Albert Sangrà, Director of Research, Universidade Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain

Albert Sangrà was born in Barcelona in 1960. He has a degree in Philisophy and Sciences of the Education (Pedagogy), and has specialised in Organisation and Educational Technology at the University of Barcelona in 1986. Besides, he obtained a postgraduate degree in Applications of Information Technology in Open and Distance Education (1999) from the Open University, UK and a Diploma in Strategic Use of IT in Education from Harvard University, USA.

Currently Albert Sangrà is Educational Innovation and Methodology Director of UOC, and likewise Director of Edu Lab, an educational innovation laboratory specialised in the application of new technologies to distance education.

He is an independent expert evaluator of the European Commission, and a member of the Executive Board of EDEN (European Distance and E-Learning Network), RED-U (Red Española de Docencia Universitaria) and ADIE (Educational Computing Development Association). He is also a member of ICDE (International Council of Distance Education), ASTD (American Society for Training & Development), CREAD (Distance Education Network Consortium), the Teacher's Association Rosa Sensat, the Official College of Doctors and Bachelors in Sciences and Letters of Catalonia and Balearic Islands and the Catalan Society of Pedagogy.