Editors

About the Editor

Dr. Ahmed Tlili is the Co-Director of the OER Lab at the Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University (SLIBNU), China. He serves as the Associate Editor of the IEEE Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology, and the Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society. He is also a Visiting Professor at UNIR University, Spain, and an expert at the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO). Dr. Tlili has been awarded the IEEE TCLT Early Career Researcher Award in Learning Technologies for 2020. He has edited several special issues in several journals. He has also published several books, as well as academic papers in international referred journals and conferences. He is serving as a local organizing and program committee member in various international conferences, and as a reviewer in several refereed journals. Dr. Tlili is the Co-Chair of IEEE special interest group on “Artificial Intelligence and Smart Learning Environments” and APSCE's Special Interest Group on “Educational Gamification and Game-based Learning (EGG)”. His research interests include, disability, open education, game-based learning, educational psychology and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Daniel Burgos works as a Full Professor of Technologies for Education & Communication and Vice-rector for International Research (UNIR Research, http://research.unir.net), at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR, http://www.unir.net). He holds the UNESCO Chair on eLearning and the ICDE Chair in Open Educational Resources. He also works as Director of the Research Institute for Innovation & Technology in Education (UNIR iTED, http://ited.unir.net). His interests are mainly focused on Educational Technology & Innovation: Adaptive/Personalised and Informal eLearning, Open Science & Education, Learning Analytics, Social Networks, eGames, and eLearning Specifications. He has published over 150 scientific papers, 4 European patents, 14 authored books and 21 edited books or special issues on indexed journals. He is or has been involved in +55 European and Worldwide R&D projects, with a practical implementation approach. In addition, he is a Professor at An-Najah National University (Palestine), an Adjunct Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL, Colombia), an Extraordinary Professor at North-West University (South-Africa), a Visiting Professor at Coventry University (United Kingdom) and at The Army University (ESPE, Ecuador). He works as a consultant for United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), European Commission, European Parliament, Russian Academy of Science and ministries of Education in over a dozen countries. He is an IEEE Senior Member. He holds degrees in Communication (PhD), Computer Science (Dr. Ing), Education (PhD), Anthropology (PhD), Business Administration (DBA) and Artificial Intelligence (MIT, postgraduate).

Dr. Maiga Chang is currently a Full Professor with the School of Computing Information and Systems, Athabasca University, Canada. He has given more than 105 talks and lectures in different conferences, universities, and events. He has participated in more than 310 international conferences and workshops as a Program Committee Member. He has (co-)authored more than 225 edited books, special issues, book chapters, journal and international conference papers. His research interests include game-based learning, training and assessment, learning behavior pattern analysis and extraction, learning analytics and academic analytics, data mining and artificial intelligence, health informatics, natural language processing, intelligent agent technology, multi-agent systems, mobile health, mobile learning, and ubiquitous learning. He is also an Advisory Board Member of the Journal of Computers and Applied Science Education. He is also the Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee of Learning Technology (IEEE TCLT), an Executive Committee Member of the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE), the Global Chinese Society for Computing in Education (GCSCE), and the Chinese Society for Inquiry Learning (CSIL). He is a Secretary and a Treasurer of the International Association of Smart Learning Environments (IASLE). He is also the Chair of the Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group (SIG) under the IEEE TCLT. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Educational Technology and Society, the Bulletin of Technical Committee on Learning Technology, and the International Journal of Distance Education Technologies. He was a Section Editor of the Education and Science, an Associate Editor of Transactions on Edutainment (Springer).