Associate Professor of Educational Technology at the Institute of Education of the University of Minho, Portugal.
His academic qualifications include a graduation in Visual Literacy (1991), a Master’s in Educational Technology (2002), a PhD in Educational Technology (2009), and a Postdoc in Educational Technology (2019).
Currently a member of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities in Education (IE-UMinho), Director of the Master’s Program in Informatics Teaching (2026-2029), and Coordinator of the Educational Technology specialisation in the Doctoral Program in Educational Sciences (2026-2029).
Higher Education Evaluation: he serves as an institutional expert and external evaluator for the Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) in Portugal https://a3es.pt
José is an experienced lecturer and researcher, particularly in online methodologies, as his Curriculum Vitæ can confirm. He received his PhD with a thesis about Online Education. He designed, developed and implemented a virtual learning environment (VLE) with educational resources to support a Flipped Approach to Online Teaching and Learning, a form of blended learning.
Teaching expertise relates to exploring innovative pedagogical practices focusing on active methodologies, hybrid learning models and digital technologies.
Research interests involve the design of innovative pedagogy with new technologies to enhance teaching and learning processes. José wants to understand the opportunities to promote in-service teachers’ professional development through three critical dimensions: pedagogy, technology, and flexible learning spaces.
José has been a leader (WP, Country, and/or Project Coordinator, etc.) in several European research projects financed by Erasmus Plus, FP7, Grundvig, Leonardo Da Vinci, Innovation Programme.
Author or co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers on technology integration in education (face-to-face or online).
Researcher at the Research Centre on Education (CIEd). CIEd is hosted at the Institute of Education, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Portugal. At CIEd José is member of thematic strand 2 – Learning, innovation and sustainable educational development. https://cied.uminho.pt/en/person/jose-alberto-lencastre/
Researcher at Centro ALGORITMI, a research unit of the School of Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, Portugal. Centro ALGORITMI develops R&D activity in Information and Communications Technology and Electronics (ICT&E) (cf. algoritmi.uminho.pt). At Centro ALGORITMI, José is a Computer Communications and Pervasive Media (CCPM) R&D Line member. https://algoritmi.uminho.pt/user/jose-alberto-lencastre
Member of the Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory (LASI – Laboratório Associado de Sistemas Inteligentes), that brings together the Centro ALGORITMI, the Institute of Polymers and Composites and 11 research centres in Portugal in the areas of Computer Science, Information, Electronics, Materials, Engineering and Industrial Management, and Biomedical Engineering, from the Universities of Minho, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra and Nova de Lisboa, as well as the Polytechnics of Cávado and Ave, and Porto. https://lasi-research.pt/
Member of Centre IDEA-UMinho – Centre for the Innovation and Development of Teaching and Learning at the University of Minho. The Centre IDEA-UMinho aims to support teachers in promoting innovation in teaching and learning in multiple contexts, in and outside the classroom.https://idea.uminho.pt/
Member of the EPIC consortium—Excelência Pedagógica e Inovação em Cocriação [Pedagogical Excellence and Innovation in Co-creation]—which brings together the Universities of Minho, Aveiro, and Beira Interior, as well as the Polytechnic Institutes of Cávado and Ave, Leiria, and Viana do Castelo. The EPIC consortium promotes pedagogical innovation, with a robust digital component, among all teachers in the six institutions. https://www.uminho.pt/EPIC
Member of the CRUSOE Network, which contains 29 universities and polytechnic institutes in Spain and Portugal and more than 150 research groups. The network aims to promote research and innovation projects that contribute to territorial development and intelligent specialization in Southwest Europe. https://redcrusoe.com/
Contact him at jlencastre@ie.uminho.pt
ORCID 0000-0002-7884-5957
CIÊNCIA VITÆ ID A215-F9CE-0822
Scopus Author ID 57202369317
Web of Science Researcher ID O-6689-2015
Google Scholar ID José Alberto Lencastre
Research Centre on Education https://cied.uminho.pt/pessoa/jose-alberto-lencastre/
Algoritmi Research Centre – Member of the CCPM R&D Group
ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jose_Lencastre/contributions
DBLP https://dblp.org/pid/143/4647
SciProfiles https://sciprofiles.com/profile/JoseAlbertoLencastre