Elena BarberaElena Barbera PhD in Educational Psychology and Senior researcher at eLearn Center (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya/Barcelona). She is currently Director of Research for the eLearn Center. She is also director of the doctorate programme in Education nd ICT at UOC and adjunct professor for the international doctorate in Nova Southeastern University in Florida (USA). Her research activity is specialised in the area of educational psychology, relating in particular to web based knowledge-construction processes, interaction in e-learning environments, assessment and quality and time factor in distance learning using ICT. As head of the EDUS research group she currently participates in national and international projects. She is external evaluator of national and European research projects (elearning and Lifelong Learning calls) and impact journals (Computers and Education, Educational Technology & Society). She trains university teachers around the world and has more than a hundred papers and fifteen books in the field of education with ICT. Read More Read Less