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Dr. Diana Andone (@diando70)

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Diana Andone

is director of the Department of ID/IFR and Digital Education of Politehnica University Timișoara (formerly the Center for Distance Learning Studies (CSID), called the Center for ID/IFR and E-Learning during 2012-2023), responsible for planning and implementing digital education and integrating the use of online educational technologies for all forms of education, through UPT Virtual Campus - CVUPT.

Dr. Andone is a lecturer in multimedia and web technologies, developing the courses Multimedia Technologies, Web 2.0 Technologies, Interactivity and Usability, Instructional Technologies, at bachelor's and master's levels, initiating the international virtual mobility project in 2008. TalkTech. Diana is passionate about the ubiquitous integration of thenologies in everyday life and their use for a better life.

Dr. Andone holds a PhD in “Designing eLearning Spaces for Digital Students” from the University of Brighton, UK, a Masters in European Studies from the University of West Timisoara, a postgraduate distance learning course “Learning about Open Learning” at Herriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Master in Artificial Intelligence from the Polytechnic University of Timișoara, Romania. He followed various specializations in universities in Great Britain, France, Finland, Greece, Germany. Since 1998 he has been teaching course modules at universities in Great Britain, France, USA, Finland, Italy, Greece.

Dr. Andone has an intense research activity at the international level through various European-funded projects and multiple publications:  

  • over 17 books, 150 scientific papers, 12 Best paper Awards (awards for the best paper), since 2010 Co-Chair at the IADIS WWW/Inter International Conference, since 2017 Chair at the IEEE ICALT iOpenLearn Conference, since 2019 Chair at the EDEN International Conference, member of over 20 conference committees, reviewer at 6 impact journals and since 2020 associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Education.

Dr. Andone is strongly involved in the activity of the scientific community (EDEN, IEEE, AACE, IADIS, IAFES) through various leadership positions of international associations:

  •  EDEN (Vice President for Communication 2018 – 2021)
  • member of the National Committee IEEE Romania (education manager 2019 – present)
  • member of the board of directors of the IEEE Education Society (2021-2023)
  • IEEE Education Society Vice President for Conferences (2024-2027)
  • member of the International Steering Committee IEEE Education (2020-present).
  • In 2012 he received the EDEN Fellow Title (European Distance and E-Learning Network) distinction. 
  • 2021 -EDEN Senior Fellow
  • 2021 received the IEEE Education Society 2021 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award (IEEE Education Society's award for excellence in educational leadership)
  • 2021 Diploma of Excellence of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies of UPT
  • 2020: The e-Learning Center was awarded the UPT Digitalization Excellence Award in 2020.
  • member of the EUA Digital Transformation Committee
  • member of the Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture Association
  • Board member of the For You Foundation
  • member and former president of Rotary Club Timișoara

For the past 25 years, she has been involved in more than 30 EU-funded projects, recently focused on open education, open access to knowledge, open source technologies, digital skills and digital culture. She was also the coordinator and initiator of Erasmus + projects DigiCulture (Improving Digital Competencies and Improving Adult Social Inclusion), LLL ViCaDiS (Virtual Campus for Digital Students) and National Manager on MODE-IT, ABCtoVLE, OpenVirtualMobilities, IoT Rapid ProtoLab, GirlsTech, m-commerce, SKILL2E, CBora, i , ESIL, e-Taster, e-report projects, as well as the national project DidaTec (Training in blended-learning and new educational technologies for university staff). Dr. Andone, together with the CeL team, initiated the project in 2016 UniCampus - online courses in Romania through which the first Romanian MOOCs were created.

It actively promotes the principles of open education, the use of open educational resources (OER), open knowledge and massive open online courses (MOOCs), training for digital skills, digital culture, as part of its daily activities or through its work in various associations. or communities, but also by supporting the activity of the regional community of start-ups and innovation, (StartUp Weekend, HacktTM, hackathons, CoderDojo, Girls in Tech, Women in Tech and women in science -STEM) cultural (member of the Timișoara Association 2023 European Union) and social responsibility (member of the Board Foundation for You, member and former president of Rotary Club Timisoara).

For the last 25 years he has been active in various media projects (BBC and Teleuniversitatea) and in regional cultural projects. In 2018, he initiated the digital culture project Spotlight Heritage Timișoara / Heritage under the spotlight Timișoara, a participatory project to create intangible digital cultural heritage, which tells the multiple stories of Timișoara through digital technologies.

Passionate about the impact of technology on the quality of life, she organizes and develops international reference workshops such as Workshop Open Education & Science Practices (annually, starting from 2014), Iinternational Digital Skills Workshop (since 2016) and DigiEdu (2022). She initiated and supported continuing education and microcredit programs, being the initiator of the webinar series "„Online Together" and "Shaping Together”". He also coordinates the award-winning cultural project Heritage under the spotlight Timisoara, actively supporting regional innovation, the start-up movement and women's involvement in technology.

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Dr. Diana Andone (@diando70) is the director of the DIgital and Distance Education Department of the Politehnica University of Timișoara (formerly the Center for Distance Learning Studies (CSID), named the Center for Distance Learning and E-Learning between 2012–2023), responsible for planning and implementing digital education and the integration of online educational technologies across all forms of study, through the Virtual Campus of UPT - CVUPT.

Dr. Andone is a lecturer in multimedia and web technologies, developing the courses Multimedia Technologies, Web 2.0 Technologies, Interactivity and Usability, and Instructional Technologies at undergraduate and master's level, and initiating in 2008 the international virtual mobility project TalkTech. Diana is passionate about the ubiquitous integration of technologies in everyday life and their use for a better quality of life.

Dr. Andone holds a PhD in "Designing eLearning Spaces for Digital Students" from the University of Brighton, United Kingdom, a Master's degree in European Studies from the West University of Timișoara, a postgraduate course in distance learning "Learning about Open Learning" at Herriott-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania. She has pursued various specializations at universities in the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Greece, and Germany. Since 1998, she has taught course modules at universities in the United Kingdom, France, the USA, Finland, Italy, and Greece.

Dr. Andone has an extensive international research record through various European-funded projects and numerous publications:

  • over 17 books, 150 scientific papers, 12 Best Paper Awards, Co-Chair at the IADIS WWW/Internet International Conference since 2010, Chair at the IEEE ICALT iOpenLearn Conference since 2017, Chair at the EDEN International Conference since 2019, member of more than 20 conference committees, reviewer for 6 high-impact journals, and Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Education since 2020.

Dr. Andone is strongly involved in the scientific community (EDEN, IEEE, AACE, IADIS, IAFES) through various leadership roles in international associations:

  • EDEN (Vice-President for Communication 2018–2021)
  • Member of the IEEE Romania National Committee (Education Chair 2019–present)
  • Member of the IEEE Education Society Board of Governors (2021–2023)
  • Vice-President of the IEEE Education Society for Conferences (2024–2027)
  • Member of the IEEE Education International Steering Committee (2020–present)
  • In 2012, received the EDEN Fellow Title (European Distance and E-Learning Network)
  • 2021 – EDEN Senior Fellow
  • 2021 – IEEE Education Society 2021 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award
  • 2021 – Diploma of Excellence from the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology of UPT
  • 2020 – The eLearning Center was awarded UPT's Excellence in Digitalization Award in 2020
  • Member of the EUA Digital Transformation Committee
  • Member of the Timisoara 2023 European Capital of Culture Association
  • Member of the Board of the For You Foundation
  • Member and former President of Rotary Club Timisoara

Over the past 25 years, she has been involved in more than 30 EU-funded projects, recently focused on open education, open access to knowledge, open source technologies, digital competencies, and digital culture. She has been the coordinator and initiator of the Erasmus+ projects DigiCulture (Upskilling Digital Competencies and Improving Social Inclusion of Adults), LLL ViCaDiS (Virtual Campus for Digital Students), and national coordinator for MODE-IT, ABCtoVLE, OpenVirtualMobilities, IoT Rapid ProtoLab, GirlsTech, m-commerce, SKILL2E, CBVI, i2Agora, TafCity, ESIL, e-Taster, e-report projects, as well as the national project DidaTec (Blended-learning Training and New Educational Technologies for University Staff). Dr. Andone, together with the CeL team, initiated in 2016 the UniCampus – online courses in Romania project, through which the first Romanian MOOCs were created.

She actively promotes the principles of open education, the use of Open Educational Resources (OER), open knowledge and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), training for digital competencies, and digital culture, as part of her daily activities or through her work in various associations and communities, as well as by supporting the regional start-up and innovation community (StartUp Weekend, HackTM, hackathons, CoderDojo, Girls in Tech, Women in Tech, and women in science – STEM), cultural initiatives (member of the Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture Association), and social responsibility efforts (member of the Board of Fundația Pentru Voi, member and former President of Rotary Club Timișoara).

Over the past 25 years, she has been active in various media projects (BBC and Teleuniversitatea) and regional cultural projects. Since 2018, she has initiated the digital culture project Spotlight Heritage Timișoara / Heritage in the Spotlight Timișoara, a participatory project for the creation of intangible digital cultural heritage, which tells the multiple stories of Timișoara through digital technologies.

Passionate about the impact of technology on quality of life, she organizes and develops internationally recognized workshops such as the Workshop on Open Education & Science Practices (annually, since 2014), the International Digital Skills Workshop (since 2016), and DigiEdu (2022). She has initiated and supported continuing education programs and microcredentials, and is the initiator of the webinar series“Online Together”"and"“Shaping Together“She also coordinates the award-winning cultural project Heritage in the Spotlight Timișoara, actively supporting regional innovation, the start-up movement, and women's engagement in technology.

Dr. Diana Andone

Director
Department of ID/IFR and Digital Education
Politehnica University of Timișoara
Bul. V. Parvan No.2
300223 Timisoara, Romania

E-mail: diana.andone@upt.ro
Web: http://elearning.upt.ro/diana_andone

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