Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education (Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design) - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez (a.k.a. Brenda Padilla) is a researcher at the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Mexico, where she also teaches at graduate level and coordinates the MSc in Cognition and Education. She is a lecturer at University da Vinci (Mexico) and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain). As an international consultant, Brenda applies innovative pedagogic principles to enable academic institutions, companies and non-governmental organizations to optimize their learning and training practices through the use of digital technologies. She is the founder of the consultancy groups E-Learning Monterrey, E-Learning Mexico and E-Learning International. Brenda’s research and supervision at Master’s and doctoral levels focus on open education, learning technologies, gamification and pedagogical innovation.

Alejandro (Ale) Armellini is Professor and Dean of Digital and Distributed Learning at the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. His key role is to provide leadership in digital learning and learning innovation, including on-campus and distance provision, across all Faculties. Before joining Portsmouth, Ale was Dean of Learning and Teaching at the University of Northampton, where he was the strategic lead for the redesign of all programmes for active blended learning. Ale is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Ale’s research and doctoral supervision focus on learning innovation, blended and online pedagogy, institutional capacity building and open practices. He holds visiting professorships at several UK and overseas universities.