María Blanca Ibáñez received her B.S. and Ms.C. degrees in Computer Science from the Simón Bolívar University, Venezuela, in 1979 and 1982, respectively, and her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the INPG, France, in 1990. She did two post-doctorates, the first at the European Computer Research Center (Munich, Germany) and the second at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK). She was a Full Professor at the Simón Bolívar University, where she directed several research projects and was Coordinator of the postgraduate programs in Computer Science. Since 2013, she has been a Visiting Associate Professor at the Carlos III University of Madrid. She currently conducts her research in the area of eLearning using gamification techniques and emerging technologies such as 3D virtual environments, augmented reality, and wearable computing in learning processes.