Ana AfonsoAna Afonso is a full researcher at UID-FCT nº 4372, Laboratory of Distance Education and eLearning (LE@D), Universidade Aberta (Portugal). She is also a collaborating researcher at the Centre for Informatics and Systems (CISUC) of the University of Coimbra (Portugal). She is currently an Invited Assistant Professor at the Universidade Aberta. A researcher, lecturer, trainer, author, independent educational and community consultant, is author and co-author of books, book chapters, and conference papers, about distance education and elearning. She has been awarded the BRIPA2020 by EDEN-European Distance and E-Learning Network. Her research interests include open and distance learning, e-learning, contextual learning, e-mentoring, EaD training for teachers, digital transformation in education, virtual learning communities, senior education, game-based learning, game-based learning, playfulness, collective imagination. She graduated in Education Sciences from the University of Coimbra, in 1996, and obtained her Ph.D. in Educational Technologies also from the University of Coimbra, in 2009. Read More Read Less