Portugal partner

University of Coimbra

The University of Coimbra (UC) is an indisputable reference in higher education and research in Portugal, due to the quality of the courses taught at its eight Faculties (Letters, Law, Medicine, Sciences & Technology, Pharmacy, Economics, Psychology & Education Sciences and Sports Sciences & Physical Education) and to the advances achieved in research in various areas of knowledge.

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University of Coimbra Team

Teresa Pessoa

Teresa Pessoa, associate Professor at the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. She has a degree in Psychology and a PhD in Educational Sciences. She has participated in graduated and post-graduate courses at an international level in the field of Educational Technology and Teacher Training. She participated in several national and international projects about Educational Technology , E-learning and Teacher training. She is the pedagogical coordinator of the E-learning project of The University of Coimbra. Since 2010, she has been involved in the design, development and implementation of teacher training courses

António José Mendes

António José Mendes, PhD in Electrical Engineering, specialist in Informatics, University of Coimbra, 1996. BSc in Electrical Engineering University of Coimbra, 1983. Associated Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University of Coimbra. Coordinator of University of Coimbra Distance Learning Unit, since September 2010. Director of the Department of Informatics Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University of Coimbra, since November 2013

Sandra Pedrosa

Sandra Pedrosa, master degree in Educational Sciences, specialist in Educational and Communication Technologies (University of Coimbra). She is a pedagogical adviser at University of Coimbra Distance Learning Unit, where she works in instructional design of courses and provides pedagogical support to teachers and students. Her research interests are in the area of distance education, ICT, satisfaction evaluation, instructional design and online resourses.

Piedade Vaz-Rebelo

Piedade Vaz-Rebelo, Psychologist, Assistant Professor and Teacher Educator at the University of Coimbra, expertise on Teacher Education, Educational Pyschology. She participates in international and national projects and is responsible for curricular units at the Teacher Education Master Courses, at the PhD Course for Science Teacher Education, at the PhD course for Teacher Education and at the Master Course Supervision of Instruction. She is also an External Evaluator of Schools, collaborating as expert with the Education Inspectorate.

Sílvia Nolan

Sílvia Nolan is the Project Manager of the Distance Learning Project being responsible for the coordination of resources and means, communication management, academic management, quality management, satisfaction evaluation, etc. She is also a Management and Quality Assurance Senior Auditor at the University of Coimbra, having conducted approximately 50 audits, over a total of 200 hours of audits.

She has published work in the field of Higher Education Management, Satisfaction Evaluation, Distance Learning Management and Quality Assurance.

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