Angel A. Juan is an Associate Professor of Simulation and Data Analysis in the Computer Science Department at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) as well as a Researcher at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3). He also collaborates, as a Lecturer of Computer Programming and Applied Statistics, with the Department of Applied Mathematics I at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Computational Mathematics (UNED), an M.S. in Information Systems & Technology (UOC) and an M.S. in Applied Mathematics (University of Valencia). His research interests include both service and industrial applications of computer simulation, probabilistic algorithms, educational data analysis and mathematical e-learning. He has published several papers in international journals, books and proceedings regarding these fields. Also, he has been involved in several international research projects. He is an editorial board member of the Int. J. of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies as well as of the Int. J. of Information Systems & Social Change and a member of the INFORMS society.

Antonia Huertas is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Knowledge Representation in the Computer Sciences Department at the Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics (University of Barcelona). Her research interests include knowledge representation and rationing and mathematical e-learning.

Sven Trenholm is currently a PhD research student at Loughborough University’s Mathematics Education Center. Previously, for more than ten years, he taught as a fulltime mathematics instructor within the State University of New York. He holds an MSc in Curriculum Design and Instructional Technology (SUNY Albany) and a BSc and DipEd in Mathematics (McGill). His PhD research is focused on assessment approaches of tertiary mathematics e-learning instructors. His research interests also include disciplinary differences in approaches to e-learning, mathematics e-lecturing, efficacy of e-learning for courses in basic numeracy and psychological aspects of e-learning. Within these fields of interest, he has published journal papers and presented numerous times.

Cristina Steegmann is currently a PhD research student at Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). She has more than ten years of experience teaching mathematics online to Engineering students. Her PhD is focused on Mathematical e-learning in the context of the European area of higher education. As a result, she has participated in different research projects on those topics and is co-author of several papers and chapters published in international journals and books.