Panagiotes Anastasiades Ph.D. is Assistant Professor on Lifelong and Distance Learning, in the Department of Education at the University of Crete, in Greece.He is also Tutor Counsellor at the Hellenic Open University (Postgraduate Level, Master in Education, Module: EKP65 Open and Distance Learning)His current research emphasis focuses on Lifelong and Distance Learning via Advanced Learning Internet Technologies and Interactive Videoconferencing, Social & Educational Informatics & Information Society Theories. He has been Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics at the Polytechnic School of the University of Patras (1999-2002), and also Visiting Faculty in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus (2000-2002). He is author of the Interactive Videoconferencing and Collaborative Distance Learning for Κ-12 Students and Teachers: Theory and Practice (2009). NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc ISBN: 978-1-60692-185-2, and editor of Advanced Learning Synchronous Technologies for Blended Learning Environments (2008). GR: Guttenberg. ISBN: 978-960-01-1263-4.He is member of the editorial board of -Computers and Education, Elsevier -International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL).E-mail: panas@edc.uoc.gr Home Page: http://www.edc.uoc.gr/~panas/index%20En.html