Doctor in Education, since 2004, Lúcia Amante is an Associate Professor at Universidade Aberta (UAb), Department of Education and Distance Learning. She integrates the Laboratory of Distance Education and Elearning of UAb (LE@D), where she researches the pedagogy of online education, with a special focus on digital assessment of learning. She coordinates the ADiC Project, in the scope of which she develops regular, continuous training of teachers in the context of digital pedagogical assessment. She is a co-author of the UAb virtual pedagogical model.