Claudia Machado holds an MA in Education from the University of Minho - Portugal and has Postgraduate Certificate in Distance Education at SENAC - Brazil as well as in School Supervision by UNIVERSO – Brazil and a Licentiate Degree in Pedagogy by UNICEUMA - Brazil.

She was a lecturer at UNIVIMA - Brazil before moving to Portugal. She became a researcher at the E-learning program at the University of Lisbon - Portugal. She was also a visiting researcher at the Knowledge Media...

Okada, A., Serra, A.R.C. and Machado, C. (2014) Mídias Sociais e Recursos Educacionais Abertos Móveis na pesquisa acadêmica do século 21, in eds. Moreira, J. António; Barros. D. & Monteiro, A., Educação a Distância e eLearning na Web Social., Santo Tirso: White Books