Marcelo Maina

PhD in the Information and Knowledge Society Programme  from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya; Master in Communication Sciences from Université de Montreal (Canada), and BA in Communications and Education from Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos (Argentina).

Associate professor of Educational Technology at the  Faculty of Psychology and Education Science at UOC, he is the Director of the Master in Education and ICT (e-learning) and related e-learning programs.

Researcher of the Edul@b research group (UOC). He has participated in numerous European projects regarding technologies, education, and lifelong learning. His research encompasses such topics as learning ecologies, learning design methods and tools, emerging digital pedagogies, personalized learning, and open education.  On these and other related subjects he has made presentations at international conferences and published articles and book chapters. He has been invited to several conferences in Latin America and published his research in conference proceedings, journal articles, and book chapters.

He serves on numerous committees (e.g., International Seminar UNESCO Chair inEducation and Technology for Social Change) and review panels (e.g., International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning). He has participated in conference scientific committees (e.g., Annual Conference European Distance Education Network), as well as a reviewer in teaching innovation symposiums (e.g., International Symposium of University Teaching).