International Impact

Speaking Engagements

Potenciar a investigação com InteligΓͺncia Artificial: Introdução prΓ‘tica Γ  utilização de ferramentas de IA na investigação em CiΓͺncias Sociais e Humanidades [Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Research: A Practical Introduction to the Use of AI Tools in Social Sciences and Humanities Research]
Invited Speaker (on-site) [in Portuguese]

Portuguese Catholic University, Campus CamΓ΅es, Braga
Braga, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή
October 7, 2026

Portuguese Catholic University, Campus CamΓ΅es, Braga

Literacia em IA: Usar, Questionar e Aprender [AI Literacy: Use, Question, and Learn]
Invited Speaker (on-site) [in Portuguese]

Portuguese Catholic University, Campus CamΓ΅es, Braga
Braga, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή
October 8, 2026

Invited talk to the Portuguese Catholic University students.

InteligΓͺncia artificial, ethos da educação, e reconexΓ£o humana e planetΓ‘ria [Artificial intelligence, the ethos of education, and human and planetary reconnection]
Invited Speaker (on-site) [in Portuguese]

XVII Congresso Nacional de Educação (2025 EDUCERE), Escola de Educação e Humanidades, PontifΓ­cia Universidade CatΓ³lica do ParanΓ‘ 
Curitiba, Brazil πŸ‡§πŸ‡·
September 1, 2025

Invited Speaker for the Opening Ceremony, XVII Congresso Nacional de Educação (2025 EDUCERE).

Invited Speaker for the Opening Ceremony, XVII Congresso Nacional de Educação (2025 EDUCERE).

A inteligΓͺncia artificial na educação e na formação de professores [Artificial intelligence in education and teacher education]
Invited Speaker (on-site) [in Portuguese]

Faculdade de Educação, Universidade de SΓ£o Paulo 
SΓ£o Paulo, Brazil πŸ‡§πŸ‡·
September 8, 2025

Invited Talk at the Faculdade de Educação, Universidade de São Paulo.

Invited Talk at the Faculdade de Educação, Universidade de SΓ£o Paulo.

Como a InteligΓͺncia Artificial Generativa Pode (ou NΓ£o) Transformar a Educação? [How Generative Artificial Intelligence Can (or Cannot) Transform Education?]
Invited Speaker (on-site) [in Portuguese]

Portuguese Catholic University, Campus CamΓ΅es, Braga
Braga, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή
June 7, 2024

Open Lecture/Talk at the Portuguese Catholic University.

How to decide among videoconferencing systems to support experiential e-learning
Invited Panelist (Virtual)

Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia
Sydney, Australia πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί
August 25, 2021

Evaluating videoconferencing systems for the quality of the educational experience.

It is the worstβ€”and the bestβ€”of times!
Invited Panelist (Virtual)

Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia
Sydney, Australia πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί
October 20, 2020

Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia.

How to Lead Centres for Teaching and Learning to Keep Higher Education Moving Forward: Changes and New Opportunities
Invited Panelist (Virtual)

UniversitΓ© Laval, FacultΓ© des Sciences de L’éducation
QuΓ©bec, Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
October 2, 2020

Other invited panelists and session facilitator.

Online Teaching & Project-Based Learning: Towards an Emerging Online Pedagogy
Invited Speaker (Virtual) [in Portuguese]

Portucalense University’s Department of Science & Technology
Porto, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή
July 10, 2020

Attendees to the virtual session.

Inovaçáes na Educação de Pós-graduação no Contexto das Tecnologias de Aprendizagem [Innovations in Graduate Education in the Learning Technologies Context]
Invited Speaker (onsite) [in Portuguese]

Rio de Janeiro State University
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil πŸ‡§πŸ‡·
October 28, 2019

Research group on Cyberculture from the Rio de Janeiro State University.

Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação stricto sensu na Modalidade On-line [Research and Post-Graduate Education stricto sensu in On-line Modes]
Invited Speaker (onsite) [in Portuguese]

39th Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Educação Annual Meeting
NiterΓ³i, Brazil πŸ‡§πŸ‡·
October 20-24, 2019

39th Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Educação Opening Ceremony.

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology
Invited Speaker

2018 EdMedia
Amsterdam, Netherlands πŸ‡³πŸ‡±
June 25-29, 2018

2018 EdMedia, Amsterdam.

University of Minho’s Research Center in Children Studies
Invited Speaker

University of Minho
Braga, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή
June 14, 2018

University of Minho in Braga, Portugal.

Beijing University of Chemical Technology, School of International Education and College of Humanities and Law
Invited Speaker

Project-Based Learning and Online Teaching: Are they Incompatible?
Beijing, China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³
Oct 18, 2018

Beijing University of Chemical Technology, School of International Education and College of Humanities and Law, Beijing, China.

International Federation for Information Processing
Invited Panelist

Technical Committee 3 Joint Members’ Meeting
GuimarΓ£es, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή
July 6-8, 2016

International Federation for Information Processing

View of GuimarΓ£es, Portugal.

Improved MSc in Cultivar Development for Africa
Invited Panelist

Joint Partners’ Meeting on Improved MSc in Cultivar Development for Africa
Kampala, Uganda πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬
August 1-9, 2015

Workshop in Kampala, Uganda.

2nd Uludağ Üniversitesi Research & Development Days
Invited Panelist

2nd Uludağ Üniversitesi Research & Development Days
Bursa, Turkey πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·
November 13-15, 2012

Uludağ Üniversitesi, Bursa, Turkey.

Middle East Technical University
Invited Speaker

Middle East Technical University
Ankara, Turkey πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·
November 16, 2012

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

1st International Seminar on Teacher Education through Distance Education
Invited Speaker

[I SeminÑrio Internacional de Formação de Professores através da Educação a DistÒncia]

Rio de Janeiro State University
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil πŸ‡§πŸ‡·
August 4, 2009

Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Faculty Professional Development (Sabbatical)

Portuguese Open University (Universidade Aberta)
Visiting Associate Professor

This is the only Distance Learning institution of public higher education in Portugal. It offers education to more than 13,000 students in 33 countries over five continents, including migrant communities and Portuguese-speaking countries that are home to over 240 million people across the globe (e.g., Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau).

Portuguese Open University, (Universidade Aberta), Lisbon, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή
(August-December 2013)

With Portuguese Open University’s President, Professor Paulo Dias.

International Service

Hong-Kong AECT 2019 Summer International Research Symposium
Member of International Advisory Board

Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China πŸ‡­πŸ‡°
(17-19 June 2019)

Hong-Kong AECT 2018 Summer International Research Symposium
Member of International Advisory Board

Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China πŸ‡­πŸ‡°
(25 – 27 July 2018)

X International Conference on ICT in Education – Challenges 2017
Member of Scientific Committee

University of Minho, Braga, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή
(May 8-10, 2017)

Hong-Kong AECT 2017 Summer International Research Symposium
Member of International Advisory Board

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong πŸ‡­πŸ‡°
(15-17 June 2017)

Centre for Higher Education Innovation
International Consultant

Centre for Higher Education Innovation, UNESCO Category 2 Institute, Shenzhen, China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³
(November 14-15, 2015)

Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications
Local Advisor

Executive Committee of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2011), organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Lisbon, Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή
(July 2011)