E-learning & Learning Innovation Researcher

Summary

Margarida Romero is a researcher on learning innovation and educational psychology. For the last 10 years she has collaborated with international academic and professional organizations in educational projects (ITIN University in Paris, IUFM French Guyana, Educational Ministry of Algeria, IQPC Brazil…). She has developed her passion for teaching during her experience as lecturer at Universitat Ramon Llull (Blanquerna), Université de Limoges, Institut Universitaire Professionnalisé de Nîmes and Centre National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM). She's currently managing the elearning area in Esade and she is teaching in Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona as associate professor.

Active member of the most representative European educational associations, she leads Euro-CAT-CSCL, a research project within the FP7 Marie Curie IAPP actions. In 2007, she won the 3rd price on Technology Transfer from the EU Network of Excellence Kaleidoscope. In 2006, she won ex-aequo the Artificial Intelligence French Association Award (Prix de l’Association Française d’Intelligence Artificielle) for a communication claiming the need to introduce a metacognitive support into elearning systems.

Expertise

• E-learning & Learning Innovation
• Collaborative learning, awareness, metacognition & learning regulation
• Life long learning & Andragogy
• Learning organizations & Change management
• Time management

Selected references

Lambropoulos, N. & Romero, M. (2009). Educational Social Software for Context-Aware Learning: Collaborative Methods and Human Interaction. IGI Global

Romero (2008) Collaborative time management regulation during computer supported collaborative learning activities. EARLI-SIG-Metacognition Conference, Ioannina, Greece, May 8 - 10, 2008

Romero (2008) Time Awareness Tool, Herramienta de awareness temporal en Moodle para mejorar la gestión del tiempo de los grupos de trabajo, VII Encuentro de Universidad & e-learning, Expoelearning VirtualCampus Internacional, Barcelona, 3-6 April 2008.

Monereo, C. & Romero, M. (2008). Los entornos virtuales de aprendizaje basados en sistemas de emulación cognitiva . In Coll, Cesar & Monereo, Carles (Eds). Psicología de la educación virtual. Aprender y enseñar con las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación. ISBN: 978-84-7112-519-4. Editorial Morata

Monereo, C. & Romero, M. (2007). Estrategias de gestion temporal en las actividades colaborativas mediadas por ordenador analisis cualitativo de los episodios estrategicos. In Rodríguez, J.L. (Coord). Monográfico sobre Comunidades virtuales de práctica y aprendizaje. Teoría de la Educación. Educación y Cultura en la Sociedad de la Información.

Romero (2006). Immersion et sentiment de coprésence dans les activités collaboratives médiatisées. Université du multimédia ludo-éducatif et pédagogique. Saint-Lizier 2006. ISBN - 978-2-9527377-0-8

Romero (2006) Relevance of planning strategies and self-perception of learning difficulties in CSCL. EARLI-SIG-Metacognition Conference, Cambridge, UK, 19- 21 July 2006.

Romero (2006) Analysis of Computer Meditated Project Activities through an ICT-Based model. EARLI-JURE Conference, Tartu, Estonia, 30th June - 4th July 2006.