Diana Andone, Ph.D.
Director, Digital Education and Distance Education Department
Politehnica University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Dr. Diana Andone’s Talk
New Horizons in Open Practices with AI
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is not just changing digital and open education, it is enhancing it, especially from the perspective of educating today's generation. As AI systems increasingly can personalize learning, change how we do assessment, and scale access across borders, the boundaries of traditional education are dissolving. In the context of digital education, I'll explore how AI can transform educational ecosystems into open environments, how AI-driven platforms are accelerating global access to open education, breaking language barriers, and supporting inclusivity. How are practices in open education and digital education practices changing due to GAI? How do we build systems that are fair, transparent, and globally accessible?
About Dr. Diana Andone
Dr. Andone is the Director of Department of Digital Education and Distance Education (previously the eLearning Center) of Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, where she's responsible for planning and implementing digital education.
She is an associate professor in multimedia, interactive and web technologies, an EDEN Senior Fellow, an IEEE Education Society 2021 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award winner, and the IEEE Education Society Vice President (2024-2027), with extensive research and publication experience and more than 30 research and educational international projects.
Dr. Andone teaches course modules in universities from the UK, France, USA, Finland, Italy, and Greece.