Diana Andone

Ro: Dr.ing. Diana Andone is the Director of the ID / IFR and e-Learning Center of the Polytechnic University of Timișoara, Romania, responsible for the planning and implementation of digital technologies, online learning technologies and the winner Virtual Campus of CVUPT University. He is also a teacher at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania, in the area of multimedia, interactive and web technologies. Since 1998, he has been teaching course modules in universities in Great Britain, France, USA, Finland, Italy, Greece. She holds a PhD in e-learning design for digital students at the University of Brighton, UK, has extensive experience in intensive publishing (over 17 books, 100 research papers, 11 awards for best work) and over 30 research and educational projects, mainly funded by the European Commission. She is passionate about ubiquitous access to technology and how it can be used to improve people's lives. Dr. Andone actively promotes the use of OER, MOOC and the principles of open education, developing UniCampus.eu for the training of digital skills, acting in international associations (EDEN, IEEE, AACE, IADIS, IAFES), and actively supporting local start-ups ( movements such as StartUp Weekend, HackTM, hackathons, CoderDojo, Girls in Tech, Women in Tech) and STEM education. He also works in the Board of Directors of Romanian NGOs (Foundation for You), in the Implementation Team of Timișoara European Capital of Culture 2023 and in other volunteer organizations. Dr. Andone is an EDEN Senior Fellow, she was awarded the distinction Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award 2021 by the IEEE Education Society, was Vice President of EDEN for Communication and Communities (2018-2021) and is a member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society (2021-present) and the IEEE Romania Section of the Department of Educational Activities (2019-present).

In: Dr.ing. Diana Andone is the Director of the e-Learning Center of the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, responsible for planning and implementing digital technologies, online learning technologies, and the university's award-winning Virtual Campus CVUPT. She is also an associate professor at the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, in the area of multimedia, interactive, and web technologies. Since 1998, she has been teaching course modules at universities from the UK, France, the USA, Finland, Italy, Greece. She holds a Ph.D. in Designing eLearning Spaces for Digital Students with Brighton University, UK, has extensive research experience with intense publication (over 17 books, 100 research papers, 11 Best Paper Awards), and more than 30 research and educational projects, mainly funded by the European Commission . She is passionate about ubiquitous access to technologies and how they can be used to improve people's lives. Dr. Andone actively promotes the use of OERs, MOOCs and the open education principles, developing UniCampus.eu for training for digital skills, acting in international associations (EDEN, IEEE, AACE, IADIS, IAFES,) actively supports the local start-up movement (StartUp Weekend, HackTM, hackathons, CoderDojo) and Girls in Tech, Women in Tech and STEM education. She also acts on the Board of Romanian NGOs (Pentru Voi Foundation), in Timisoara 2021 European Capital of Culture Task Force, and in other voluntary organizations. Dr. Andone is an EDEN Senior Fellow, IEEE Education Society 2021 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award, EDEN Vice-President for Communication and Communities (2018-2021), and a member of the IEEE Education Society Board of Governors (2021-present), and in IEEE Romania Section the Educational activities Chair (2019-present).