Panagiotis Anastasiades is Professor of Lifelong and Distance learning with the use of ICT in the Faculty of Education, Department of Primary Education of the University of Crete.

Founder & Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Learning Technologies in Lifelong and Distance Education [eLearning Lab].

Founder & Director of the Master's Programme: Educational Sciences - Distance Education using ICT (e-Learning: Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, 3D Animation).

His research interests are in the areas of:

- Pedagogical use of ICT and in particular artificial intelligence applications, social media, digital storytelling and augmented reality to encourage the creativity of students and teachers in matters related to digital cultural heritage and the safe and creative use of the internet.

- Pedagogical Utilization of ICT in the field of Lifelong and Distance Learning (Advanced Teacher Training Environments, School Distance Education)

He is the author of ten books in Greek and international publishing houses and more than 200 of his papers on the pedagogical use of ICT in the Field of Education, Distance Learning and Lifelong Learning have been published in international scientific journals and conference proceedings.

Since 2008 he has been a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the international scientific journal: Computers and Education, and of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) as well as in the review committee of the International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL) & Open Education: The Journal for Open and Distance Education and Educational Technology. Since 2000 he has been a member of scientific committees/review committees in over 100 international and national conferences.