Dr Panagiotes Anastasiades is currently Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Crete. Since 2004 he is also a Tutor Counsellor at the Hellenic Open University (Postgraduate Level, Master in Education, Module: EKP65 Open and Distance Learning). 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 Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus (2000-2002).

Since 2002 he has the scientific responsibility of design and implementation of a e-learning environment adopted and developed for the training for the continuous training of teachers who teach Greek as a second and foreign language through e-learning under the project «PAIDEIA OMOGENWN» (http://ediamme.edc.uoc.gr/diaspora/) funded by the Greek Ministry of Education and the European Union.

He has additional papers published in Journal of Computers and Education, Computers in the Social Studies Journal, ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society (ACM SIGCAS), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, International Journal of Communication, International Journal of Learning, International Journal of the Humanities etc.

Since February 2012 was vice-president of the Pedagogical Institute of Greece and has the scientific responsibility of the “National Teachers Training Project” His current research emphasis focuses on Lifelong and Distance Learning via Advanced Learning Internet Technologies and Interactive Videoconferencing, Social & Educational Informatics, ICT & Creativity.