The EATEL Board consists of the managing committee, as per the statutes of the association, and additional committees that are responsible for EATEL activities:

Managing Committee (2025-2029)

President

Olga Viberg

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Olga Viberg is associate professor in Media Technology with specialization in Technology-Enhanced Learning at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at KTH. Viberg’s research includes a focus on learning analytics and AI in education, self-regulated learning, digital assessment, cross-cultural research and responsible use of student data and technologies in education, focusing on the […]

Vice-President

Roland Klemke

Open University of The Netherlands, The Netherlands / TH Köln, Germany

Prof. Dr. Roland Klemke is chair of the department of Technology-enhanced Learning and Innovation of the Faculty of Educational Science of the Open University of the Netherlands. He leads national and international research projects in the TEL field. Research topics include artificial intelligence for education, multimodal learning experiences, augmented- and mixed-reality, multi-sensor architectures, serious gaming, game-based […]

Treasurer

Tobias Ley

Danube University Krems, Austria and Tallinn University, Estonia

Secretary

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Kairit Tammets

School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University, Estonia

Chairs

Publication chair

Marcus Specht

Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht is Professor for Digital Education at the Technical University of Delft and Director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Center for Education and Learning. He also is scientific lead of of TU Delft for the 4TU Center for Engineering Education. He received his Diploma in Psychology in 1995 and a Dissertation from the University […]

Education Chair

Mikhail Fominykh

Mikhail Fominykh

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Mikhail Fominykh is a researcher, developer and enthusiast in the area of technology-enhanced learning. Mikhail is serving as a Secretary and as the Education chair in the executive board of EATEL from 2021 to 2025. Mikhail holds a researcher position in the IMTEL research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU, […]

IAALDE representative

Maria Perifanou

University of Macedonia, Greece

Dr. Maria Perifanou is an adjunct lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Italian Language & Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an adjunct academic staff at the Hellenic Open University at TESOL Master’s Programme. She works also as a senior researcher at the Smart and Mobile Learning Environments (SMILE) Lab of […]

SIG Chair

Maria Perifanou

University of Macedonia, Greece

Dr. Maria Perifanou is an adjunct lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Italian Language & Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an adjunct academic staff at the Hellenic Open University at TESOL Master’s Programme. She works also as a senior researcher at the Smart and Mobile Learning Environments (SMILE) Lab of […]

Communication Chair

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Kateryna Zabolotna

Learning and Educational Technology Research Lab, University of Oulu, Finland

Office

Administrative Assistant

Manisha Khulbe

Manisha Khulbe

Tallinn University, Estonia

Manisha Khulbe, PhD, is a visiting researcher at the Centre for Educational Technology, Tallinn University, Estonia. Her research interests include Learning Analytics and dashboards, educators’ professional development, and digital learning games.

Former Members of the Managing Committee

EATEL appreciates the time the former members of the managing committee gave to the EATEL, and says Thank You!