Maria Perifanou is a lecturer at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an adjunct faculty member at Hellenic Open University and at the University of Macedonia (GR), and a senior researcher at the Smart and Mobile Learning Environments (SMILE: https://smile.uom.gr) Lab of the University of Macedonia (GR) in the field of CALL and TEL. She has coordinated and collaborated with many European research institutions on more than 35 EU projects. She holds a master's degree in ICT and foreign language education from Ca’ Foscari, University of Venice (IT), and a Ph.D. from the University of Athens (GR) in the field of Applied Linguistics. Her research interests include CALL, TEL, MOOCs, OERs, and teacher training.