The 16th International Conference on Distance Learning and Education (ICDLE 2025) was held at Mundet Campus, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain during September 18-21, 2025. This year’s conference saw vibrant participation, with nearly 150 attendees joining onsite and an additional 50 participants engaging online, reflecting the hybrid nature of the event.
ICDLE 2025 attracted a global audience, including
researchers, educators, and practitioners from various
sectors of distance learning and education. The
conference provided an invaluable platform for the
exchange of ideas, research insights, and best practices
in the evolving field of Distance Learning Technologies
and Platforms, Curriculum Design and Pedagogy in
Distance Learning, Student Support and Services in
Distance Learning and so on.

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Prof. Rhona Sharpe University of Oxford, UK |
Prof. Irina Lyublinskaya Columbia University, USA |
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Dr. Xuefan Li CEO of National e-School and City High School, Canada |

Invited speakers
Prof. Kenzi Watanabe, Hiroshima University, Japan
Prof. Matthias Wölfel, University of Applied Sciences
Karlsruhe, Germany
Prof. Daniel Otto, European University for Innovation
and Perspective, Germany
Prof. Michele Baldassarre, Università degli studi di
Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Prof. Sebastian Speiser, Hochschule für Technik
Stuttgart, Germany
Prof. Jesús Enrique Beltrán Virgüez, Corporación
Universitaria Minuto de Dios, Colombia
Prof. Antonio Cedillo-Hernandez, Tecnologico de
Monterrey, Mexico
Prof. Clara Karjo, Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia
Assoc. Prof. Habil. Ana-Maria Dragulinescu, Politehnica
Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Mohd. Elmagzoub Eltahir, Ajman University,
UAE
Assoc. Prof. Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Hujailan, King Saud
University, Saudi Arabia
Assoc. Prof. Farrah Dina Yusof, Universiti Malaya,
Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Serpil Tekir, Middle East Technical
University, Turkey
Dr. Nashwa Ismail, Imperial College London, UK
