EduPARK Project

PhD in Biology and PhD in Education, Master in Coastal Zones Sciences and Graduation in Biology, from the University of Aveiro (UA). Member of the Coordination of the CIDTFF and member of the LCD, located at the DEP of the UA. She has been doing research in the areas of the Biodiversity of the Ria de Aveiro and of the integration of Technologies in Science Education, namely Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Gamification.

PhD in Didactics and Training, branch of Didactics and Curricular Development, Master in Curricular Management and Graduation in Teaching of Biology and Geology, from UA. Member of the CIDTFF and of the LCD located at the DEP of the UA. She has worked in Climate Change Education and her main interest is in the use of technologies, such as Mobile Devices and Augmented Reality, as well as Gamification strategies in the promotion of Scientific Literacy.

Master in Computer Engineering and Telematics, from UA. Member of the CIDTFF and member of the LCD located at the DEP of the UA. His main research interests are in the areas of Virtual and Augmented Reality and of Mobile Computing.

Graduate degree in Computer Engineering and Telematics, from UA. Member of the CIDTFF and member of the LCD located at the DEP of the UA. Her main research interests are in the areas of Virtual and Augmented Reality.

With a degree in New Communication Technologies, from UA. Member of the CIDTFF and member of the LCD located at the DEP of UA. Her main interests are Augmented Reality, Education and Accessibility.

PhD in Electrotechnical Engineering in 3D reconstruction and Graduation in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, from UA. Assistant Professor at DETI and researcher at IEETA in the UA. He has been working in the areas of 3D Reconstruction, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, Visualization, Human Machine Interaction and Sensory Fusion.

Dr.-Ing. in Computer Science by the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. Master in Computer Science and Graduation in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra. Assistant Professor at DETI and researcher at IEETA in the UA. He has been lecturing and supervising students in Computer Graphics, Geometric Modelling and Visualization.

Master in Coastal Sciences and Graduation in Biology from UA. Curator at the Herbarium of the DBio of the UA. She has been developing activities in Environmental Education, involving schools and the public. She has been working in areas with abundant exotic flora (forests, parks and gardens), namely in the botanical coordination of the Serralves Park SIG Project and in the Bucaço National Forest Requalification Plan. She elaborated nature paths for municipalities. Her research interests are the Taxonomy of Vascular Plants, Plants Ecology and Environmental Education and Awareness.

Master in Applied Biology, branch of Ecology, Biodiversity and Ecosystems’ Management and Graduation in Biology, from UA. Senior Technician of the DBio of the UA. Nature photographer, she held several photographic exhibitions about the flora of different habitats in schools, libraries, museums and universities, encouraging knowledge and biodiversity conservation. She has been participating in projects in the areas of Botany, Vascular Plants Taxonomy, Nature Conservation, Ecology, and Environmental Education, as well as in projects of Dissemination and Scientific Communication, and of Experimental Teaching.

PhD in Multimedia in Education from UA, Master in Geographic Information Systems from the University of Lisbon and Graduation in Teaching of Geography from the University of Coimbra. Postdoctoral researcher at the CIDTFF and member of the LCD located at the DEP of the UA. Her main research interests are related with Educational Technology as a promoter of Space Literacy and as a facilitator of Context-aware learning (location-based games, context-aware apps, technology-enhanced places, smart cities learning, spatial citizenship).

PhD in Multimedia in Education, Master in Science Communication and Education, and Graduation in Teaching of Biology and Geology, from UA. Postdoctoral researcher at the CIDTFF and member of the LabSUA located at the DEP of the UA. Her research interests are articulated between the scientific areas of Didactics of Sciences and Educational Technology (example: teaching processes and science learning with technologies).

PhD in Multimedia and Education, Graduation in Teaching of English and German from UA. Postdoctoral researcher at the CIDTFF and member of the LCD located at the DEP of the UA. Her research interests are related with the use of Digital Technologies in formal and informal learning contexts.

PhD in Didactics and Teacher Training (European doctorate) from the University of Aveiro (UA). Graduation in Mathematics with specialization in Education from the University of Coimbra. Assistant Professor at the DEP of the UA, member of the CIDTFF. Her main research interests are related with the Incorporation of ICT in Mathematical Education, Didactics of Geometry, and Teacher Training in Mathematical Education.

PhD in Didactics of Languages, Master in Didactics of English and Graduation in Teaching of English and Portuguese from UA. Associate Professor at the DEP of the UA, coordinator of the CIDTFF Research Group in the field of ICT in Education and member of the LCD. Director of the Doctoral Programme on Multimedia in Education. His main research interests are Cognitive Flexibility Hypertexts in Learning, Communities of Practice and Random Access Instruction, Integration of technologies in teaching, namely Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality, Gamification and Web 2.0 Tools.

PhD in Education Sciences from the Université de Mons (Belgium). Graduation in Electronics and Telecommunications from the UA. Assistant Professor at the DEP of the UA, member of the CIDTFF and coordinator of the LCD. Her main research interests are related with the Educational Integration of ICT, namely in Science Education, Educational Evaluation, supported by technologies, and Online Communities and Teachers and Researchers’ Personal and Professional Development.

PhD in Didactics and eLearning, Master in Educational Sciences, branch of Educational Technology, and Graduation in Teaching of French and Portuguese from UA. Requisitioned teacher at the ICT Competence Centre for the Educational Resources and Technologies Team of the General Directorate of Education at the UA. Member of the CIDTFF located at the DEP of the UA. Her research interests are articulated between the areas of Didactics of Languages, Academic Writing, Teacher training in ICT and Learning with the use of technologies.

PhD student in Multimedia in Education with a FCT scholarship. Degree in Basic Education and Master in Primary School Education and Mathematics and Natural Sciences in 2nd Cycle. Member of the CIDTFF and of the LCD located at the DEP of the UA. Her main interests are in the use of technologies in education and game based learning as well as sustainable development.

Graduation student in Exact Sciences with qualification in Chemistry and Physics from the University of São Paulo (IFSC/USP), Brazil. She had done an Internship in the EduPARK project, with a fellowship of the Entrepreneurship Scholarship Program, promoted by the USP Innovation Agency, from February to July 2017. She is a student of scientific initiation at the Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos (IQSC/USP), developing educational videos. Her main interests are in the areas of Development of differentiated teaching materials and methods and Insertion of technology in education.

PhD in Environmental Sciences and Graduated in Biology from the University of Aveiro (UA). Integrated member of CESAM and collaborator in research and science divulgation teams from DepBiology (Herbarium team, UVS) and DepEnvironment (ESPteam). Her research interests are articulated with natural resources conservation in degraded areas, due to forest fires, intense forest management and plant invasions, as well as natural resources valorization. In the EduPark project, she has been a consultant on the elaboration of educational contents, concerning the plant species of the Infante D. Pedro Park.

Master and Graduation in Education Sciences from the University of Coimbra. Her masters’ work was carried out within the scope of the EduPARK project, at the UA, supervised by the Doctors Lúcia Pombo and Ana Amélia Carvalho. Her main research interests are in Educational Science, particularly non-formal learning contexts, educational technologies and gamification.

PhD and Graduation in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid (Spain). Associate Professor at the Department of Telematics Engineering of the University of Vigo (Spain), and member of the Research Commission of the same university. Member of the ACM and senior member of the IEEE, he is currently vice president of IEEE-ES Publications. He has conducted research in the areas of Telematics and Technology-enhanced learning.