Jorge Maldonado-Mahauad is a professor and researcher at the University of Cuenca, in the Department of Computer Science. He holds a PhD in Engineering Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and several master's degrees in topics related to the use and management of TIC in education as well as specializations in e-learning project management and educational data analysis. He is currently the Coordinator of the Learning Analytics Latin America Community, from where he has promoted the creation of a network, integrated by more than 250 researchers from 80 Latin American institutions. Expert in the field of Learning Objects, MOOCs, and Learning Analytics, he works on scientific advances that seek to improve teaching and learning processes in face-to-face, hybrid and online environments, through the development and application of pedagogical methodologies combined with the use of Artificial Intelligence.