Implications of Open Access Repositories Quality Criteria and Features for Teachers' TPACK Development / SpringerBriefs in Education (PDF)

Rita Tavares was born in Aveiro in 1982. She holds a Degree in Basic Education from the University of Aveiro and is an accredited Trainer in Educational Technologies. Currently attending the Doctoral Program in Multimedia in Education at the University of Aveiro, she works in this institution as a Researcher for the Foundation for Science and Technology, the national funding agency that supports science, technology and innovation, under the responsibility of the Ministry for Science and Technology. Member of the Open Laboratory for Science Education, an integrated infrastructure of the Research Centre Didactics and Technology in Teacher Education, located in the Department of Education and Psychology of the University of Aveiro, she develops several activities such as Web Copywriter and Monitor of the laboratory and of the Science Garden, an outdoor educational space designed for children aged 4 to 12 years, that promotes non-formal Science Education activities. Rita Tavares has professional experience as a Primary School Teacher, having taught from 2006 to 2010 in several public Portuguese schools. In 2011 she started to work at a software development company as Educational Coordinator, managing projects related to digital educational resources and educational games. Simultaneously, she was also an Editorial Reviewer, Author and Instructional Designer. From 2012 to 2014 Rita Tavares managed the Education Unit of the company as Director, designing and managing several research projects (R&ID and R&TD) related to edutainment, affective computing, educational virtual worlds, immersive learning environments, and contents for next generation networks. With articles published in Portuguese journals and (inter)national conferences proceedings, her main research interests are Digital Educational Resources, Science Education, Universal Design (for Learning), M-Learning, and Educational Data Mining.
António Moreira was born in Aveiro in 1957. He holds a PhD from the