line [Research and Post-Graduate Education stricto sensu in On-line Modes]
Invited Speaker (onsite) [in Portuguese]
39th Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Educação Annual Meeting
Niterói, Brazil 🇧🇷
October 20-24, 2019
39th Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Educação Opening Ceremony.
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology
Invited Speaker
2018 EdMedia
Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
June 25-29, 2018
2018 EdMedia, Amsterdam.
University of Minho’s Research Center in Children Studies
Invited Speaker
University of Minho
Braga, Portugal 🇵🇹
June 14, 2018
University of Minho in Braga, Portugal.
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, School of International Education and College of Humanities and Law
Invited Speaker
Project-Based Learning and Online Teaching: Are they Incompatible?
Beijing, China 🇨🇳
Oct 18, 2018
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, School of International Education and College of Humanities and Law, Beijing, China.
International Federation for Information Processing
Invited Panelist
Technical Committee 3 Joint Members’ Meeting
Guimarães, Portugal 🇵🇹
July 6-8, 2016
View of Guimarães, Portugal.
Improved MSc in Cultivar Development for Africa
Invited Panelist
Joint Partners’ Meeting on Improved MSc in Cultivar Development for Africa
Kampala, Uganda 🇺🇬
August 1-9, 2015
Workshop in Kampala, Uganda.
2nd Uludağ Üniversitesi Research & Development Days
Invited Panelist
2nd Uludağ Üniversitesi Research & Development Days
Bursa, Turkey 🇹🇷
November 13-15, 2012
Uludağ Üniversitesi, Bursa, Turkey.
Middle East Technical University
Invited Speaker
Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey 🇹🇷
November 16, 2012
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
1st International Seminar on Teacher Education through Distance Education
Invited Speaker
[I Seminário Internacional de Formação de Professores através da Educação a Distância]
Rio de Janeiro State University
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷
August 4, 2009
Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Faculty Professional Development (Sabbatical)
Portuguese Open University (Universidade Aberta)
Visiting Associate Professor
This is the only Distance Learning institution of public higher education in Portugal. It offers education to more than 13,000 students in 33 countries over five continents, including migrant communities and Portuguese-speaking countries that are home to over 240 million people across the globe (e.g., Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau).
Portuguese Open University, (Universidade Aberta), Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
(August-December 2013)
With Portuguese Open University’s President, Professor Paulo Dias.
International Service
Hong-Kong AECT 2019 Summer International Research Symposium
Member of International Advisory Board
Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China 🇭🇰
(17-19 June 2019)
Hong-Kong AECT 2018 Summer International Research Symposium
Member of International Advisory Board
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China 🇭🇰
(25 – 27 July 2018)
X International Conference on ICT in Education – Challenges 2017
Member of Scientific Committee
University of Minho, Braga, Portugal 🇵🇹
(May 8-10, 2017)
Hong-Kong AECT 2017 Summer International Research Symposium
Member of International Advisory Board
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 🇭🇰
(15-17 June 2017)
Centre for Higher Education Innovation
International Consultant
Centre for Higher Education Innovation, UNESCO Category 2 Institute, Shenzhen, China 🇨🇳
(November 14-15, 2015)
Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications
Local Advisor
Executive Committee of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2011), organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
(July 2011)