Trends on Active Learning Methods and Emerging Learning Technologies / Lecture Notes in Educational Technology (PDF)

Francisco José García-Peñalvo is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Automation at the University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain, with four six-year periods of research, one six-year period of transferring and innovation, and four five-year periods of recognized teaching. He received the Beatriz Galindo award for teaching excellence in 2019. Since 2006, he has been the head of the Research Group Recognized by the USAL GRIAL (The research GRoup of InterAction and e-Learning). He was Vice-Dean of Innovation and New Technologies of the Faculty of Sciences of the USAL between 2004 and 2007, and Vice-Rector of Technological Innovation between 2007 and 2009. He is currently the Rector's Delegate for Virtual Teaching, and the Coordinator of the Doctorate Programme in Education in the Knowledge Society at USAL. He has published more than 100 research papers in JCR (Journal Citation Reports)-indexed journals.

María Luisa Sein-Echaluce, Ph.D. in Mathematics, is Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at the School of Engineering and Architecture at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, with three six-year periods of research and five five-year periods of recognized teaching. She was Director of the Virtual Campus of the University of Zaragoza from 2012 to 2020. She is President of the Scientific Committee and Secretary of the Organization Committee in the International Conference on Learning, Innovation and Cooperation since 2011. She has a long experience in the evaluation of educational research and innovation projects in several Spanish universities, as well as the organization and implementation of permanent training courses on educational innovation and technologies. She has been Associate Editor of special issues of international research journals such as Computers in Human Behavior and European Journal of Engineering Education. She is also Member of numerous scientific committees in international journals and conferences and Author of research