Introducing the European School Education Platform

Markus Rester is Head of Sector - Online Education Platforms with the Schools and Multilingualism unit in the Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission. He holds a MSc and a PhD in Computer Science and was Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with the Vienna University of Technology before joining the European Commission in 2012.

Jessica Massini is Interaction Designer at European Schoolnet where she is mainly involved in eTwinning and the European School Education Platform. She holds a Master’s Degree in Science of Education and Pedagogical Consultancy for Organisations, and a BA Degree in Technology of Communication. For more than four years she worked as Interaction Designer in an innovative tech startup at the University of Siena. In 2015, Jessica moved to Brussels after being selected for the Schuman Scholarship at European Parliament where she worked as Graphic Designer trainee in DG ITEC - The Directorate-General for Innovation and Technological Support. Right after this experience she joined European Schoolnet as Graphic Designer, growing into Digital Media Coordinator, and becoming Interaction Designer in 2021.

Rute Baptista is a pedagogue and currently acts as the Senior Professional Development Manager of the European School Education Platform and eTwinning in Brussels. She works closely with hundreds of thousands of teachers – supporting, coordinating and managing online and face-to-face professional development opportunities, and also as pedagogical consultant and project manager. She has worked in the Portuguese Ministry of Education for 8 years, dealing with European projects and ICT in education, having collaborated on several projects and initiatives on this topic at national level. Rute is a teacher trainer, and trains trainers in private companies in Portugal. She holds a degree in Pedagogy and is specialized in curriculum development and project coordination.