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Diana Sousa. Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Porto in the Digital Media Doctoral Program, a joint program between the University of Porto and The New University of Lisbon -, with a current average mark of 17 out of 20, in the Technology specialty by the University of Porto (2020). She's doing her research about Immersive Educational Escape Rooms as a researcher at INESC TEC's Center for Human-Centered Computing and Information Science (HumanISE). Currently, she is also an IT trainer, at Associação Nacional de Professores, as an accredited trainer in B115 - Technology and Educational Communication, teaching "Presentation and creation of digital educational games: LearningApps and Wordwall", "Presentation and digital content creation with the CANVA application: posters, presentations, e-books and catalogs", and "Creating spoken presentations and video with the Canva application". In the last two years, she worked at Multicompetências as Director of the Programming and Multimedia Department as Web Developer, Graphic Designer, Digital Marketing, and Head of Learning and Development. As Head of Learning and Development, she has improved the online courses, namely courses in moodle with the migration of data from forinsia (an online training software to training schools). In February 2021 she has finished her Training Manager course at Cognos Formação e Desenvolvimento Pessoal. Recently, she has done some certifications in: Education (at FEUP and other certified training schools, Porto), in Learning from Users (Fraunhofer, Porto), and MOCs certification as Web Developer (Rumos, Porto). She has finished her Master in Multimedia - Technologies with the final classification of 15 out of 20 by the University of Porto (2013). Her professional activity began as a receptionist (2002-2007) at the Serralves Foundation (Porto), where she did a stage at the Museum Direction (2006). Later, she started her activity as a teacher and trainer, teaching "IT Communication" and "Computer Applications" (2008-2012; 2018). In September 2016, she finished her main professional internship at Primavera BSS, where she has done some projects in Multimedia, Web, and Mobile Development for Primavera Academy (Braga). Then she also developed some Web projects as self-employed and for FTP - Comércio e Equipamento Informático, LDA.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Diana Quitéria Teixeira de Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Diana
  • Diana Quitéria Teixeira de Sousa
  • Sousa, D.
  • Diana Quitéria Sousa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4315-E210-D24E
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7798-750X
Google Scholar ID
S0_d_5YAAAAJ&gmla

Email addresses

  • diana.q.sousa@fe.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Italian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
French Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Latin Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2)
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Schlemmer, Eliane; Van Zeller, Maria; Sousa, Diana Quitéria; Bassani, Patrícia Scherer. "Extended Abstract—Stories of Peso da Régua: The Enigma of the Ancient Vines - The Co-Creation Process of an Immersive Experience in Cibricity". Chicago, 2025.
    Published • 10.56198/1q2c7b59
  2. Diana Quitéria Teixeira de Sousa; António Fernando Coelho; Manuel Firmino da Silva Torres; Ana Ria Garcia; Tiago Rossini. Corresponding author: Diana Quitéria Teixeira de Sousa. "Adaptability and Procedural Content Generation for Educational Escape Rooms". Paper presented in 16th European Conference on Games Based Learning, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  3. Sousa, Diana; Coelho, António; Torres, Manuel. "EDUCATIONAL ESCAPE ROOMS ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE LEARNING STRATEGIES AND IMPROVE TEACHING, LEARNING, AND ASSESSMENT PROCESSES". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma, 2022.
    Published • 10.21125/edulearn.2022.0656
  4. Sousa, Diana; Coelho, António; Bernardes, Gilberto; Correia, Nuno. "NINJA TURTLES RACE: A REACTION TIME TEST TO STUDY AND ASSESS THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION, MOTOR, AND COGNITIVE SKILLS IN CHILDREN'S LEARNING PROCESSES". 2021.
    Published • 10.21125/inted.2021.0983
  5. Diana Quitéria Teixeira de Sousa. "Brief Notes on the History of Enlightenment". Paper presented in International Colloquium: Drawing Light: Light in Art and Heritage, Porto, 2005.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Diana Sousa; António Coelho; Manuel Torres; Ana Garcia; Tiago Paula Pinto. "Adaptability and Procedural Content Generation for Educational Escape Rooms". European Conference on Games Based Learning (2022): https://doi.org/10.34190/ecgbl.16.1.618.
    10.34190/ecgbl.16.1.618
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Diana Quitéria Teixeira de Sousa. "InteractMe PC | ArtAbilitation". Master, 2013. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/92055.
  2. Diana Quitéria Teixeira de Sousa. "InteractMe PC | ArtAbilitation". Master, 2013. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/92055.
Distinctions

Award

2025 Science Communication Hackathon - Innovation Award at the 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2025 (DCE 2025).
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Title

2022 Accredited trainer in the area and domain: B115 Technology and Educational Communication
Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua, Portugal
2008 Professional Trainer
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal