Department: Psychology and Educational Sciences Department

Unit: Education and eLearning

Research group: EDUL@B Research Group in Education and ICT

Email: mromerocar@uoc.edu

Doctor by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili with the thesis Disseny i avaluació d'un centre virtual de recursos de tecnologia educativa com a eina de formació dels mestres en l'ús de les tic 2008. Supervised by Dr. Francesc Xavier Carrera Farran, Dr. Mercè Gisbert Cervera.

Marc Romero's R&I work focuses on investigating emerging education scenarios and open, flexible and online teaching and learning strategies with the aim of transforming and improving educational practice. As part of the Edul@b group, he studies s how institutions/organizations, teachers and administrators tackle these new scenarios, especially the ones mediated by digital technologies, in order to anticipate changes and improve teaching and learning processes. He sees students as lifelong learners (from school to retirement) and as citizens and professionals. His main research interests are online collaboration, training in the uses and applications of digital technologies for different educational spheres and levels, as well as training in digital skills for teachers and students and learning ecologies as the basis for professional development.